by editor | Nov 30, 2021 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Two years ago, Charleston historian English Purcell was surfing Google Earth, taking note of the scores of outbuildings that still survive behind the city’s larger historic homes. Purcell, an administrator for the popular Facebook site, Charleston History Before 1945,...
by editor | Nov 30, 2021 | Archive, Southern Partisan
According to Gallup, on the issue of crime, President Joe Biden is 18 points underwater. While 57% of Americans disapprove of how he is handling crime, only 39% approve. Biden’s dismal rating was recorded before the verdict came in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial —...
by editor | Nov 28, 2021 | Archive, Southern Partisan
SOUTH CAROLINA: Pinckney Historic Home Vandalized MOUNT PLEASANT — Someone used a metal detector to dig 19 holes in search of artifacts at the Charles Pinckney National Historic Site, which once was the plantation home of the 37th governor of South Carolina and a...
by editor | Nov 24, 2021 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Bent slightly in stature, balding steadily and a bit on the heavy side, John Hunt Morgan was not that impressive to the casual viewer. By only looking at the man, one would miss was the extraordinary charisma of this most impressive of generals. By the summer of 1863,...
by editor | Nov 23, 2021 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Belarusian autocrat Alexander Lukashenko has cleared out the encampment at his border crossing into Poland, where thousands of Middle Eastern migrants had been living in squalor. Last week, that border crossing was the site of clashes between asylum-seekers trying to...
by editor | Nov 22, 2021 | Archive, Southern Partisan
GEORGIA: Closing Arguments Expected In Arbery Killing BRUNSWICK – After two weeks of testimony in the trial of three white men charged with murder in Ahmaud Arbery’s shooting, attorneys are expected to deliver their closing arguments today. Race has permeated the...