Lincoln's Code

Lincoln's Code

by | Nov 30, 2012 | Archive, Southern Partisan

In “Lincoln’s Code,” writer and professor John Fabian Witt tells the story of Francis Lieber, the man who wrote the rules of war for Abraham Lincoln, and how those rules became the basis for modern laws governing the conduct of warfare....

News from Around the South, 11/19-11/26

by | Nov 26, 2012 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Virginia: Civil War Trust, Virginia Team-Up for $3.2M Gaines Mill Preservation RICHMOND, Va. — The Civil War Trust has teamed up with the state to complete a $3.2 million campaign protecting 285 acres at Gaines’ Mill, where Gen. Robert E. Lee had his first major...
Unknown Faces of the Civil War

Unknown Faces of the Civil War

by | Nov 21, 2012 | Archive, Southern Partisan

In the song “Home,” Phillip Phillips sings, “If you get lost, you can always be found.” That’s exactly what the Museum of the Confederacy hopes. Nine of its photographs from the Civil War are unidentified. The museum calls them...
News from Around the South, 11/2-11/9

News from Around the South, 11/2-11/9

by | Nov 9, 2012 | Archive, Southern Partisan

South Carolina: Civil War Artist Depicts CSS  Hunley Launch COLUMBIA — The job of every historian is to gather as much information as possible, then fill in the blanks. Most do the filling with words. Mort Kunstler uses brush strokes. Kunstler, recognized as one of...
News from Around the South 10/27-11-1

News from Around the South 10/27-11-1

by | Nov 1, 2012 | Archive, Southern Partisan

North Carolina: Captain’s Judgment Questioned in HMS Bounty sinking When the HMS Bounty set sail in 1787, Captain William Bligh had only his instincts to safely complete a journey from England to the South Pacific island of Tahiti. Last week, Robin Walbridge,...