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The Mitcham War was a bloody conflict that occurred in Clarke County, Alabama in the early 1890s. [ 1 ] The conflict was between rural farmers in remote section of Clarke County named Mitcham Beat and merchants in Coffeeville and other towns near the Mitcham Beat . [ 1 ]
In 1892, Coffeeville was the site for a violent confrontation around economic and racial divides that later became known as the Mitcham War. [5] [6] In 1939, racial violence in Coffeeville was brought to the attention of President Franklin D. Roosevelt following a near-lynching incident involving the complicity of the mayor of Coffeeville. [7]
Joseph Stillwell Cain, Jr. was born on October 10, 1832, along Dauphin Street in Mobile, Alabama. [1] He married Elizabeth Alabama Rabby. He helped to organize the T.D.S. (Tea Drinker's Society), [2] one of Mobile's mystic societies, in 1846; however, their banquets were part of Mobile's New Year's Eve celebrations, rather than being held on Mardi Gras day. [1]
Decatur, a town of about 55,000 residents, offers a mix of historic experiences honoring its past along with an abundance of new shops, restaurants, and entertainment options.
Samuel W. Mitcham Jr. is an American author and military historian who specializes in the German war effort during World War II and the Confederate war effort during the American Civil War. He is the author of more than 40 books and has collaborated with other historians such as Gene Mueller .
The FBI is reviewing the case of a Black man found hanging in an abandoned house in Alabama. Deputies found the body of Dennoriss Richardson, 39, in September in a rural part of the Deep South ...
Prichard is a city in Mobile County, Alabama, United States.The population was 19,322 at the 2020 census, [4] and was estimated to be 18,870 in 2022. [5] Prichard borders the north side of Mobile, as well as the Mobile suburbs of Chickasaw, Saraland, and the unincorporated sections of Eight Mile.