The Private Life of a New South Lawyer: Stephens Croom's 1875-1876 Journal.The Private Life of a New South Lawyer: Stephens Croom's 1875-1876 Journal. Edited by Paul M. Pruitt Jr. and David I David I, king of Scotland David I, 1084–1153, king of Scotland (1124–53), youngest son of Malcolm III and St. Margaret of Scotland. During the reign of his brother Alexander I, whom he succeeded, David was earl of Cumbria, ruling S of the Clyde . Durham. Occasional Publications of the Bounds Law Library. (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama School of Law University of Alabama School of Law law school located in Tuscaloosa, AL, University of Alabama School of Law is one of five law schools in the state, one of three that is ABA accredited, and of the accredited schools, it is the only public law school in Alabama. , 2002. Pp. x, 91. Copies may be requested from Bounds Law Library, P.O. Box 870383, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487. There is no charge for the book.) Born in 1839 in Quincy, Florida Quincy is a city in Gadsden County, Florida, United States. The population was 6,982 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 6,975 [1]. It is the county seat of Gadsden CountyGR6. , Stephens Croom was a lawyer and Confederate major under Major General John Horace Forney and General William Wing Loring. Croom witnessed the fall of Vicksburg, was captured, and was subsequently released in a prisoner exchange. When the Civil War ended, Croom moved to Mobile, Alabama, where he practiced law until his death in 1884. The Private Life of a New South Lawyer: Stephens Croom's 1875-1876 Journal is composed of two parts. In the first thirty pages the editors provide a brief biography of Stephens Croom and give an overview of the attorney's journal. The latter section, approximately forty-five pages, reprints the diary of the former Confederate. Croom's journal begins in the fall of 1875 and ends on January 14, 1876. Extensive footnotes and ten black-and-white photographs round out the volume. Although brief and in need of more thorough editing, this volume will be of particular interest to those who are interested in the Vicksburg campaign Vicksburg campaign, in the American Civil War, the fighting (Nov., 1862–July, 1863) for control of the Mississippi River. The Union wanted such control in order to split the Confederacy and to restore free commerce to the politically important Northwest. , the history of Alabama This is the history of the State of Alabama, in the United States of America. Alabama became a state in 1819. Starting in the 1830s, the economy of the central Black Belt became dominated by large, wealthy cotton plantations worked by slaves. attorneys, Mobile's Mardi Gras, or the 1875 Alabama constitution. [CAROL ELLIS, University of South Alabama The University of South Alabama is a public, doctoral-level university in Mobile, Alabama, USA. It was created by the Alabama Legislature in 1963, and replaced existing extension programs operated in Mobile by the University of Alabama. Archives] |
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