The Works of Matthew Blue
The Works of Matthew Blue

Author: Matthew Powers Blue

Publisher: NewSouth Books

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 482

ISBN-13: 1588380319

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Winner of the Clinton Jackson Coley Award The 1878 City Directory of Montgomery, Alabama, included "A Brief History of Montgomery," consisting of a "narrative" and a series of events arranged by the months. Compiled by Matthew Powers Blue, this was the earliest history of a place that already served as the center of Deep South cotton culture and as the first capital of the Confederacy. Contemporary historian Mary Ann Neeley has annotated Blue's history to correct errors and clear up inconsistencies, and added other material on early churches, a genealogy of the colorful Blue family, and a Civil War diary by Blue's sister, Ellen. The book also includes many 19th century photographs.

Confederate Home Front
Confederate Home Front

Author: William Warren Rogers

Publisher: University of Alabama Press

Published: 2001-10-12

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 081731153X

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Drawing from a wealth of historic documents and personal papers, William Warren Rogers, Jr., provides a detailed political, economic, social, and commercial history of Montgomery, Alabama, from 1860 to 1865. Rogers's account begins with an examination of daily life in the city before the war and ends with the situation in Montgomery as set against a disintegrating Confederacy and the city's surrender to Union troops.

In Reverence: A Plan for the Preservation of Tolomato Cemetery, St. Augustine, Florida
In Reverence: A Plan for the Preservation of Tolomato Cemetery, St. Augustine, Florida

Author: Matthew Kear

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2010-11-20

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 0557864526

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Tolomato Cemetery is the oldest remaining cemetery in St. Augustine, Florida. It was founded in an era when the grim and grey church graveyard was the cultural norm in the North American colonies. In an act of compassion for a group of unfortunate Catholic refugees in British East Florida, the cemetery was established on the site of an abandoned Franciscan mission, where it remained active through the end of the 19th century. After a century of neglect, it now faces complex material conservation issues and a lack of public involvement in its care and interpretation. It sits silently locked within its gates, unable to share its own stories of St. Augustine's rich history. This book explores how the site evolved over the centuries into its present state and what can be done to ensure its survival and return to a place of prominence among the cultural resources of one of America's oldest cities. "In Reverence" was written as a graduate thesis at Cornell University in 2009 and has been revised for publication.