News from Around the South 7/15 – 7/22
South Carolina: ‘Glory’ Battle, Soldiers Remembered SULLIVAN’S ISLAND, S.C. — Civil War re-enactors gathered on a wind-swept beach and marked the 150th anniversary Thursday of the famed attack by the black 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry — a...Photos Show Life Between Battles
For many, the name Mathew Brady is synonymous with Civil War photography. Brady (1823-1896) was one of the most prolific photographers of the 19th century, creating a visual documentation of the Civil War period (1860-65) in the form of more than 10,000 images. But...News from Around the South 7/8 – 7/15
Kentucky: Letter from Pastor’s Wife Sparks Furor LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A newspaper column lampooning Southern Baptists, calling the group “the crazy old paranoid uncle of evangelical Christians,” is causing quite a stir in a Kentucky city and put a pastor’s job in...Memorials Planned for Civil War Britons
Two war memorials – one in Liverpool and the other in the US state of Virginia, where much of the fighting took place – are being proposed by a British group of historians. Although Britain was officially neutral in the conflict, thousands of men born in...Obiter Dicta
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