Chapter C: S. S. “florida” Entering Mobile Bay, Sept. 4, 1862 367

From a painting by R. S. Floyd.

HOME OF AUGUSTA EVANS WILSON 373

AUGUSTA EVANS WILSON 376

SEAL OF MOBILE 378

MONTGOMERY

OLD CANNON OF BIENVILLE 380

DEXTER AVENUE DURING A STREET FAIR 387

OLD BUILDING IN WHICH LAFAYETTE BALL WAS GIVEN IN 1825 389

ALABAMA STATE CAPITOL WHERE PRESIDENT DAVIS WAS INAUGURATED 396

FIRST PAGE OF THE PERMANENT CONSTITUTION OF THE CONFEDERATE
STATES, AS REPORTED BY THE COMMITTEE 401

This is in the handwriting of Gen. Thos. R. R. Cobb,
who was a member of the committee. Taken from the
original, which is in the possession of Mr. A. L.
Hull, Athens, Ga.

THE PERMANENT CONSTITUTION OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES 403

As reported by committee and amended by Congress, is in
the possession of the daughter of Mr. Alex. B.
Clitherall, Mrs. A. C. Birch, Montgomery, Ala.

THE POLLARD RESIDENCE, BUILT BEFORE THE WAR 406

MONUMENT TO CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS ERECTED ON THE
CAPITOL GROUNDS BY THE LADIES’ MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION 407

JEFFERSON DAVIS 408

SEAL OF MONTGOMERY 410

NEW ORLEANS

TOMB OF AVAR, CITY PARK 413

THE CUSTOM-HOUSE, NEW ORLEANS 415

CHARTRES STREET AND CATHEDRAL 419

THE URSULINES CONVENT 421

THE JACKSON MONUMENT 423

CANAL STREET, NEW ORLEANS 427

THE CABILDO, OLD COURT BUILDING, JACKSON SQUARE 428

ST. FRIES CATHEDRAL 429

SEAL OF NEW ORLEANS 431

VICKSBURG

MEETING OF GENERALS GRANT AND PEMBERTON AT THE “STONE
HOUSE” INSIDE THE REBEL WORKS ON THE MORNING OF JULY 4,
1863 435

(From an actual sketch made on the spot by one of the
special artists of _Frank Leslie’s Illustrated
Newspaper_, now in the collection of Major George
Haven Putnam.)

GENERAL U. S. GRANT 442

PLAN OF THE SIEGE OF VICKSBURG 445

SEAL OF VICKSBURG 447

KNOXVILLE

JOHN SEVIER, FIRST GOVERNOR OF TENNESSEE 450

WILLIAM BLOUNT, GOVERNOR OF SOUTHWEST TERRITORY 452

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE 459

HUGH L. WHITE 464

ADMIRAL FARRAGUT 465

WILLIAM G. BROWNLOW, THE “FIGHTING PARSON” 467

BATTLE OF FORT SAUNDERS 473

SEAL OF KNOXVILLE 475

NASHVILLE

JAMES ROBERTSON 481

THE FIRST RESIDENCE OF ANDREW JACKSON 483

FORT RIDLEY, AN OLD NASHVILLE BLOCKHOUSE 485

ANDREW JACKSON 489

THE HERMITAGE MANSION, RESIDENCE OF ANDREW JACKSON 491

JAMES K. POLK 493

TOMB OF JAMES K. POLK, NASHVILLE 495

THE STATE HOUSE 497

THE PARTHENON, NASHVILLE, TENN. 499

SEAL OF NASHVILLE 501

LOUISVILLE

GEORGE D. PRENTICE 505

From an old painting owned by the Polytechnic Society of
Kentucky.

DANIEL BOONE 508

From a painting in the possession of Col. R. T. Durrett,
Louisville, Ky.

GEORGE ROGERS CLARK 510

From a painting in the possession of Col. R. T. Durrett,
Louisville, Ky.

BLOCKHOUSE AND LOG CABINS ON CORN ISLAND, 1778, FIRST
SETTLEMENT OF LOUISVILLE, KY. 513

From an old print in the possession of Col. R. T.
Durrett, Louisville, Ky.

RESIDENCE OF GEORGE ROGERS CLARK ON THE INDIANA SHORE,
OPPOSITE LOUISVILLE 515

From an old print in the possession of Col. R. T.
Durrett, Louisville, Ky.

THE CITY HALL 519

ON THE TOBACCO BREAKS 523

THE KEATS HOUSE (THE ELKS BUILDING) 527

THE COURT-HOUSE 529

A SCENE AT THE WHARF 533

SEAL OF LOUISVILLE 535

LITTLE ROCK

THE “LITTLE ROCK,” TO WHICH THE CITY OWES ITS NAME 539

LITTLE ROCK LEVEE 540

NEW STATE HOUSE 543

OLD STATE HOUSE 545

THE HOUSE WHERE THE ARKANSAS LEGISLATURE WAS HELD IN 1835 546

ALBERT PIKE 547

ROBERT CRITTENDEN 548

THE OLD FOWLER MANSION 549

Now the residence of John M. Gracie.

THE CRITTENDEN RESIDENCE 550

The first brick house built in Little Rock. Now the home
of Governor James P. Eagle.

THE OLD PIKE MANSION 551

Now the residence of Colonel John G. Fletcher.

CUSTOM-HOUSE AND POST OFFICE 554

LITTLE ROCK UNIVERSITY 555

ST. AUGUSTINE

THE OLD CITY GATE 558

PEDRO MENENDEZ DE AVILES, FOUNDER OF ST. AUGUSTINE 560

OLD FORGE 562

OLD SPANISH FORT ON MATANZAS RIVER 565

THE OLDEST HOUSE IN ST. AUGUSTINE 569

RUINS OF THE OLD SPANISH FORT AT MATANZAS INLET 573

HOTEL PONCE DE LEON 579

SEAL OF ST. AUGUSTINE 581