by editor | Jun 4, 2025 | Archive, Cartoon, Southern Partisan
Dating when the American Civil War ended is a point of debate. All that can be agreed upon is that the fall of Richmond and Petersburg, followed quickly by Robert E. Lee’s submission at Appomattox, created a chain reaction that assured collapse. Lee and his ability to...
by editor | Jun 3, 2025 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Growing up in the Boston suburbs, in the shadows of Harvard, there was only one school I wanted to go to: Radcliffe, which in those days was the name of the undergraduate school for women at Harvard. I had a great uncle who taught at Harvard Medical School, which is...
by editor | Jun 3, 2025 | Archive, Southern Partisan
TENNESSEE: The flow of time: The Tennessee River in Chattanooga has seen more than 10,000 years of human history The 652-mile-long Tennessee River has seen some things in its time. From Knoxville through to Paducah, people have set up shop along the river’s...
by editor | May 29, 2025 | Archive, Southern Partisan
All attempts by the government to evaluate the content of speech and deter or punish what the government and its benefactors hate or fear is un-American, unconstitutional and unlawful; and if not stopped, will reduce the American people to serfdom. During the past...
by editor | May 28, 2025 | Archive, Featured News, Southern Partisan
Mary Todd Lincoln’s relatives more than once caused President Lincoln considerable embarrassment and led to unfounded suspicions that the First Lady herself might be in treasonous communication with the enemy. The most famous of the troublesome Todd relations...