by editor | Apr 7, 2014 | Archive, Southern Partisan
SOUTH CAROLINA: Mystery of Confederate Soldier Solved BEAUFORT, S.C. — The answer to one of Beaufort County’s oldest mysteries will be officially unveiled next month, along with a new gravestone for the only unknown Confederate soldier buried...
by editor | Mar 26, 2014 | Archive
I was born in New York City, raised in Delaware, and spent the majority of my adult life in eastern Pennsylvania. I’ve only lived in the South for a decade, and in Atlanta at that. This past week, among the news from my home state, was the new vanity license...
by editor | Mar 10, 2014 | Archive, Southern Partisan
SOUTH CAROLINA: Archaeologists Race to Uncover Civil War Prison COLUMBIA, S.C. – Racing against time, South Carolina archaeologists are digging to uncover the remnants of a Civil War-era prisoner-of-war camp before the site in downtown Columbia is cleared to...
by editor | Mar 5, 2014 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Think of Dixie, and your mind probably conjures something like “Duck Dynasty” — bearded men bouncing along dirt roads in pickup trucks, raucously waving rebel flags. You probably wouldn’t think of black-tied bankers cavorting in the plush ballroom of Manhattan’s St....
by editor | Feb 24, 2014 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Virginia: Civil War Soldier’s Letters Return Home DANVILLE, Va. — For 150 years, the letters written by a Confederate soldier — Pvt. Joseph Payne — back home to his wife in the Whitmell community of Pittsylvania County were carefully stored by descendants who...