News from Around the South 1/14 – 1/21

News from Around the South 1/14 – 1/21

by | Jan 21, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Florida: Re-Enactors Celebrate Battle, Camp Life The American Civil War was probably pretty difficult for all who took part. But with all the issues the soldiers and noncombatants faced in the 1860s, they didn’t have to worry about car alarms blaring. Union and...
News from Around the South 1/7 – 1/14

News from Around the South 1/7 – 1/14

by | Jan 14, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

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 12/24 – 12/31

News from Around the South 12/24 – 12/31

by | Dec 31, 2012 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Georgia: Civil War Photographs Depict Reality of War Photographs of the Civil War era from the collection of Judith J. Norrell are on exhibit at the Morris Museum of Art, offering rare views of the impact of war on the land and its people. The exhibit features some 30...
Civil War Secrets

Civil War Secrets

by | Dec 20, 2012 | Archive, Southern Partisan

The waves off North Carolina’s Cape Hatteras rose 20 feet and crashed down on the steam-powered vessel, which at just 172 feet long appeared too small to be a warship. Many of the 63 sailors on the USS Monitor had been in storms before, but they were used to...
News from Around the South 12/3-12/10

News from Around the South 12/3-12/10

by | Dec 10, 2012 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Georgia: Union General Gets Civil War Historical Marker The Civil War was more than just a battlefield conflict. It affected nearly every aspect of people’s lives, but 90 percent of Georgia’s 1,000 Civil War markers were about battles and Confederate military leaders....