A portrait of William Lowndes Yancey, a leading Southern “Fire-Eater” who agitated for secession during the years leading into the Civil War.
William Lowndes Yancey Portrait

Courtesy of the Alabama Department of Archives and History

A portrait of William Lowndes Yancey, a leading Southern “Fire-Eater” who agitated for secession during the years leading into the Civil War.