Talk:Republic of Winston

1st Alabama Cavalry
First Alabama Cavalry was not a militia unit. They were volunteers in the Union Army.M.Campos (talk) 00:15, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Popular Culture References
Winston county is referenced in To Kill a Mockingbird. Scout notes that the new teacher, Miss Caroline is from Winston County.


 * I am Miss Caroline Fisher. I am from North Alabama, from Winston County. The class murmured apprehensively, should she prove to harbor her share of peculiarities from that region. (When Alabama seceded from the Union on January 11, 1861, Winston County seceded from Alabama, and every child in Maycomb County knew it.

See http://www.bookdrum.com/books/to-kill-a-mockingbird/700/bookmark/54925.html Ileanadu (talk) 01:28, 21 June 2015 (UTC)