State banks on Civil War tourism (Alabama)

Alabama may not have been the site of any major Civil War battles, but its place in history is secured as the birthplace of the Confederacy.

The spot where Jefferson Davis was sworn in as the first and only president of the Confederate States of America is one of many important locations in a new brochure that will be unveiled today by the Alabama Bureau of Tourism and Travel.

Other attractions in the brochure include the Alabama Department of Archives and History, Fort Gaines, the Tannehill Ironworks, Marion Military Institute, the Tallassee Confederate Armory and many other sites.