News from Around the South 7/15 – 7/22

by | Jul 22, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

South Carolina: ‘Glory’ Battle, Soldiers Remembered SULLIVAN’S ISLAND, S.C. — Civil War re-enactors gathered on a wind-swept beach and marked the 150th anniversary Thursday of the famed attack by the black 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry — a...

News from Around the South 6/17 – 6/24

by | Jun 24, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Virginia: VMI Scene for new Civil War Movie about Battle of New Market The statue has mourned for more than a century. “Virginia Mourning Her Dead” symbolizes the losses the Virginia Military Institute suffered in the Battle of New Market. Soon, it won’t be the only...

News from Around the South 5/21 – 5/27

by | May 28, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Virginia: Appomattox Cannons Receive Attention APPOMATTOX, Va. — Two Civil War-era cannons in Appomattox Court House Square are the focal point of countless photos of tourists taking turns posing with them. Last week, the cannons received attention of a different sort...

Chancellorsville

by | Apr 25, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

“My plans are perfect, and when I start to carry them out may God have mercy on General Lee, for I will have none.” — Union General Joseph Hooker It had been several months since the embarrassing Mud March and the removal of Union Gen. Ambrose...
News from Around the South 3/25 – 4/1

News from Around the South 3/25 – 4/1

by | Apr 1, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

North Carolina: Confederate Flag at old Capitol Draws Anger  RALEIGH, N.C. — A Confederate battle flag hung inside the old North Carolina State Capitol to mark the sesquicentennial of the Civil War is raising concern with civil rights leaders. The flag was raised...