Mac Gillam

Thinking You Might Like to Know What Was Going on Back Home Mac Gillam

"Thinking you might like to know what was going on back home" in Calhoun County, Ala. during the Civil War

- Describes the life and times of the common people in a Southern county from the firing on Fort Sumter to the surrender at the Appomattox Court House, and beyond;
- Uses the local newspaper to take you back to the years 1861 - 1865;
- Tells the untold story of the Southern women during the Civil War;
- Reveals the plight of the African American as a slave and that of a freedman;
- Shows the belief to which the "hand of Providence" was thought to play in the success of battles, outcome of the war, and destiny of our civilized country;
- Illustrates the change in the South's social system from Antebellum to Reconstruction;
- Shows the role in which the newspaper played in shaping the thoughts and conscientious of the Southern mind;
- Identifies the historical sites and events which occurred in this area during a most turbulent period in our American history;
- Gives accounts and reports of battles from local military commanders, soldiers, and war correspondents;
- Serves as a directory of Who's Who in Calhoun County, Alabama during the Civil War;
- Takes you on the emotional roller coaster ride of the Southern people from the ecstasy of Southern Independence to the utter ruin of their way of life; and
- Provides an understanding as to "Why we (the Southern people) are what we are today."