Lee's Overland Engineer

by | Jun 13, 2014 | Archive, Southern Partisan

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

by | 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...

News from Around the South 6/2 – 6/9

by | 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,...

A Confederate spy in Canada

by | 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...

Hillary v. Benghazi Truth

by | 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...