Tag: Civil War
William Howard Russell’s Recollections of the Port City
When a noted British journalist visited 19th-century Mobile on the brink of the Civil War
Mobile’s Only Admired Carpetbagger
Most Northerners who relocated South were looked upon with disdain, but one managed to win the hearts of Mobilians.
Georgia Cottage: The House that History Built
From novels to memoirs, Mobile’s Georgia Cottage is an archive of stories that withstand the passage of time.
Raphael Semmes: Patriot or Pirate?
Behind Admiral Semmes' storied reputation.
Remains of Fort Tracy
Discover the remains of Fort Tracy, a Confederate fortification on the west bank of the Blakeley River.
Ask McGehee: What was the cause of the great explosion in Mobile at the end...
Although the war had ended with Mobile largely unscathed, that all changed at 2:15 p.m. on May 26, 1865. An explosion larger than any imagined during the wars rocked the city.
Madame Octavia LeVert’s Salon of the South
The rise and fall of a Mobile icon.
Descendant
The Sundance award-winning documentary releasing to international audiences this October captures Africatown’s complicated history and hope for the future.
