News From Around the South 11/3 – 11/10

by | Nov 10, 2014 | Archive, Southern Partisan

MISSISSIPPI: State eyes Heritage Initiative Preserving Confederate, Colonel Reb Past By Steph Bazzle  If passed, a measure being considered for Mississippi’s 2016 ballots would make Christianity the state religion, English the official language, and, according to its...

News From Around the South 8/11 to 8/18

by | Aug 19, 2014 | Archive, Southern Partisan

  TENNESSEE: Professor Publishes Civil War Diary CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – On a cold night in February 1862, the moans and whimpers of injured Confederate soldiers filled the streets of Clarksville. Hospitals had been set up in local buildings to treat the wounded,...

News from Around the South 6/30 to 7/7

by | Jul 7, 2014 | Archive, Southern Partisan

MISSISSIPPI: Cannons Draw Visitors to Siege of Vicksburg Commemoration VICKSBURG, Miss. — A program commemorating the 151st anniversary of the Civil War Siege of Vicksburg drew hundreds to the Vicksburg National Military Park over the weekend. Saturday’s event...

News from Around the South 5/12 – 5/19

by | May 19, 2014 | Archive, Southern Partisan

    SOUTH CAROLINA: Civil War Ship Stolen by Slaved  Found The wreck of a ship once commandeered by slaves and sailed to freedom during the Civil War has very likely been found. The shipwrecked Planter almost certainly rests beneath 10 to 15 feet (3 to 5...

News from Around the South 11/18-11/25

by | Nov 25, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Tennessee: Confederate Soldier Receives Posthumous Medal of Honor James Breathed, a doctor who served as a soldier in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, has been posthumously awarded the Confederate Medal of Honor by the Sons of Confederate Veterans. Only 48...