by editor | Feb 17, 2014 | Archive, Southern Partisan
CHARLESTON, S.C. — On a clear, moonlight night 150 years ago, the hand-cranked Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley glided out over glassy seas off South Carolina, sailing into history as the first submarine ever to sink an enemy warship. A century and a half later — and...
by editor | 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 editor | 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 editor | 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 editor | 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,...