News from Around the South 12/3-12/10

News from Around the South 12/3-12/10

by | Dec 10, 2012 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Georgia: Union General Gets Civil War Historical Marker The Civil War was more than just a battlefield conflict. It affected nearly every aspect of people’s lives, but 90 percent of Georgia’s 1,000 Civil War markers were about battles and Confederate military leaders....
GOP Victories Unsung

GOP Victories Unsung

by | Nov 24, 2012 | Archive, Southern Partisan

In the weeks since the election, the general consensus has been that Republicans got hammered. From Mitt Romney’s Election Day collapse to the party’s failure to take back the Senate and prevent ballot initiatives legalizing same-sex marriage, Republicans...
South's Swing States

South's Swing States

by | Oct 29, 2012 | Archive, Southern Partisan

What’s going on in the Southern swing states? In 2008, President Barack Obama managed an historic accomplishment: He was not only elected as the first African American in the White House, he got there in part due to becoming the first Democrat in decades to win...
News from Around the South 10/19-10/26

News from Around the South 10/19-10/26

by | Oct 26, 2012 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Florida: Confederate Flag at School Angers Mom A South Florida mom is not happy with a history exhibition at her child’s elementary school. Tina Meadows is asking Sunset Lakes Elementary School in Miramar to remove a Confederate flag on display in a school...

News from Around the South 9/20-9/26

by | Sep 26, 2012 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Georgia: Kennessaw Group Brings to Light Cobb’s Civil War Roots By H.M. Cauley, for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution As historians, researchers and interested readers of Civil War lore will confirm, Cobb County has a wealth of connections to the conflict. For...