HISTORY OF TUSCALOOSA 1816-1880 by Archibald Bruce McEachin

https://www.historictuscaloosa.org/post/the-history-of-tuscaloosa-1816-1880

Here's my favorite quote so far: "As the loom of life never stops until the last thread is woven in the wool of fate"

 Thomas Chase Hagood dissertation  https://getd.libs.uga.edu/pdfs/hagood_thomas-chase_201105_phd.pdf