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Cahaba, Alabama

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Cahaba, also spelled Cahawba, was the first permanent state capital of Alabama from 1820 to 1825, and the county seat of Dallas County, Alabama until 1866. [1]

39 relations: Alabama, Alabama Historical Commission, Alabama River, American Civil War, Anderson Crenshaw, Battle of Selma, Black Belt (region of Alabama), Cahaba Prison, Cahaba River, Capital city, Charles M. Shelley, Confederate States of America, Cotton, Dallas County, Alabama, Edward Martineau Perine, Free people of color, Freedman, George Henry Craig, Ghost, Ghost town, Huntsville, Alabama, James H. Wilson, Jeremiah Haralson, List of reportedly haunted locations in the United States, Mobile, Alabama, Nathan Bedford Forrest, National Register of Historic Places, Rail transport, Reconstruction era, Richard Upjohn, Selma, Alabama, St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Cahaba, Alabama), St. Stephens, Alabama, Steamboat, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S. state, Union Army, William Wyatt Bibb, 13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey.

Alabama

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

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Alabama Historical Commission

The Alabama Historical Commission is the historic preservation agency for the U.S. state of Alabama.

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Alabama River

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

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

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Anderson Crenshaw

Anderson Crenshaw (1783–1847) was an American jurist in the U.S. state of Alabama.

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Battle of Selma

The Battle of Selma, Alabama (April 2, 1865), formed part of the Union campaign through Alabama and Georgia, known as Wilson's Raid, in the final phase of the American Civil War.

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Black Belt (region of Alabama)

The Black Belt is a region of the U.S. state of Alabama.

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Cahaba Prison

Cahaba Prison, also known as Castle Morgan, was a prisoner of war camp in Dallas County, Alabama where the Confederacy held captive Union soldiers during the American Civil War.

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Cahaba River

The Cahaba River is the longest substantially free-flowing river in Alabama and is among the most scenic and biologically diverse rivers in the United States.

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Capital city

A capital city (or simply capital) is the municipality exercising primary status in a country, state, province, or other administrative region, usually as its seat of government.

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Charles M. Shelley

Charles Miller Shelley (December 28, 1833 – January 20, 1907) was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army and a postbellum U.S. Representative from Alabama.

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Confederate States of America

The Confederate States of America (CSA or C.S.), commonly referred to as the Confederacy, was an unrecognized country in North America that existed from 1861 to 1865.

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Cotton

Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae.

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Dallas County, Alabama

Dallas County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama.

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Edward Martineau Perine

Edward Martineau Perine (July 31, 1809 – June 5, 1905) was a merchant and planter in Cahaba, Alabama.

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Free people of color

In the context of the history of slavery in the Americas, free people of color (French: gens de couleur libres, Spanish: gente libre de color) were people of mixed African and European descent who were not enslaved.

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Freedman

A freedman or freedwoman is a former slave who has been released from slavery, usually by legal means.

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George Henry Craig

George Henry Craig (December 25, 1845 – January 26, 1923) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.

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Ghost

In folklore, a ghost (sometimes known as an apparition, haunt, phantom, poltergeist, shade, specter or spectre, spirit, spook, and wraith) is the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that can appear to the living.

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Ghost town

A ghost town is an abandoned village, town, or city, usually one that contains substantial visible remains.

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Huntsville, Alabama

Huntsville is a city located primarily in Madison County in the Appalachian region of northern Alabama.

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James H. Wilson

James Harrison Wilson (September 2, 1837 – February 23, 1925) was a United States Army topographic engineer and a Union Army Major General in the American Civil War.

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Jeremiah Haralson

Jeremiah Haralson (April 1, 1846 – 1916), was a politician from Alabama who was among the first ten African-American Congressmen elected in the United States.

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List of reportedly haunted locations in the United States

This is a list of locations in the United States which have been reported to be haunted by ghosts or other supernatural beings, including demons.

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Mobile, Alabama

Mobile is the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States.

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Nathan Bedford Forrest

Nathan Bedford Forrest (July 13, 1821 – October 29, 1877), called Bedford Forrest in his lifetime, was a cotton farmer, slave owner, slave trader, Confederate Army general during the American Civil War, first leader of the Ku Klux Klan, and president of the Selma, Marion, & Memphis Railroad.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance.

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Rail transport

Rail transport is a means of transferring of passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, also known as tracks.

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Reconstruction era

The Reconstruction era was the period from 1863 (the Presidential Proclamation of December 8, 1863) to 1877.

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Richard Upjohn

Richard Upjohn (22 January 1802 – 16 August 1878) was a British-born American architect who emigrated to the United States and became most famous for his Gothic Revival churches.

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Selma, Alabama

Selma is a city in and the county seat of Dallas County, in the Black Belt region of south central Alabama and extending to the west.

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St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Cahaba, Alabama)

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St. Stephens, Alabama

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Steamboat

A steamboat is a boat that is propelled primarily by steam power, typically driving propellers or paddlewheels.

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Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Tuscaloosa is a city in and the seat of Tuscaloosa County in west central Alabama (in the southeastern United States).

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U.S. state

A state is a constituent political entity of the United States.

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Union Army

During the American Civil War, the Union Army referred to the United States Army, the land force that fought to preserve the Union of the collective states.

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William Wyatt Bibb

William Wyatt Bibb (October 2, 1781July 10, 1820) was a United States Senator from Georgia and the first Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama.

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13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey

13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey is a book first published in 1969 by folklorist Kathryn Tucker Windham and Margaret Gillis Figh.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahaba,_Alabama

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