Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1824, June 20 | Born, Athens, Tenn. |
| 1833 | Moved to Calhoun County, Ala. |
| 1845 | Admitted to the Alabama bar |
| 1846 | Married Cornelia Willis |
| 1855 | Move to Selma, Ala. |
| 1860 | Presidential elector on the John C. Breckinridge ticket |
| 1861 | Delegate, Alabama secession convention, Montgomery, Ala. |
| 1861 | Enlisted as a private in the Confederate States Army and promoted through all grades to lieutenant-colonel, Fifth Alabama Regiment |
| 1862 | Resigned commission in Confederate States Army to recruit and command the Fifty-first Alabama Cavalry |
| 1863 | Promoted to brigadier-general |
| 1865 | Resumed law practice in Selma, Ala. |
| 1877-1907 | United States senator from Alabama |
| 1892 | Appointed as an arbitrator in the Bering Sea fisheries dispute |
| 1898 | Appointed as one of three commissioners to draft legislation for Hawaii |
| 1907, June 11 | Died, Selma, Ala. |