African-American Civil War Archive

African-American Civil War Archive

by | May 30, 2018 | Archive, Southern Partisan

A new project is working to put records of the United States Colored Troops—regiments of African-American soldiers that included large numbers of men who had been slaves at the start of the Civil War—online. Just a few weeks prior to the Battle of Gettysburg, the...
Civil War Balloonist’s View of Battle

Civil War Balloonist’s View of Battle

by | May 23, 2018 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Ordinarily you would find Jim Green at NASA headquarters in Washington, where, as the agency’s Chief Scientist, he helps plan the future exploration of the cosmos. But on an unseasonably warm day last February, Green’s mind was on the past. Along with Tom Crouch, a...
It Didn’t Used to Be This Way

It Didn’t Used to Be This Way

by | May 18, 2018 | Archive, Southern Partisan

One telling detail keeps escaping the men and women of words who would end school shootings by one expedient or another: gun control, better security, the arming of teachers, more careful vetting of potential gunmen and so forth. The detail of which I speak: We...
Winn-Dixie Bankruptcy Approved

Winn-Dixie Bankruptcy Approved

by | May 18, 2018 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Winn-Dixie’s parent company Southeastern Grocers plans to emerge from bankruptcy in “coming weeks,” after a judge approved its reorganization plan on Monday, officials said. Jacksonville-based Southeastern Grocers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy...