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	John Gill Shorter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Gill Shorter (April 3, 1818–May 29, 1872) was the Democratic Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from 1861 to 1863, during the Civil War.
		He was born in 1818 in Monticello, Georgia and died in 1872 in Eufaula, Alabama.
		Shorter • Watts • Parsons • Patton • Swayne • Smith • Lindsay • Lewis • Houston • Cobb • E.A. O'Neal • Seay • T.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Gill_Shorter (188 words)

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		John Gill Shorter was born in Monticello, Georgia., on April 3, 1818.
		In 1838 the younger Shorter was admitted to the Alabama Bar and in 1843 he married Mary Jane Battle, the daughter of a wealthy Barbour County planter.
		The law firm of John Gill and Eli Shorter (John's brother) prospered, the family holdings grew extensively, and by 1845 John Gill was a member of the state Senate as a Democrat from Barbour County.
	www.archives.state.al.us /govs_list/shorterj.html (309 words)

	Shorter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Shorter, Alabama, a town located in Macon County, Alabama, United States
		Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, a two-volume, scaled-down version of the Oxford English Dictionary
		Westminster Shorter Catechism or "Shorter Catechism", a set of three Christian religious texts dating from the 1640s
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shorter (132 words)

	The Probert Encyclopaedia - People and Peoples (Jo-Jz)
		John was a son of Christian I and king of Denmark in 1481.
		John Bright became a leading spirit in the Anti-Corn-Law League and in 1843 was elected to Parliament to represent Durham, where upon he distinguished himself as an advocate of free trade and reform.
		John Piper is an English painter born at Epsom in 1903.
	www.fas.org /news/reference/probert/C7B.HTM (8517 words)

	John Gill Shorter (1818-1872) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In 1833 the Shorter family moved to Eufaula, Barbour County, Alabama, and four years later John Gill graduated from the University of Georgia.
		Shorter served in the Confederate Congress in Montgomery, Alabama, and Richmond, Virginia, until he became governor of Alabama on December 2, 1861.
		Shorter retired to Eufaula for the remaining years of his life, continuing his law practice, and appearing briefly at the conservative Reconstruction meetings in Montgomery at the end of the war.
	www.thelatinlibrary.com /chron/civilwarnotes/shorter.html (298 words)

	Genealogy
		Elizabeth was the daughter of John Sumner*, whose brother, Jethro Sumner was the father of Brig.
		She married John Gill Shorter, on Jan 12, 1843 in Eufala.
		John Gill Shorter became the Governor of AL during (1861-63), so she was the First Lady of Alabama during those years.
	www.concentric.net /~pvb/GEN/es.html (576 words)

	Early Settlers of Barbour County, AL
		The late JOHN GILL SHORTER was a distinguished citizen of Barbour.
		He is a graduate of Yale College, and his -law studies were pursued in the office of his brother, John G. In 1845 he was admitted to the bar, and established himself in Eufaula as the associate of his brother.
		In the latter year he was appointed to the circuit court bench to fill the vacancy made by Gov. Shorter's resignation; and, being subsequently elected by the people, he held the position till 1865, when he was displaced by the result of the war.
	www.alabamagenealogy.org /barbour/early_settlers_of_barbour_county.htm (4046 words)

	Shorter Alabama (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Shorter has become the model for a small community by enacting progressive measures in economic development such as: 20-year planning, website development, police and fire protection, water and sewer investment, recycling and creating regional partnerships in economic development.
		Shorter is named after the former Alabama Governor John Gill Shorter, and was incorporated in 1984.
		Shorter, home to several state historical sites, still boasts one of the best and longest stretches of the Old Federal Road, built in 1804.
	www.shorteralabama.com /Local/frmLocalInfo.aspx (484 words)

	John Gill and his Successors
		Gill shows here that the gospel must be preached to all as the Spirit leads but it comes as a savour of life unto life to some and a savour of death unto death to others.
		Gill's commentaries, which were merely his sermons in writing, were regularly and eagerly consulted by the Prince of Preachers who marked them all with three stars which was Spurgeon's way of saying, "The very best!".
		Almost 30 years after Gill died, John Rippon recorded that such were the number of remembrance sermons preached and published at his death that never before and never since had such a lamentation gone up in the English speaking world because a great man had fallen in Israel.
	www.grace-for-today.com /559.htm (4293 words)

	This Week in the Civil War October 12,1862
		John B. Gordon, received acclaim for nursing her husband, wounded five times at Antietam, back to health despite grievous injuries.
		John Schofield leads his newly denominated Army of the Frontier, "the combined forces of Missouri and Kansas," to Elkhorn Tavern, Arkansas.
		The Confederate forces his is hunting, however, have dispersed; General Rains, with the infantry, to Fayetteville, and Colonel Cooper, with the cavalry, to the Indian Territory.
	www.civilweek.com /1862/oct1262.htm (3573 words)

