News from Around the South 9/11 to 9/16

by | Sep 16, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Alabama: Selma Moves Forward with Plans to Sell Confederate Circle SELMA, Ala. — The Selma City Council took a step toward solving a 136-year-old question of ownership Tuesday evening. The council voted 4-1 to begin the process of selling an acre of land in Old...

VA headstone policy wrong

by | Sep 12, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

CLEVELAND, Ohio – If Ira Cook had died today, chances are there’d be no problem getting a headstone for him from the Memorial Affairs Division of the Department of Veterans Affairs, which provides that service for all U.S. veterans. But Cook, a black Union Army...

News from Around the South 9/2 – 9/9

by | Sep 9, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Georgia: Chickamauga Battlefield Prepares for 150th Anniversary CHICKAMAUGA, Ga. — You won’t have to be a Civil War buff to appreciate the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Chickamauga. Its coming up on September 14th and 15th, and the National Park...
Buried Secrets of the CSA

Buried Secrets of the CSA

by | Sep 6, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

ALBEMARLE, N.C.  — Are secret documents dating back to the Civil War buried in a mine in Stanly County? The Stanly County Museum and Stanly County Historical Society gave local residents an opportunity to hear of the mystery surrounding the disappearance of the...

Civil War Medicine

by | Sep 4, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Shauna Devine spoke at the National Library of Medicine on “The Civil War, the Army Medical Museum, and the Surgeon General’s Library: Medical Practice and the Science of American Medicine.” Dr. Devine also contributed to the NLM’s book Hidden Treasure. You can read...