Fact: Despite the fact that South Carolina was the first to secede, Alabama is considered the birthplace of the Confederacy.
There'd been a shockwave out of South Carolina which rippled through the rest of the country and settled deep in Alabama. Even if they weren't quite sure why, the states were at attention.
He watched it grow from nothing, and look at him with determined grey eyes. It was young, and too weak to fend off the Yankees who'd surely arrive any day now to hunt it down.
Alabama kept it hidden within wide plantations surrounded by cotton fields while the necessary muscle developed. He'd continue to until it could lead, and be followed, as they'd always dreamed it would.