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Near the modern-day Auburn Bank, a boulder imprinted with a plaque commemorates the raising of the first Confederate flag in Auburn by student Betty Dowdell on March 4, 1861 — the same day that Abraham Lincoln was sworn in as the 16th President of…

The city of Opelika, Alabama was incorporated on February 9, 1854. Because of the many rail lines that snaked through the city, warehouses were built during the war to store cotton and other goods. When General Lovell Harrison Rousseau’s men…

Formerly known as the city of Girard, Phenix City, Alabama (along with Columbus, Georgia) was the location of one of the last land battles of the Civil War. On April 16, 1865, Bvt. Major General James Harrison Wilson swept through Auburn and Opelika…

After the state awarded East Alabama Male College its charter on February 7, 1856, the Board of Trustees set about securing funds to build an administrative and educational building. The trustees initially allocated $25,000 for the facility, but the…

On July 10, 1864, Major General William T. Sherman ordered Major General Lovell Harrison Rousseau to depart from Decatur, Alabama with approximately 2,500 men. Their goal was to sever the Montgomery and West Point railroads - a vital link for…

Henry Clay Armstrong was a student at the East Alabama Male College prior to the outbreak of the Civil War. After becoming a lawyer, he enlisted and became a captain in the Confederate Army where he served until the end of the war. During…

James Ferguson Dowdell served during the Civil War as the organizer and commander of the 37th Alabama infantry regiment. After the war, he assumed the presidency of the East Alabama Male College from 1866 to 1870.

A professor of natural science and one of the original trustees of the East Alabama Male College, he also taught chemistry and developed a “Prophylactic Fluid” which was widely used as a disinfectant and antiseptic by Civil War surgeons and…

The Lane House was built in 1853 at the corner of Thach and College Streets in Auburn. It was the residence of several prominent figures in the history of Auburn University. The home was leased in 1873 by Agricultural and Mechanical College of…

Located in West Opelika on Highway 431 (Lafayette Parkway) between Sougahatchee Creek and Chambers County Road 290.

Coordinates: 32.7425, -85.42333

Located in Bleecker, Alabama on Lee County Road 240

Coordinates: 32.5195831, -85.2221628

Located in Smiths Station along Lee Road 249 near Highway 379.

Coordinates: 32.5795822, -85.1127148

Located in Beulah, Alabama on Lee Road 270.

Coordinates: 32.7129106, -85.17494

Located in Parkers Crossroads, Alabama on Moores Mill Road.

Coordinates: 32.5576368, -85.3352222

Located in Auburn along Moores Mill Road.

Coordinates: 32.5643029, -85.398002

Located in Auburn on Shug Jordan Parkway at Wire Road.

Coordinates: 32.5920792, -85.5043942

Located in Bleeker along County Road 179.

Coordinates: 32.5945811, -85.1732725

Located in Smiths Station along Lee Road 252.

Coordinates: 32.64917, -85.23134

Located in Waverly along West Farmville Road.

Coordinates: 32.657355, -85.5232839

Located in Beauregard along Gullatt Road.

Coordinates: 32.4843058, -853391108

Located on Talladega Street.

Coordinated: 32.6331897, -85.3955022

Located in Loachapoka along East Farmville Road.

Coordinates: 32.665104, -85.4896719

Located in Smiths Station along Lee Road 254.

Coordinates: 32.648746, -85.174384

Located in Loachapoka along County Road 652.

Coordinates: 32.6243002, -85.6110637

Located in Opelika along Frederick Road.

Coordinates: 32.6265232, -85.3957799

Located in Loachapoka along Ensminger Road

Located Beauegard along Estate Drive.

Coordinates: 32.5731914, -85.4252251

Located in Beulah along Lee Road 252.

Coordinates: 32.6862443, -85.2496645

Located in Auburn at South Dean and Old Mill Road.

Coordinates: 32.6037457, -85.4646708

Located in Beulah along Lee Road 279.

Coordinates: 32.702633, -85.2027186

Located in Beauregard along Lee Road 136.

Coordinates: 32.525138, -85.3018877

Located in Beauregard on Jenkins Road.

Coordinates: 32.4762507, -85.3138322

Located in Beulah along Lee Road 279.

Coordinates: 32.6937444, -85.1941072

Located in Beulah along Lee Road 373.

Coordinates: 32.7092995, -85.1929962

Located in Opelika along West Point Parkway.

Coordinates: 32.6759664, -85.3241113

Located in Loachapoka along Arrowhead Road.

Coordinates: 32.6109672, -85.6049524

Located in Beauregard along Lee Road 133.

Coordinates: 32.5151385, -85.2674422

Located in Beauregard along Lee County Road 240.

Coordinates: 32.51997, -85.23179

Located in Smiths Station along Old West Dirt Road.

Coordinates: 32.6681901, -85.1393829

Located in Auburn on Memorial Park Drive.

Coordinates: 32.5965238, -85.4607818

Located in Opelika along Columbus Parkway.

Coordinates: 32.6376344, -85.3110551

Located in Opelika along South Uniroyal Road.

Coordinates: 32.6104129, -85.3374447

Located in Auburn along Society Hill Road.

Coordinates: 32.5895798, -85.4052245

Located in Waverly along West Farmville Road.

Coordinates: 32.6604105, -85.5082835

Located in Auburn along South College Street.

Coordinates: 32.5293033, -85.5213388

Located in Smiths Station along Lee Road 294.

Coordinates: 32.5440279, -85.1141035

Located in Opelika along Spring Villa Road.

Coordinates: 32.5893026, -85.3129995

Located in Smiths Station along Lee Road 246.

Coordinates: 32.5159735, -85.0943803

Located in Opelika along Marvyn Parkway.

Coordinates: 32.5315263, -85.3741122

Located in Auburn along Beehive Road near Interstate 85.

Coordinates: 32.5409695, -85.5388393