by editor | Jul 9, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan
On July 3, 2013 in the hot sun of the early afternoon, I stood not too far from the Virginia Monument on Seminary Ridge in Gettysburg. I’ve stood there many times before and would meditate on what would motivate men to make that long walk to the stone wall under fire...
by editor | Jul 8, 2013 | Southern Partisan, Uncategorized
Virginia: Federal Judge Sides with Lexington over Confederate Flag Ban Lexington’s ban on flying the Confederate flag — and other non-governmental colors — from city-owned light poles does not violate a heritage group’s right of free speech, a federal appeals court...
by editor | Jul 2, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan
In early July, on the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, pilgrims will crowd Little Round Top and the High Water Mark of Pickett’s Charge. But venture beyond these famous shrines to battlefield valor and you’ll find quiet sites like...
by editor | Jul 1, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Texas: Museum Features Gettysburg Artifacts CORSICANA — One hundred fifty years ago this week, the battle that changed the course of the Civil War took place far from Texas in Gettysburg, Penn. This Saturday, artifacts from the Battle of Gettysburg, including a...
by editor | Jun 28, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan
“For every Southern boy fourteen years old, not once but whenever he wants it, there is the instant when it’s still not yet two o’clock on that July afternoon in 1863” – William Faulkner in Intruder in The Dust BY CLINT JOHNSON Guest columnist Faulkner was...