Book Author Visits Old Cahawba

Book enthusiasts gathered inside the ruins of the Civil War prison at Old Cahawba Park last Saturday to hear excerpts from Casualties: A Novel of the Civil War.  Author David Rothstein, second from left, read selections from his book. Cahawba, which served as Alabama's first capital and was the site of a prison that housed Union soldiers, is the setting of the book. You can read reviews HERE.

Thanks to Linda Derry for the photo!

First Cahawba Bank Entrance

Several months ago, I posted a photo of construction on First Cahawba Bank. Here's the finished building with its rotunda-like entrance. The bank gets its name from Cahawba, which was Alabama's first permanent state capital. Cahawba is now a park at the confluence of the Alabama and Cahaba rivers in Dallas County.