Civil War Skull Sale Scrapped

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...

News from Around the South 6/2 – 6/9

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,...

Faces of the New South

“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 –...

A Confederate spy in Canada

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...

Hillary v. Benghazi Truth

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...