News from Around the South, 11/2-11/9
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
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,...
News from Around the South 10/19-10/26
Florida: Confederate Flag at School Angers Mom A South Florida mom is not happy with a history exhibition at her child’s elementary school. Tina Meadows is asking Sunset Lakes Elementary School in Miramar to remove a Confederate flag on display in a school...
Book Review
War on the Waters, by James McPherson James McPherson, Civil War historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author has published his latest book, War on the Waters, through the University of North Carolina Press. Although previously undervalued for their strategic impact...Obiter Dicta
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