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Alabama: New Details Learned of Civil War Hero Robert Smalls HUNTSVILLE — Robert Smalls achieved so many amazing deeds during his life, it’s understandable why much of his heroic history is unknown, even to his descendants, Benjamin and Mary Smalls of...
News from Around the South 12/10-12/17
Georgia: Teen’s Diary Provides Perspective on Civil War From atop Macon’s College Street, a disabled teen seemed to have little to look forward to except satisfying his voracious hunger for news of the Civil War. More than 150 years later, the world can now view...News from Around the South, 11/19-11/26
Virginia: Civil War Trust, Virginia Team-Up for $3.2M Gaines Mill Preservation RICHMOND, Va. — The Civil War Trust has teamed up with the state to complete a $3.2 million campaign protecting 285 acres at Gaines’ Mill, where Gen. Robert E. Lee had his first major...
News from Around the South, 11/2-11/9
South Carolina: Civil War Artist Depicts CSS Hunley Launch COLUMBIA — The job of every historian is to gather as much information as possible, then fill in the blanks. Most do the filling with words. Mort Kunstler uses brush strokes. Kunstler, recognized as one of...Obiter Dicta
When James Madison was a member of Congress in 1791 and charged with drafting the Bill of Rights, he made Read More
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Archaeologists working on a project to rehabilitate the foundation of George Washington’s Mount Vernon, VA home made a stunning discovery when they unearthed two intact bottles of cherries from the hardened dirt Read More