by editor | Mar 25, 2013 | 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...
by editor | Feb 8, 2013 | 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...
by editor | Jan 14, 2013 | 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...
by editor | Dec 31, 2012 | 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...
by editor | Dec 1, 2012 | 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...