News from Around the South 4/28 – 5/5

by | May 6, 2014 | Archive, Southern Partisan

VIRGINIA: Archaeologists Map Civil War Cemetery LYNCHBURG, Va. — Four archaeologists stood among a 45-foot by 10-foot trench within “Yankee Square” at Old City Cemetery in Lynchburg on Sunday afternoon. Using brooms and shovels, they uncovered a patchwork of...

News from Around the South 7/22 – 7/29

by | Jul 29, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

  Virginia: Confederate Marine Re-enactors Join Appomattox Show APPOMATTOX, Va. — Friday evening’s wind blew, catching the Confederate Marine flag at the head of a recreated Civil War campsite and whipping it about. The six tents surrounding the flag were...
News from Around the South 2/25 – 3/4

News from Around the South 2/25 – 3/4

by | Mar 4, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Alabama: Black Confederate Soldiers’ Stories Must Be Told HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — An attempt to squelch a little known part of African American history gave Edwin Kennedy a bigger microphone than he ever imagined 13 years ago. At the time, he had just seen a...