Wall Street & The South

by | Mar 5, 2014 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Think of Dixie, and your mind probably conjures something like “Duck Dynasty” — bearded men bouncing along dirt roads in pickup trucks, raucously waving rebel flags. You probably wouldn’t think of black-tied bankers cavorting in the plush ballroom of Manhattan’s St....

The Hunley & History

by | Feb 17, 2014 | Archive, Southern Partisan

CHARLESTON, S.C. — On a clear, moonlight night 150 years ago, the hand-cranked Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley glided out over glassy seas off South Carolina, sailing into history as the first submarine ever to sink an enemy warship. A century and a half later — and...

Lee's Loyalty

by | Feb 12, 2014 | Archive, Southern Partisan

January 19 marked 207 years since the birth of Robert E. Lee. Known primarily as the general who commanded the Army of Northern Virginia during America’s Civil War, he is revered by some for his sterling character and military genius, while being denounced by...

News from Around th South, 1/27 to 2/3

by | Feb 3, 2014 | Archive, Southern Partisan

  Virginia: Fanmous Civil War House On Market FREDERICKSBURG, Va. —  A house with a historic résumé that includes a photograph taken of it by Mathew Brady after the Battle of Fredericksburg in 1862 is easily a consensus choice for the annals of city lore....

News from Around the South, Week of 1/24

by | Jan 24, 2014 | Archive, Southern Partisan

  Virginia: Marriage to Create New Civil War Museum RICHMOND, Va. — A proposed museum about the Civil War may be in the capital of the Confederacy, but the just-announced name for it indicates that the time has come to unite the Union and the Confederacy,...