OF THE

CONFEDERACY;

OR, THE TIMES OF

TROUP, QUITMAN AND YANCEY.

A SKETCH OF SOUTHWESTERN POLITICAL HISTORY
FROM THE FORMATION OF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO A. D. 1861.

By JOSEPH HODGSON,

OF MOBILE.

MALIM INQUIETAM LIBERTATEM, QUAM QUIETUM SERVITIUM.

Mobile:

PRINTED AT THE REGISTER PUBLISHING OFFICE.

1876.

ΤΟ

HON. JOHN FORSYTH,

OF MOBILE,

LATE ENVOY EXTRAORDINARY AND MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY TO THE REPUBLIC OF MEXICO,

I DEDICATE

THIS HISTORICAL SKETCH,

IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THE

PATRIOTIC SERVICES OF HIMSELF AND OF HIS DISTINGUISHED FATHER,

WHOSE LIVES HAVE ILLUSTRATED

THE

PATRIOTISM OF SOUTHERN STATESMANSHIP,

AND THE

DIGNITY OF SOUTHERN MANHOOD.