The Civil War: Limestone County in Conflict, Part 2

Rebekah and Richard host local historian of African American history, Peggy Towns, and Limestone County educator, Chris Paysinger, for Part 2 of the Civil War and its impact on Athens and Limestone County. Taking notes from personal diaries, genealogy research, and other historical records, they localize the history of the Civil War by sharing individual stories of people (including their own ancestors) withstanding the Union occupation of Athens. One former Limestone County resident of note has ties that link to a modern day princess!

Links
https://limestonecounty-al.gov/departments/archives/

https://www.alcpl.org/
https://archives.alabama.gov  Alabama Department of Archives and History
https://www.visitathensal.com/richard-martin-trail.html Richard Martin Trail

Books referenced in the episode are available at Athens-Limestone County Public Library and the Limestone County Archives:
  "Duty Driven: the plight of North Alabama's African Americans during the Civil War" / Peggy Allen Towns
  "Let the family circle be unbroken": the transformation of republican patriarchy, Athens, Alabama, 1818-1870 a thesis / by Christopher   Browning Paysinger
  "Revolutionaries and Rebels" / by Jerry Barksdale
 

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