Affleck’s Slaveholding Ancestors

Affleck’s Slaveholding Ancestors

by | Apr 30, 2015 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Hollywood movie star Ben Affleck has two additional slaveholding ancestors. S.L. Speisseger, who owned 3 slaves in Chatham County Georgia in 1840, according to 1840 U.S. Census, and Georgia A. Speissegger Cole, who owned 1 slave in 1863 and 1864, according to Savannah...
Obama’s Bucket of Contempt

Obama’s Bucket of Contempt

by | Apr 29, 2015 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Liberals still glow when they talk about comedian Stephen Colbert ripping into President Bush at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in 2006. He told Bush they were alike. “We’re not some brainiacs on the nerd patrol,” Colbert announced....
The Bennett Place Surrender

The Bennett Place Surrender

by | Apr 28, 2015 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Having failed to stop Union Gen. William T. Sherman’s army at Bentonville, on March 19-21, 1865, Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston withdrew his troops to Smithfield, North Carolina, some thirty miles east of Raleigh, the state capital. Upon learning that the...
News From Around the South 4/20 to 4/27

News From Around the South 4/20 to 4/27

by | Apr 27, 2015 | Archive, Southern Partisan

GEORGIA: Civil War Ancestors Honored Almost a century-and-a-half after the last shots were fired in the Civil War, soldiers who fought the battles were remembered in Van Zandt County on Saturday. The family of Pvt. Elijah Hanks Woolverton hosted a memorial service and...