Montgomery, AL

Headnote
MONTGOMERY, city, seat of justice of Montgomery co., and the capital of the state of Alabama, having succeeded Tuscaloosa, as the seat of government, in 1847, has a central situation in Montgomery county, 220 miles northeast of Mobile, and 839 miles from Washington.... The population in 1840, was 2,179; in 1850, 11,937. (Fanning's, 1853)
    Place Unit Type
    City or Town
    Containing Unit
    Date Type
    - Alabama holds an elected State Convention to plan for the state's return to full national participation Lawmaking/Litigating
    Alabama secedes from the Union Lawmaking/Litigating
    Alabama's secession convention assembles in Montgomery Lawmaking/Litigating
    Confederate president invites applications for "letters of Marque and Reprisal" Lawmaking/Litigating
    Confederate States Constitution adopted in Montgomery, Alabama Lawmaking/Litigating
    - Divided Alabama Democratic Party holds two separate nominating conventions in Montgomery Campaigns/Elections
    First Confederate government bond authorized Lawmaking/Litigating
    From Montgomery, the Confederate secretary of war orders immediate action against Fort Sumter Battles/Soldiers
    In Alabama, a Montgomery meeting nominates William Yancey and Thomas Watts for the secession convention Campaigns/Elections
    In Alabama, a New Orleans bound steamboat is destroyed by fire and at least four people die. Crime/Disasters
    In Montgomery, Alabama, the Confederate Congress passes a bill to create the Confederate Army Lawmaking/Litigating
    In Montgomery, Alabama, the special session session of the Confederate States Congress ends Lawmaking/Litigating
    In Montgomery, Robert Miller Patton is inaugurated as Alabama's first elected post-Civil War governor Campaigns/Elections
    In Montgomery, the Alabama legislature votes overwhelmingly to reject the Fourteenth Amendment. Lawmaking/Litigating
    Jefferson Davis selected as Provisional President of the Confederate States Lawmaking/Litigating
    Jefferson Davis sworn in as Provisional President of the Confederate States Lawmaking/Litigating
    - Stephen Douglas ends his presidential campaign with speeches in Georgia and Alabama Campaigns/Elections
    - The Alabama Democratic Convention meets in Montgomery and formulates the "Alabama Platform" Campaigns/Elections
    The Confederate States flag, "the Stars and Bars," is adopted in Montgomery, Alabama Lawmaking/Litigating
    The Congress of the Confederate States ends its first session in Montgomery, Alabama Lawmaking/Litigating
    - The Congress of the Confederate States is sitting in special session session in Montgomery, Alabama Lawmaking/Litigating
    The Congress of the Confederate States opens a special session session in Montgomery, Alabama Lawmaking/Litigating
    The Convention of Seceding States opens at the State House in Montgomery, Alabama Lawmaking/Litigating
    The Convention of Seceding States passes the provisional constitution of the Confederate States Lawmaking/Litigating
    - The Provisional Congress of the Confederate States is sitting in Montgomery, Alabama Lawmaking/Litigating
    Name Type
    Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, AL Location or Site
    How to Cite This Page: "Montgomery, AL," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/index.php/node/9049.