News from Around the South 5/21 – 5/27
Virginia: Appomattox Cannons Receive Attention APPOMATTOX, Va. — Two Civil War-era cannons in Appomattox Court House Square are the focal point of countless photos of tourists taking turns posing with them. Last week, the cannons received attention of a different sort...News from Around the South 5/13 – 5/20
Mississippi: Remembrance Set for Key Civil War Struggle CHAMPION HILL, Miss. — One hundred fifty years after the bloody, tide-turning Battle of Champion Hill, key in the Vicksburg Campaign, the loudest ruckus was a leaf blower. This site had served as Gen. Grant’s...Civil War CSI
Legendary Confederate fighter Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson died 150 years ago but the actual cause of his death has been a subject of debate. And it was again at the 20th annual Historical Clinicopathological Conference in Maryland. Jackson got the...Gettysburg's Grip
In a few weeks, an estimated 4 million visitors are expected to descend upon the picturesque southern Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg, which has a population of less than 8,000. They’re coming by the millions to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Battle of...Obiter Dicta
A “special government employee,” wealthy beyond the dreams of Croesus, chose as his first target the poorest and most vulnerable Read More
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FLORIDA: Students Are Giving Up Their Saturdays to Learn History Their Schools Don’t Teach TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Buried among Florida’s manicured golf courses and sprawling suburbs are the artifacts Read More