Time to Catch Up -- Montgomery, Alabama

Just before Thanksgiving we stayed a few days near Montgomery Alabama. Took a day to check it out. I am so glad we did. The architecture in Montgomery is absolutely beautiful. There were three old, magnificent churches and many old state buildings.

And, a sternwheeler, too!

Many civil war historians recognize the White House of the Confederacy to be located in Richmond, Virginia. True scholars realize that the Capital of the South was moved to Richmond in an attempt to keep the war in the North. The first White House of the Confederacy was located in Montgomery, Alabama, int he Presidential home of Jefferson Davis.

The first White House of the confederacy was a Southern Mansion that was built in 1835. Jefferson Davis, the first and only President of the Confederate State osf America, moved his family to the White House in Montgomery, Alabama, after he was inqugurated in 1861. Jefferson Davis had been sworn into office as the President of the Confederacy just prior to taking residence in what was the first White House of the Confederacy. The Confederate White House was later moved to Richmond, Virginia, in an attempt to keep the war in the North and to protect the resources and infrastructe of Alabama. (Quoted from AC Associated Content by Jerry Garner)