Birmingham

Birmingham is the largest city in the state of Alabama in the United States.

Birmingham was founded in 1871, just after the American Civil War, as an industrial enterprise. It was named after Birmingham, one of the United Kingdom's major industrial cities. Through the middle of the 20th century, Birmingham was the primary industrial center of the Southern United States. The astonishing pace of Birmingham's growth through the turn of the century earned it the nicknames "The Magic City" and "The Pittsburgh of the South". Much like Pittsburgh in the north, Birmingham's major industries were iron and steel production.

Birmingham in Alpha and Omega

Birmingham was the home town of Reverend Lester Stark, whence he broadcast his popular talk show. Some 6000 people attended his church in the city.

Birmingham in Southern Victory

Birmingham, Alabama was a major industrial center of the Confederate States. It was a Freedom Party stronghold long before Jake Featherston's election to the presidency.

In June 1922, President Wade Hampton V was assassinated in Birmingham by local Freedom Party stalwart Grady Calkins.

After Atlanta fell to the United States during the Second Great War in 1944, Birmingham was one of the few industrial areas available to the C.S. war effort, and so was immediately the subject of heavy U.S. bombing and attack. Given its importance, Confederate General George Patton attempted to hold the city in a Pittsburgh-esque battle. However, the U.S. superbomb attacks on Newport News and Charleston made that plan impossible. Instead, Patton had no choice but to surrender his troops and himself at Birmingham.

Birmingham in Worldwar

Birmingham was where minor league baseball player Sam Yeager tore his ankle. This injury prevented him from moving up to the majors, and positioned him to be thrust into interstellar history.