by editor | Jun 17, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Alabama: Poll: State Should Keep Jefferson Davis Holiday MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama should keep its state holiday in recognition of the birthday of Jefferson Davis, said a majority of respondents to an AL.com poll. AL.com posed the question yesterday, when state...
by editor | Jun 4, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan
This spring will be remembered, by history junkies at least, for the opening of a major new institution, one named after a polarizing leader, devoted to a divisive period, subsidized by taxpayers and stationed in the South. I’m not talking about the presidential...
by editor | 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...
by editor | May 20, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Mississippi: Remembrance Set for Key Civil War Struggle CHAMPION HILL, Miss. — One hundred fifty years after the bloody, tide-turning Battle of Champion Hill, key in the Vicksburg Campaign, the loudest ruckus was a leaf blower. This site had served as Gen. Grant’s...
by editor | May 13, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Mississippi: Civil War Letters Going Home JACKSON, Miss. — Richard Bridges seemed like a typical college student in his letters home. He tells family members he may need more money and clothes, talks about hanging out with friends and sounds a little homesick. But...