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 3/3 – 3/10

by | Mar 10, 2014 | Archive, Southern Partisan

SOUTH CAROLINA: Archaeologists Race to Uncover Civil War Prison COLUMBIA, S.C. – Racing against time, South Carolina archaeologists are digging to uncover the remnants of a Civil War-era prisoner-of-war camp before the site in downtown Columbia is cleared to...

News from Around the South, 2/17 – 2/24

by | Feb 24, 2014 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Virginia: Civil War Soldier’s Letters Return Home DANVILLE, Va. — For 150 years, the letters written by a Confederate soldier — Pvt. Joseph Payne — back home to his wife in the Whitmell community of Pittsylvania County were carefully stored by descendants who...
Buried Secrets of the CSA

Buried Secrets of the CSA

by | Sep 6, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

ALBEMARLE, N.C.  — Are secret documents dating back to the Civil War buried in a mine in Stanly County? The Stanly County Museum and Stanly County Historical Society gave local residents an opportunity to hear of the mystery surrounding the disappearance of the...

Waiting for the Robert E. Lee

by | Aug 1, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Winston Churchill once said, “The most beautiful voice in the world is that of an educated Southern woman.” The Sons of Confederate Veterans hosted their 118th National Reunion during the month of July, 2013 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and Christine Barr, an...