	John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
		Had expressed her faith in Christ in such terms, as the apostles themselves did, Matthew 16:16 John 1:49.
		As he was going along to the grave, see John 11:28; as he was meditating upon the state of his friend Lazarus, the distress his two sisters were in, and the greater damnation that would befall the Jews then present, who, notwithstanding the miracle, would not believe in him.
		This, their commentators say {c}, is to be understood of uncleanness, by touching the dead, which required seven days of purification; and it is very probable that this was the case of these persons, since it was about so many days before the passover, that they came up; see John 12:1.
	eword.gospelcom.net /comments/john/gill/john11.htm (3597 words)

	GeorgiaInfo - Carl Vinson Institute of Government
		John Gill Shorter was born in Monticello, Georgia, though his family moved to Eufaula, Ala.
		Shorter graduated from the University of Georgia in 1837 and was admitted to the Alabama bar the following year.
		A supporter of secession, Shorter represented Alabama in the Confederate Congress until his election as Alabama governor.
	www.cviog.uga.edu /Projects/gainfo/tdgh-apr/apr03.htm (936 words)

	Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 [Volume I] : a machine readable transcription.
		John Gill Shorter, of Alabama, A. Lamar, esq., of Georgia, was appointed temporary secretary.
		Shorter moved that the Secretary be authorized to appoint an assistant secretary and a journal clerk.
		Shorter and Reid be appointed printers to this Congress while it holds its sessions in Montgomery, and that [all] the work to be done shall, in style and quality, equal that done for the State of Alabama, and shall be paid for at the same proportionate rates of compensation;
	memory.loc.gov /ll/llcc/001/llcc001.sgm (12339 words)

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		Substance of the opening argument of John H. Gilmer, with authorities; and the opinion of Judge Halyburton construing the sequestration act, andc.
		To which are added a letter to Lord Brougham on the John Brown raid; and a brief reference to the result of the presidential contest, and its consequences.
		In which the political and physical condition of the states composing the Confederate States of America are fully treated of, and their progress in commerce, education, agriculture, internal improvements and mechanic arts, prominently set forth.
	www.marshall.edu /speccoll/blake/Imprints1.html (14261 words)

	This Week in the Civil War January 25,1863
		It is this specter of "Little Mac," which reared its ugly head during John Pope's ill fated Second Manassas campaign, that Lincoln hoped to squelch with the court martial of McClellan's most trusted advisor, Fitz-John Porter.
		Jefferson Davis writes to Alabama Governor John Gill Shorter about his recent resolution "expressing readiness to unite with other States in guaranteeing the debt of the Confederate government." Davis regards this as a most important step.
		John Pemberton continues to strengthen the defenses in and around Vicksburg.
	www.civilweek.com /1863/jan2563.htm (4023 words)

	Former Graduate Students' Dissertations and Theses
		Hardin, John C. Goodpasture, the Gospel Advocate, and Churches of Christ, 1939-1959." 2002.
		Brannen, Ralph N. "John Gill Shorter: War Governor of Alabama, 1861-1863." 1956.
		"John Tyler Morgan and the Interoceanic Canal." 1939.
	www.cla.auburn.edu /history/alumni/former_graduates.htm (4899 words)

	The Historic City of Eufaula - History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		One of the governors of war-time Alabama was a Eufaulian, John Gill Shorter
		The Association purchased Shorter Mansion at auction, and made it the headquarters for both the Association and the annual Eufaula Pilgrimage.
		A museum honoring the six Alabama governors from Barbour County, as well as Admiral Thomas Moorer, a former Chairman of the joint Chiefs of Staff, is located there.
	www.eufaulaalabama.com /CityGov/CityOrg/Boards/About/histeufa.html (649 words)

	Second Alabama Paper
		Her husband, Judge Hopkins, in a letter to Alabama Governor John G. Shorter in October 1863, wrote that both he and Mrs.
		Judge A. Hopkins, in his letter to Governor Shorter, referred to earlier, attested to the magnitude of his wife's task of managing the three hospitals: "Mrs.
		Her records witness to the hard work she put forth to maintain a sound financial operation: frequent auctions and sales disposed of surplus materials, obtaining needed cash; she secured private contributions which provided a significant part of the hospitals' operating funds, especially in the first year.
	www.mdgorman.com /Hospitals/second_alabama_paper.htm (2726 words)

	John Gill born <1802 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Ellen Gill) Cited in a legal suit against property of William Gill, in Williams vs Stephen Hackney, William Gill, John Gill and Eli S. Shorter, all of Monticello, Jasper County, GA 27 May 1823, so all were born before 1802.
		Gill to satisfy a fi fa in favor of Wm.
		These documents may be freely used for private purposes, and included in your own genealogy.
	sciway3.net /clark/gill/john1802.html (168 words)

	Tracy's (Pettus') Brigade
		The winter was passed at Dalton, and the regiment was engaged in the constant fighting from Dalton to Atlanta, being conspicuous at Rocky Face Ridge, and losing heavily at Kennesaw.
		The regiment followed Gen'l John Bell Hood into Tennessee and sustained severe losses at Columbia and Nashville, and was the rear-guard of the retreating army.
		Then, marching with Gen'l John Bell Hood into Tennessee, it was one of the three regiments that made the brilliant fight at Columbia, where its losses were considerable.
	www.tarleton.edu /~kjones/tracy.html (4135 words)

