In a similar vein, but writing from the opposite side, Thomas Taylor, a private in the 6th Alabama Volunteers, in a letter to his wife, stated: `` you know that my heart is with you but I never could have been satisfied to have staid at home when my country is invaded by a thievin foe, by a set of cowardly skunks whose motto is Booty.

Alabama () is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States.

Alabama is the 30th-most extensive and the 23rd-most populous of the 50 United States.

Alabama is also known as the " Heart of Dixie.

The capital of Alabama is Montgomery.

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Extending entirely across the state of Alabama for about south of its northern boundary, and in the middle stretching farther south, is the Cumberland Plateau, or Tennessee Valley region, broken into broad tablelands by the dissection of rivers.

The climate of Alabama is humid subtropical.

The Alabama River, in the U. S. state of Alabama, is formed by the Tallapoosa and Coosa rivers, which unite about north of Montgomery.

The course of the Alabama is very meandering.

After the Coosa and Tallapoosa rivers, the principal tributary of the Alabama is the Cahaba River, which is about long and joins the Alabama River about below Selma.

The Alabama River's main tributary, the Coosa River, crosses the mineral region of Alabama and is navigable for light-draft boats from Rome, Georgia, to about above Wetumpka ( about below Rome and below Greensport ), and from Wetumpka to its junction with the Tallapoosa.

The Alabama is navigable throughout the year.

* 1831 – The University of Alabama is founded.

The Apollo 16 command module Casper is on display at the U. S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

The lyrics for the " Alabama Song " and another song, the " Benares Song " are in English ( albeit specifically idiosyncratic English ) and are performed in that language even when the opera is performed in its original ( German ) language.

The Civil Rights Memorial is a memorial in Montgomery, Alabama to 40 people who died in the struggle for the equal and integrated treatment of all people, regardless of race, during the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.

Winchester, along with the rest of Franklin County, seceded from the Union several months before the rest of Tennessee, unofficially becoming a part of Alabama until the rest of the state seceded.

* Alabama: Although all of Alabama is legally on Central Time, Phenix City and a number of surrounding communities unofficially observe Eastern Time, as Phenix City is part of the media market and metropolitan area of the considerably larger city of Columbus, Georgia in the Eastern Time Zone.

The University of Alabama varsity football program ( nicknamed the Crimson Tide ), which began in 1892, is one the most successful programs in history.

Willie Lee McCovey ( born January 10, 1938 in Mobile, Alabama ), nicknamed " Mac ", " Big Mac ", and " Stretch ", is a former Major League Baseball first baseman.

Early in his career he acquired the nickname, " Sweet-Swinging Billy Williams ", sometimes shortened to " Sweet Williams " or " Sweet Billy " ( perhaps suggested by the flowers known as sweet williams ), which was referenced in the subtitle of his autobiography, he was also nicknamed " Sweet-swinging Billy from Whistler ," suggesting his birthplace in Alabama.

James Thomas Heflin ( April 9, 1869 – April 22, 1951 ), nicknamed " Cotton Tom ", was a leading proponent of white supremacy, most notably as a Democratic United States Senator from Alabama.

Sewell-Thomas Stadium, the baseball stadium at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, is named in his honor and is nicknamed by Crimson Tide fans as " The Joe ".

Allan Fulton Worthington ( born February 5, 1929 in Birmingham, Alabama ), nicknamed " Red ", is a former professional baseball pitcher He played all or part of 14 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Giants ( New York, 1953 – 54, 1956 – 57 and San Francisco, 1958 – 59 ), Boston Red Sox ( 1960 ), Chicago White Sox ( 1960 ), Cincinnati Reds ( 1963 – 64 ) and Minnesota Twins ( 1965 – 69 ).

Born in Selma, Alabama, Jordan was nicknamed " Shug " as a child because of his love for sugar cane.

André Thornton ( born August 13, 1949 in Tuskegee, Alabama ), nicknamed " Thunder ," is a former first baseman and designated hitter in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Cubs, Montreal Expos and Cleveland Indians during a 14-year career.

Horace DeVaughan ( died April 8, 1927 ), of Birmingham, Alabama, was the first prison inmate in Alabama to be executed by the Alabama electric chair, nicknamed " Yellow Mama " because it was painted with bright yellow highway paint.

