News from Around the South 4/28 – 5/5

by | May 6, 2014 | Archive, Southern Partisan

VIRGINIA: Archaeologists Map Civil War Cemetery LYNCHBURG, Va. — Four archaeologists stood among a 45-foot by 10-foot trench within “Yankee Square” at Old City Cemetery in Lynchburg on Sunday afternoon. Using brooms and shovels, they uncovered a patchwork of...

News from Around the South 4/21 – 4/28

by | Apr 28, 2014 | Archive, Southern Partisan

GEORGIA: Groups Remember Ancestors at Confederate Cemetery MARIETTA — Beneath large shade trees and in the midst of thousands of Confederate flags perched near tombstones Sunday, the Daughters of Confederate Veterans on Confederate Memorial Day honored their ancestors...

CSA Memorial Day

by | Apr 22, 2014 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Sir Winston Churchill once said: “The flags of the Confederate States of America were very important and a matter of great pride to those citizens living in the Confederacy. They are also a matter of great pride for their descendants as part of their heritage and...

News from Around the South 4/14 – 4/21

by | Apr 21, 2014 | Archive, Southern Partisan

ARKANSAS: School Boots Confederate Flag from Vehicles WALDRON, Ark. — Administrators with a small-town school in Arkansas say students are starting trouble by flying Confederate flags from their trucks, and they need to take them down or face suspension. The...

News from Around the South 3/31 – 4/7

by | 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...