News from Around the South 1/21 – 1/28

News from Around the South 1/21 – 1/28

South Carolina: Hunley Legend Altered by New Discovery For nearly 150 years, the story of the Hunley’s attack on the USS Housatonic has been Civil War legend. And it has been wrong. Scientists have discovered a piece of the Confederate submarine’s torpedo still...
News from Around the South 11/26-12/3

News from Around the South 11/26-12/3

Georgia: Signs that a GOP Civil War may be headed Georgia’s way In politics, two years is the equivalent of two eternities. But already, signs are pointing to a Republican civil war headed Georgia’s way, settling into an orbit around the 2014 re-election bid of...
News from Around the South, 11/2-11/9

News from Around the South, 11/2-11/9

South Carolina: Civil War Artist Depicts CSS  Hunley Launch COLUMBIA — The job of every historian is to gather as much information as possible, then fill in the blanks. Most do the filling with words. Mort Kunstler uses brush strokes. Kunstler, recognized as one of...