At the University of Alabama, Bryant was an All-SEC second team selection in 1996 and 1997, as well as an All-SEC first team selection in 1998 and nicknamed TWO-FIVE

: Under the name " Yellowhammer " it is the state bird of Alabama.

Hey Auburn! Hey Auburn! Hey Auburn! We just beat the hell out of you! Rammer Jammer, Yellowhammer, give ' em hell, Alabama!

* Alabama State Parks

* State of Alabama Geological Survey

Moyers interviewed Collins, Cash, opera singer Jessye Norman, Appalachian folk musician Jean Ritchie and her family, white Sacred Harp singers in Georgia, black Sacred Harp singers in Alabama, and a prison choir at the Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville.

* 2011 – The 2011 Super Outbreak of tornadoes devastates parts of the southeastern United States, especially the State of Alabama, killing nearly 300.

The memorial is within walking distance of other historic sites including the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, the Alabama State Capitol, the Alabama Department of Archives and History and the Rosa Parks Library and Museum.

* NARA film: Alabama Highlands 1937 Alabama State Parks

* NARA film: Down Mobile Way, 1935 Alabama State Parks

Jefferson Davis is sworn in as President of the Confederate States of America on February 18, 1861, on the steps of the Alabama State Capitol.

Parks went on to a laboratory school set up by the Alabama State Teachers College for Negroes for secondary education, but dropped out in order to care for her grandmother and later her mother, after they became ill.

Nixon conferred with Jo Ann Robinson, an Alabama State College professor and member of the Women's Political Council ( WPC ), about the Parks ' case.

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Grant's foreign policy, led by Secretary of State Hamilton Fish, implemented International Arbitration, settled the Alabama Claims with Britain and avoided war with Spain over the Virginius Affair.

* March 7 – Bloody Sunday: Some 200 Alabama State Troopers clash with 525 civil rights demonstrators in Selma, Alabama.

* August 15 – By act of the U. S. Congress ( March 3 ), the Alabama Territory is created by splitting the Mississippi Territory in half, on the day the Mississippi constitution is drafted, four months before Mississippi became a State of the United States.

Some cities or counties also have an annual State of the City Address given by the mayor, county commissioner or board chair, including Sonoma County, California ; Orlando, Florida ; Cincinnati, Ohio ; Parma, Ohio ; Detroit, Michigan ; Seattle, Washington ; Birmingham, Alabama ; Boston, Massachusetts ; Los Angeles, California ; Buffalo, New York ; Rochester, New York ; San Antonio, Texas ; McAllen, Texas ; and San Diego, California.

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Alabama: The History of a Deep South State ( 1994 )

* Jackson, Harvey H. Inside Alabama: A Personal History of My State ( 2004 )

These include: Elephant Butte Lake in New Mexico ; Lake Ouachita, Lake Norfork, Beaver Lake ( Arkansas ) and Lake Hamilton in Arkansas ; Lake Powell, Lake Pleasant, and Lake Havasu in Arizona ; Castaic Lake, Lake George in Florida, Pyramid Lake, Silverwood Lake, Diamond Valley Lake, East Fork State Park Lake near Cincinnati Lewis Smith Lake in Alabama, Lake Cumberland, and Lake Murray in California ; Lake Lanier in Georgia ; Watts Bar Lake, Tennessee ; and Lake Mead, Nevada ; Lake Texoma, Lake Tawakoni, Lake Whitney, Possum Kingdom Lake, and Lake Buchanan in Texas ; Raystown Lake in Pennsylvania ; and in Virginia Smith Mountain Lake.

Bowles envisioned the State of Muskogee, with its capital at Miccosuki, encompassing large portions of present-day Florida, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee, and incorporating the Cherokee, Upper and Lower Creeks, Chickasaw and Choctaw.

In addition to housing many Alabama government agencies, Montgomery has a large military presence due to Maxwell Air Force Base ; public universities Alabama State University, Troy University ( Montgomery campus ), and Auburn University at Montgomery ; private colleges / universities Faulkner University and Huntingdon College ; high-tech manufacturing, including Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama ; and cultural attractions such as the Alabama Shakespeare Festival and Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts.