by editor | Nov 18, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Tennessee: Businessman acquires piece of battlefield land FRANKLIN, Tenn. — Battlefield preservationists will raze a former coin-operated car wash on the corner of Columbia Avenue and Fairground Street to make way for less than half an acre of greenspace to...
by editor | Nov 4, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Tennessee: Second Confederate Flag Stolen JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — One of five flagpoles at Oak Hill Cemetery in Johnson City is empty this week for the second time this month after someone stole the Confederate flag it bore. “It’s the second time in the last two...
by editor | Oct 16, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Alabama: Owasco Civil War History Subject of Book OWASCO , Ala. — Local author Anthony Gero believes his latest work was a story that needed to be told. It’s the story of a young man who learns of his father’s history as a Civil War veteran. A story...
by editor | Sep 24, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan
This chart, digitized by the Library of Congress, depicts major battles, troop losses, skirmishes, and other events in the American Civil War. (Click on the image to arrive at a zoomable version, or visit the LOC’s website.) The “Scaife Synoptical Method,” advertised...
by editor | Sep 16, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Alabama: Selma Moves Forward with Plans to Sell Confederate Circle SELMA, Ala. — The Selma City Council took a step toward solving a 136-year-old question of ownership Tuesday evening. The council voted 4-1 to begin the process of selling an acre of land in Old...