During the past week, President Donald Trump excited two bitter public controversies by sending and publishing two highly inappropriate and [...]
News From Around the South 7/8 to 7/15
NORTH CAROLINA: Confederate Flag Wristbands Dumped After Mixup
Forsyth County said the Confederate flag wristbands were ordered by mistake. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘“Civil War Trust”’
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Dec01
News from Around the South 11/26-12/3
on December 1st, 2012 at 3:37 amPosted In: Archive, Southern Partisan
Georgia: Signs that a GOP Civil War may be headed Georgia’s way In politics, two years is the equivalent of two eternities. But already, signs are pointing to a Republican civil war headed Georgia’s way, settling into an orbit around the 2014 re-election bid of U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss. Seven days ago, just as they were […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Dec31
News from Around the South 12/24 – 12/31
on December 31st, 2012 at 2:01 pmPosted In: Archive, Southern Partisan
Georgia: Civil War Photographs Depict Reality of War Photographs of the Civil War era from the collection of Judith J. Norrell are on exhibit at the Morris Museum of Art, offering rare views of the impact of war on the land and its people. The exhibit features some 30 photographs by many of the noted photographers of the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Jan14
News from Around the South 1/7 – 1/14
on January 14th, 2013 at 11:32 amPosted In: Archive, Southern Partisan
Alabama: New Details Learned of Civil War Hero Robert Smalls HUNTSVILLE — Robert Smalls achieved so many amazing deeds during his life, it’s understandable why much of his heroic history is unknown, even to his descendants, Benjamin and Mary Smalls of Huntsville. The couple was among about 150 attending a public lecture on Robert Small’s life, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Feb08
Developers Eye Civil War Battlefields
on February 8th, 2013 at 10:56 amPosted In: Archive, Southern Partisan
In Atlanta, just minutes away from city offices and downtown attractions, 14 acres of brush and woods have caught the eye of apartment housing developers. That in itself is nothing new. But what makes those 14 acres special is this: The prime piece of in-town real estate is also a part of Civil War history. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mar25
News From Around the South 3/18-3/25
on March 25th, 2013 at 4:36 pmPosted In: Archive, Southern Partisan
Tennessee: Compromise Sought after Memphis Strikes Confederate Names from Parks MEMPHIS, Tennessee — Memphis officials are proposing a compromise after the City Council stripped Confederacy names from three city parks. Mayor A C Wharton and Councilman Jim Strickland held out the olive branch Wednesday, saying the city needs to unite and get on to more […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Lessons From Past Migrations
International migration is one of the most pervasive social phenomena of our times. According to recent UN estimates, as of 2017, there were almost 260 million migrants around the world. In the last five decades, [...]
African-American Confederate Pensions
During the Civil War, with practically every fit white man serving in the Confederate Army, South Carolina had a serious shortage of conventional labor.
So, since most of the population consisted of enslaved African-Americans, that’s where [...]