Unknown Faces of the Civil War

Unknown Faces of the Civil War

by | Nov 21, 2012 | Archive, Southern Partisan

In the song “Home,” Phillip Phillips sings, “If you get lost, you can always be found.” That’s exactly what the Museum of the Confederacy hopes. Nine of its photographs from the Civil War are unidentified. The museum calls them...
Predictions to Bank On

Predictions to Bank On

by | Nov 2, 2012 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Because fish have to swim and birds have to fly, those of us lucky enough to spend our time on politics somehow feel we have to predict the winners of national elections. This is the 12th presidential campaign that I have either worked in or covered. What follows is...
South's Swing States

South's Swing States

by | Oct 29, 2012 | Archive, Southern Partisan

What’s going on in the Southern swing states? In 2008, President Barack Obama managed an historic accomplishment: He was not only elected as the first African American in the White House, he got there in part due to becoming the first Democrat in decades to win...
Where does The South begin?

Where does The South begin?

by | Oct 8, 2012 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Gordonsville, Va. — There’s debate about where the South really begins. The Mason-Dixon Line? The Potomac? The Rappahannock? The “sweet tea line?” What’s certain is that, by the time you’ve reached David Lamb’s horse farm in Orange County, you’re there. Oakland...

News from Around the South 9/20-9/26

by | Sep 26, 2012 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Georgia: Kennessaw Group Brings to Light Cobb’s Civil War Roots By H.M. Cauley, for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution As historians, researchers and interested readers of Civil War lore will confirm, Cobb County has a wealth of connections to the conflict. For...