News from Around the South 9/21 to 9/30

by | Sep 30, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Virginia: Civil War Battle Flag over I-95 Kindles Debate No matter who you think ought to have won the Civil War, you’ll have someone to root for on Saturday as the Johnny Rebs and Blue Coats unfurl their separate gigantic battle flags over Richmond, Virginia, the...

Famous Lincoln photo re-examined

by | Sep 26, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Six years ago, amateur historian John Richter rocked the world of Civil War scholars when he downloaded a series of digital photos showing the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery on Nov. 19, 1863, at Gettysburg, Pa. In the sea of pixelated faces, Richter...

Only propaganda is 'good journalism'?

by | Sep 25, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Why are liberals in so much denial about liberal bias in the news? Why do they think they’re bending over backward to be “objective” doing that which Republicans see as partisan activism? Daniel Froomkin of the Huffington Post — formerly of The...

The Civil War in One Chart

by | Sep 24, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

This chart, digitized by the Library of Congress, depicts major battles, troop losses, skirmishes, and other events in the American Civil War. (Click on the image to arrive at a zoomable version, or visit the LOC’s website.) The “Scaife Synoptical Method,” advertised...

News from Around the South 9/16 – 9/23

by | Sep 23, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Georgia: ‘One Last Mountain’ Premiere Draws Crowd MARIETTA — Hundreds of people packed the Strand Theatre on Sunday night to be some of the first to view “Kennesaw: One Last Mountain,” the new film for the Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield National Park. After...