TRIO MATAMOROS - VIRGEN DE LA CARIDAD (Feast Day of Our Lady of Charity / La Virgen De La Caridad Del Cobre - September 8th).

"Bonnie Blue Butler" (Cammie King Conlon) Actress from "Gone With The Wind" passes away.

Cammie King Conlon who played Scarlett and Rhett's daughter "Bonnie Blue Butler" in Gone With The Wind" passed away on September 2nd, at the age of 76. She wrote a Memoir which was published in 2009 and is an excellent read. The Baltimore Sun did an excellent article about her which you can visit here http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/books/blog/2010/09/cammie_king_conloln_of_gone_wi.html
Cammie King Conlon passed away, but she will live on forever as "Miss Bonnie Blue Butler". May She Rest In Peace.

Smith's Legion, Georgia, Field and Staff Officer's.

Lt. Colonel's - John S. Fain and John R. Hart
Major's - Benjamin F. Brown and Robert H. Moore

Population of Charleston, South Carolina, 1860 Federal Census.

The population of Charleston, South Carolina on the eve of the War was 40,522 according to the 1860 Federal Census.

Population of Houston, Texas, 1860 Federal Census.

The total population of Houston, Texas according to the 1860 Federal Census was 4,845.

Population of Pensacola, Florida, 1860 Federal Census.

The population of Pensacola, Florida according to the 1860 Federal Census was 2,876.

Population of Jacksonville, Florida, 1860 Federal Census.

The population of Jacksonville, Florida as per the United States Federal Census was 2,118.

Spanish Consul in New Orleans, Louisiana during the Confederate Period 1861-1862.

1) Juan Callejon - He served as Consul of Spain, from 1855 to 1866 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Montgomery, Alabama Police Department 1861-1865.

The Montgomery, Alabama Police Department was run during the War, by :

1) City Marshall - Isaac Maxwell (born 1823)
2) Deputy City Marshall - Thomas Reed

The Police Department consisted of between 12 and 16 Officer's and fluctuated during the war.

Joseph Pizzala, A Forgotten Italian Confederate from Montgomery, Alabama.

Joseph Pizzala was an Italian born business man in Montgomery, Alabama. He owned the very strangely named "The Rio Grande Restaurant", in 1861 and later in 1862 opened up a restaurant named "The French Restaurant". He enlisted in a local Militia Unit composed of Fire Fighter's known as the "FireMan Guards", which was only for local defense. He is listed as a Private and  as having shown up for all drill's armed with "one shotgun" and helped in the local defense of the City of Montgomery. He is found listed as Joseph Pizalla and Joseph Pizzala, his real first name was likely Guiseppe, but was Americanized to Joseph., in the surviving record's. // If anyone has any more info on Joseph, such as birth and death dates, wife's name, children ect. please send me an email.

Confederate Mayor of Charleston, South Carolina 1861-1865.

Charles MacBeth (born 1805, died 1881) served as the Confederate Mayor of Charleston, South Carolina from 1861 to February 18th, 1865 when he surrendered the City to Union Troops, under Lt. Colonel A. G. Bennett, of the 21st United States Colored Troops. (Charles MacBeth was elected Mayor on 11/2/1859, was re-elected 11/6/1861, and re-elected 11/4/1863 and served until the surrender of the City. Charles lived at # 7 Legare Street, according to the Charleston, South Carolina City Census, in 1861. The home still stand's at what is now # 9 Legare Street). Charles MacBeth was married to Henrietta Gourdin Ravenel (born 1816, died 1888).

Foreign Born White Population in South, On The Eve of The War Between The States (1860), Broken Down By Nationality.

