by RIS Secure | Jun 11, 2014 | Archive, Southern Partisan
An auction house’s plan to put the skull of an unknown Civil War-era soldier up for sale recently was abandoned after it drew criticism from Gettysburg National Military Park officials. The skull will instead be donated to the National Park Service. Estate...
by RIS Secure | Jun 9, 2014 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Tennessee: SCV Honors Black Confederate Veteran and Union Officer ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. — Lt. Robert J. Tipton Camp #2083, Sons of Confederate Veterans, of Elizabethton will be holding a memorial ceremony this Saturday, June 7, for a black Confederate pensioner,...
by RIS Secure | Jun 9, 2014 | Southern Partisan, Uncategorized
“As you may know, 150 years ago the father of urban renewal passed through our town,” says the guide from Peachtree Trolley tours in downtown Atlanta. “When he left here we had a chance to start over…” She’s speaking ruefully, sarcastically, of course. In 1864 –...
by RIS Secure | Jun 4, 2014 | Archive, Southern Partisan
It was one of the most daring – and some say crazy – events of the Civil War. In 1864, a small band of Confederate soldiers launched a surprise attacks on St. Albans, Vermont. The attack, which included robbing and burning the small town, was the northernmost...
by RIS Secure | Jun 4, 2014 | Archive, Southern Partisan
The liberal media consistently dismiss or condemn hearings into Obama scandals as unnecessary and rabidly partisan, and reach those conclusions before said hearings even begin. That might explain why the public doesn’t always line up with that opinion. A new...