If you had told Ronald Reagan in 1988 that in 30 years, the president of the United States would be [...]
News From Around the South 6/11 to 6/18
SOUTH CAROLINA: Charleston Considers Apologizing for Slavery
The city of Charleston may become the next Southern city to apologize for its [...]
Jun20
The bullet probably hit the Union soldier as he was fleeing. It may have struck his cartridge box first, which sent it tumbling through the muscle of his right buttock, broke his right leg and buried itself sideways in his thigh bone just below the hip. His buddies probably carried him as they retreated before […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Forgotten Munitions Get New Spotlight
“Dumped and Forgotten Below the Milam Street Bridge,” explores Houston’s role in the Civil War through munitions, artifacts and history.Photo courtesy of The Heritage Society
This story is more Cold Case Files than clickbait. Archaeologists really did [...]
Triumphs of the Reconstruction
The era in United States history known as Reconstruction forms a sort of coda to the traumatic years of the American Civil War of 1861-1865. It also the ugly duckling of American history.
The 12 years [...]