Bücher von Glenda McWhirter Todd

Unionists in the Heart of Dixie, Volume II, includes the surnames of soldiers beginning with H through M. It includes information on the 1st Alabama Cavalry, USV; excerpts from the diary written by Dr. William Spencer, Seven Months in Libby Prison; information about the soldiers who died during the Battle of Days Gap, a map showing where the battle was fought and the location of the cemetery; information on the Civil War hospitals in Nashville, Tennessee, where they were and what buildings were used for the hospitals. This series of books includes the most extensive collection of records and information ever published on the 1st Alabama Cavalry, USV and its soldiers. The author has transcribed all of the military records, including muster rolls, on each of the soldiers, and in some cases, a transcription of pension records. Southern Claims are included on some of the soldiers. The questions most often asked of the author have been: "Who were these men? Why did they fight for the Union? What happened to them during and after the war?" The author has attempted to answer these questions; however, it is not known when some of the soldiers later died. Many descendants of these soldiers generously submitted narratives on their 1st Alabama Cavalry Union ancestors (and their families) and most of them are extensive. There is also an account of how Captain Jerome J. Hinds and Bugler John Rufus Jefferson tried to write the history of the 1st Alabama Cavalry, USV, but died before their dream of writing it was fulfilled. This wealth of material, along with the transcription of all of the military records, will be presented in a series of volumes. Volume II includes surnames of soldiers beginning with H-M, and contains even more information than the previous volume. Ms. Ethel Waldrop Terrell, granddaughter of Corporal Thomas P. Kirkman of the 1st Alabama Cavalry, tells of her life growing up with her grandfather and great grandfather, Corporal William Fields Kirkman, their wagon and train trip West, and many of their other experiences. Many pictures of these soldiers are also included, as well as several Civil War sketches drawn by artist, Joe Harper, descendant of Joseph Harper.

Unionists in the Heart of Dixie includes information on the 1st Alabama Cavalry, USV. It also includes the most extensive collection of records and information ever published on the soldiers who served in this regiment. In some cases, a transcription of pension records and Southern Claims are included on some of the soldiers. The author has transcribed all of the military records, including muster rolls, on each of the soldiers. There is also a listing of soldiers by company. The questions most often asked of the author have been: "Who were these men? Why did they fight for the Union? What happened to them during and after the war?" The author has attempted to answer these questions; however, it is not known when some of the soldiers later died. Many descendants of these soldiers generously submitted stories on their 1st Alabama Cavalry Union ancestors (and their families) and most of them are extensive. This wealth of material, along with the transcription of all of the military records, will be presented in a series of volumes. Volume I will include surnames A-G. Ms. Ethel Waldrop Terrell, granddaughter of Corporal Thomas P. Kirkman of the 1st Alabama Cavalry, tells of her life growing up with her grandfather and great grandfather, Corporal William Fields Kirkman, their wagon train trip West, and many of their other experiences. Many pictures of these soldiers are also included, as well as several Civil War sketches done by artist, Joe Harper, descendant of Joseph Harper.

This series of books includes the most extensive collection of records and information ever published on the 1st Alabama Cavalry, USV and its soldiers. The author has transcribed all of the military records, including muster rolls, on each of the soldiers, and in some cases, a transcription of pension records. Southern Claims are included on some of the soldiers. Each volume includes numerous pictures of some of the soldiers, as well as several Civil War sketches drawn by artist, Joe Harper, descendant of Private Joseph Harper. Unionists in the Heart of Dixie, Volume III of this series of books includes the surnames of soldiers beginning with N through S. It examines the reasons why the soldiers from Alabama, and other southern states, supported their country by fighting for the Union; describes the Unionist "Leave-Aloners," who wanted to be left alone but were forced to choose a side; and provides accounts of Cahaba, Libby, and Andersonville Prisons. This volume also covers Civil War foot soldiers, Civil War uniforms, first enlistees of the 1st Alabama Cavalry (US Volunteers) who were immediately sent to Nashville, Tennessee and were assigned to the 1st Middle Tennessee Cavalry, US, which later became the 5th Tennessee. It includes information on the battles of Stone's River, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee; Day's Gap, in Alabama; the USS Sultana; John R. Phillips (after the war); headquarters of the 1st Alabama Cavalry Volunteers, Moulton, Alabama, August 21, 1865; and Civil War hospitals in Nashville, Tennessee. The questions most often asked of the author have been: "Who were these men? Why did they fight for the Union? What happened to them during and after the war?" The author has attempted to answer these questions; however, it is not known when some of the soldiers later died.