by RIS Secure | Feb 12, 2014 | Archive, Southern Partisan
January 19 marked 207 years since the birth of Robert E. Lee. Known primarily as the general who commanded the Army of Northern Virginia during America’s Civil War, he is revered by some for his sterling character and military genius, while being denounced by...
by RIS Secure | Feb 3, 2014 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Virginia: Fanmous Civil War House On Market FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — A house with a historic résumé that includes a photograph taken of it by Mathew Brady after the Battle of Fredericksburg in 1862 is easily a consensus choice for the annals of city lore....
by RIS Secure | Jan 31, 2014 | Archive, Southern Partisan
On Wednesday, the United Nations Security Council held an open debate on the theme of “war, its lesson, and the search for a permanent peace.” Under-Secretary General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman, addressing the Security Council, laid out the core of the...
by RIS Secure | Jan 24, 2014 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Virginia: Marriage to Create New Civil War Museum RICHMOND, Va. — A proposed museum about the Civil War may be in the capital of the Confederacy, but the just-announced name for it indicates that the time has come to unite the Union and the Confederacy,...
by RIS Secure | Jan 17, 2014 | Archive, Southern Partisan
I have had the good fortune to speak about the Irish in the American Civil War in many different parts of Ireland. When it comes to question-time, there is one topic that is almost always guaranteed to come up- General Phil Sheridan. This is unsurprising given his...