"Thinking you might like to know what was going on back home" in Calhoun County, Ala. during the Civil War
- Describes the life and times of the common people in a Southern county from the firing on Fort Sumter to the surrender at the Appomattox Court House, and beyond;
- Uses the local newspaper to take you back to the years 1861 - 1865;
- Tells the untold story of the Southern women during the Civil War;
- Reveals the plight of the African American as a slave and that of a freedman;
- Shows the belief to which the "hand of Providence" was thought to play in the success of battles, outcome of the war, and destiny of our civilized country;
- Illustrates the change in the South's social system from Antebellum to Reconstruction;
- Shows the role in which the newspaper played in shaping the thoughts and conscientious of the Southern mind;
- Identifies the historical sites and events which occurred in this area during a most turbulent period in our American history;
- Gives accounts and reports of battles from local military commanders, soldiers, and war correspondents;
- Serves as a directory of Who's Who in Calhoun County, Alabama during the Civil War;
- Takes you on the emotional roller coaster ride of the Southern people from the ecstasy of Southern Independence to the utter ruin of their way of life; and
- Provides an understanding as to "Why we (the Southern people) are what we are today."