	Autauga at War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		BISHOP, John S. - Autauga Rifles, 6th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Company G. (John S. Bishop, born 1845, buried at the old Milton Cemetery that was lost in the flood.
		CALDWELL, John R. - 45th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Company G. Member of the Robinson Springs UCV Camp 396.
		COTTON, John - Prattville Dragoons, 7th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Company I, subsequenlty 3rd Alabama Cavalry Regiment, Company H. Member of the Robinson Springs UCV Camp 396.
	groups.msn.com /autaugaatwar/buriallistings.msnw (1244 words)

	Alabama Historical Quarterly - Table of Contents
		John Herbert Kelly, The Boy General of the Confederacy, by Miss Maud McLure Kelly.
		120 Alabama Plantation to Georgia Farm, John Horry Dent and Reconstruction, by Thomas A. Belser, Jr..
		127 Racial Gamesmanship and the U.S. Occupation of Haiti: An Illustrative Episode by John A. Vernon.
	www.lib.auburn.edu /special/docs/ahistqtr.html (9130 words)

	John Milton and Sventeenth Century Culture
		from The works of John Milton, in verse and prose, printed from the original editions with a life of the author by the Rev. John Mitford.
		At the Restoration, Milton's writings against monarchy left him in at least potential danger of the dreadful penalties of disembowelling, death and dismemberment exacted against seventeenth-century traitors and actually carried through against the Regicides who signed the King's death warrant.
		This was the first illustrated edition, with twenty full-page engravings by Robert White (1645-1703), who also reengraved the frontispiece portrait.
	www.sc.edu /library/spcoll/britlit/milton/miltonlater.html (1505 words)

	Juliet Ann Opie Hopkins, "The Angel of the South"
		After the war her humanitarian devotion and sacrifice became more widely known and by the time of her death in 1890 she was so highly regarded by the entire nation that she was accorded burial in Arlington National Cemetery.
		Clark was later named surgeon in charge of Alabama Hospitals and in a letter to Shorter mentioned that upon assuming that office he found two hospitals already founded by Mrs.
		Hopkins to Shorter, Richmond, December 26, 1861, GLB, In the first letter the governor informs Judge Hopkins of the act setting up a state hospital system and his appointment to the post of agent.
	www.mindspring.com /~redeagle/Oakwood/Hopkins.htm (4599 words)

	The Papers of Jefferson Davis
		Shorter, John Gill (sketch, 8:545): Bragg and, 273, 274; on conscription, 368; praised, 416; Ls to, 41, 188; Ls from, 20, 166, 333; mentioned, 38, 362, 367
		Slidell, John (sketch, 5:7): as commissioner, viii, 102, 153, 258, 321, 371; Erlanger loan, 18, 331; family, 330, 332; Napoleon III and, 332, 333
		Wood, John Taylor (sketch, 8:190): appointed aide, 41; assignment, 53-54; Davis and, 10, 354; naval operations, 354, 391; L to, 53-53; Ls from, 62, 70, 74, 354
	cohesion.rice.edu /humanities/pjdavis/PubVol.cfm?doc_id=1665 (1813 words)

	The Papers of Jefferson Davis
		Peirce, W. Pemberton, John C. (sketch, 8:9): command status, 359; criticized, 77; Davis and, 14, 422, on, 32, 73, 278; on U.S. deserters, 600-601; recommendation by, 25; recommended, 10; resigns, 422; Richmond defenses (Davis), 613; staff, 115, 422, 502; Vicksburg campaign, 3, 129, 135, 164, (Davis), 32, 278; L to, 277-78; L from, 422
		Reagan, John H. (sketch, 7:420): Davis and, liii; Lee and, 447; on Atlanta, 504, Whiting, 428; Ls from, 5, 57-58, 102-3, 205, 217, 378, 433.
		Shorter, John Gill (sketch, 8:545): on deserters, 30; L from, 20; mentioned, 42
	jeffersondavis.rice.edu /PubVol.cfm?doc_id=1669 (2635 words)

	Alabama Civil War Trails
		John Pelham, Civil War hero, was dubbed "The Gallant Pelham" by Robert E. Lee.
		The 1st Alabama Cavalry, the only cavalry unit of the six Alabama regiments, was also the only such unit to contain both fl and white soldiers.
		John Logan, a commander under Gen. Sherman, called them "The best scouts I ever saw," and as such, the 1st Alabama was chosen to be the general's personal escort on his famous (and infamous) march to the sea
	americancivilwar.50megs.com /AlaCWSites.html (3620 words)

	History of the 1st Alabama Cavalry, USV
		Montgomery took a dim view to these unionists when they flocked to the riverside to profess their support to arriving gunboats on the Tennessee River in Florence and Decatur.
		Shortly thereafter, Gov. John Gill Shorter warned that if requisitions made upon the state for volunteers were not duly met by the hill people, then a draft would be ordered on the delinquent counties.
		Eventually, John Phillips would be found out and the Home Guard would come calling.
	www.1stalabamacavalryusv.com /loyalist.asp (2456 words)

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