News from Around the South 6/9 – 6/16
VIRGINIA: 150th Anniversary Drives Visitors to Lynchburg LYNCHBURG, Va. — While giving a tour Sunday at Historic Sandusky, Stannard Preston looked toward the parlor’s front window and spoke of the “ocean of blue uniforms” that Ada, the 16-year-old daughter of...Lee's Overland Engineer
History buffs can only name a handful of personalities from the Civil War that seem present at many important events. One man that finds himself involved in widespread actions is Confederate engineer Martin Luther Smith. Smith played a crucial role in both the western...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,...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...Obiter Dicta
In a scene in Robert Bolt’s famous play “A Man for All Seasons,” about the treason trial of St. Thomas Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: New S.C. license plate honors Revolutionary War history COLUMBIA – Beginning Jan. 1, South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles will issue a newly designed standard license plate that Read More