The Great Civil War Lie

by | Jun 13, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Civil War buffs have long speculated about how different the war might have been if only the Confederacy had won formal recognition from Britain. But few recognize how close that came to happening — and how much pro-Southern sympathy in Britain was built on a lie....

"The Seething Hell"

by | Jun 7, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

The most telling of all paintings about the Civil War, Winslow Homer’s “Prisoners from the Front” (1866), is enough on its own to save “The Civil War and American Art,” a show at the Metropolitan Museum, from the general inadequacy of art in the face of traumatizing...

News from Around the South, 5/6 – 5/13

by | May 13, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Mississippi: Civil War Letters Going Home JACKSON, Miss. — Richard Bridges seemed like a typical college student in his letters home. He tells family members he may need more money and clothes, talks about hanging out with friends and sounds a little homesick. But...
Rethink Stereotypes of the South

Rethink Stereotypes of the South

by | Mar 6, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

“Why do so many people think the South is so bad?” one of my international students asked me this winter on the first day of a class I taught about Southern history and culture. “I think it’s pretty great here.” Lacking a good reply, “me too” was all I could muster....