The foreign born population in the Southern States, in 1860 was broken down as follow's :

1) Ireland / Irish - 36 % they were more or less evenly distributed within different Southern States

2) German States / Germans (Germany was not unified as a Nation, in 1860) - 31 % they were evenly distributed with large concentration's in Texas and Louisiana

3) France / French - 9 % they were concentrated in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama (Gulf Coast)

4) England / English - 7 % they were evenly distributed within the different Southern States

5) Scotland / Scot's - 3 % they were evenly distributed within the different Southern States

6) British America - 1% these were Canadian's and from the British West Indies

7) Spanish / Cuban / Mexican and other Nationalities - 13 % the Hispanic population was concentrated along the Gulf Coast States of Texas (Mexican), Spanish / Cuban (New Orleans, Louisiana, Mobile, Alabama, St. Augustine, Florida). The other non-Hispanic Nationalities were mostly concentrated in Sea Port cities along both the Atlantic and Gulf Coast area's.

The (non-existent) Confederate Census.

The Confederate Government was never able to conduct an Official Census, of the States which composed it. They depended on the number's from the 1860 Federal Census, for Official figures.

Confederate Memorial Day, April 26th.

Confederate Memorial Day is observed today in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and Texas. The  other Southern States have other dates, which honor the Confederate dead. This date also commemorates the surrender of Confederate General Joseph Eggleston. Johnston and the Army of Tennesse, to Union forces, under General William Tecumseh Sherman.

United States Declares War on Spain, April 25th, 1898 / Spanish American War.

The United States declared War on Spain, on April 25th, 1898, after Spain had declared War on April 23rd, 1898. This led to the Spanish-American War which only lasted for a few month's and which led to eventual Cuban Independence, on May 20th, 1902 and the surrender to the United States, of the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam.

Justice's of The Peace, Washington County, Alabama 1861-1862.

Thomas S. Parker 1861
George W. Brewer 1861
Harmon A. Bailey 1862

Sheriff's of Washington County, Alabama 1861-1865.

The following two men served as Sheriff's, of Washington County, Alabama, during the War :
Thomas B. Bowling - elected February 4th, 1860 to August 12th, 1863.
T. H. Bailey - elected August 13th, 1863 and who served until the end of the War.

Jefferson Light Artillery, Mississippi, Field and Staff Officer's.

Captain's - William L. Harper and Putnam Darden
1st Lt's. - Horace W. Bullen, A. J. Cameron, Frank W. Coleman
2nd Lt. - C. B. Richardson
Quarter Master Sgt. - Stephen S. F. Foreman (also found as Forman)
Artificer - John H. Hart
Bugler - Emile T. Geyer

West's Battery, Arkansas, Field and Staff Officer's.

Captain - Henry Clay West

3rd Mississippi Infantry, Field and Staff Officer's.

Colonel's - John B. Deason, James M. Stigler and Thomas A. Mellon
Lt. Colonel's - Samuel M. Dyer, Robert Eager, James B. McRae and E.A. Peyton
Major - William H. Morgan
Adjutant's - Benjamin Jones, Junius Poindexter and Fred S. Hewes

39th Virginia Infantry, Field and Staff Officer's.

Colonel - Charles Smith
Lt. Colonel - Louis C. H. Finney
Major - N. R. Cary

Palmetto Light Artillery, South Carolina, Field and Staff Officer's.

Captain - Hugh Richardson Garden
1st Lt.'s - William Henry Coit and Samuel McBride Pringle
(The photo on the left is of Samuel McBride Pringle who died as a result of wound's recieved at the Battle of Sharpsburg).
2nd Lt.'s - George E. Coit and William Alexander McQueen
(George E. Coit was killed during the Suffolk Campaign, he was
the brother of William Henry Coit listed above).

C.S.S. Georgia, Confederate Navy, Officer's and Staff.

Commander - William L. Maury
1st Lt's. - Robert T. Chapman and William E. Evans
2nd Lt. - John H. Ingraham
Asst. Surgeon - Thomas J. Wheeden
Paymaster - Richard William Curtis
Gunner - William Dand

3rd Florida Infantry, Field and Staff Officer's.

Colonel - William S. Dilworth
Lt. Colonel - Lucius A. Church, Elisha Mashburn and Arthur J.T. Wright
Major - John L. Phillips

4th Special Cavalry Battalion, Kentucky, Field and Staff Officer's.

Major - W.R. Messick