War Was the Place

Old Oakbowery

War Was the Place: A Centennial Collection of Confederate Soldier Letters/ Old Oakbowery. Letters from C.S.A. soldiers written home to families in Troup and Harris Counties in Georgia, and Chambers County, Alabama. Also includes articles on the antebellum settlement of Oakbowery in Chambers County, Alabama. William H. Davidson, editor. Copyright 1961. 3rd printing 2001. CVHS Publication No. 5.
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Bus Trip Announced

A Fun and Educational Adventure!

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June 22 – 26, 2019

Chattahoochee Valley Historical Society’s

ALABAMA Bus Tour On Our State’s Bi-centennial Anniversary!

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Featuring

  • All five state capitals, including the “Lost Capitals” of St. Stephens and Old Cahaba
  • Constitution Village and U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville
  • Sloss Furnace and Civil Rights Institute in Birmingham
  • University of Alabama historic tour in Tuscaloosa
  • Black Belt, antebellum homes, and Edmund Pettis Bridge in Selma
  • Fort of Colonial Mobile, Historic Downtown, and Battle of Mobile Bay at historic Fort Gaines and Fort Morgan
  • In Montgomery, Rosa Parks Museum, First White House of the Confederacy, State Capitol, and State Archives!