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Is It Proper To Honor The Confederate Dead?
Another Memorial Day has come and gone and I suspect few people paused to honor or think about the 260,000 Confederate soldiers who died during the Civil War. No surprise. It wouldn’t be politically...
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Twanglish Lesson: Wawah
Twanglish Lesson is your bi-weekly guide to the Southern Language. Remember, it's not English; it's Twanglish. It's Civil War week on RSM. But before we can have a proper discussion of the Civil War...
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RSM Profile: William J. Hardee
Today's RSM Profile is of a lesser-known general from the Civil War, but one of utmost importance. William J. Hardee wrote the book on battle for the Civil War ... literally.
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Twanglish Lesson: Civil War Slang
Twanglish Lessons is your bi-weekly guide to mastering the finer points of the Southern Language. Remember, it's not English; it's Twanglish. In keeping with our theme for the week, we're breaking from...
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Should African-Americans Attend Civil War Events?
A recent Associated Press story delved into the question of why black citizens are largely avoiding commemorations of the Civil War. Admittedly, the Sesquicentennial is only a few weeks old, but the...
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Mobile-built sub CSS Hunley upright for first time since 1864 | al.com
The CSS Hunley was, for many years, the stuff of legend: a human-powered Confederate submarine, the first submarine ever to sink an enemy ship in combat. Tragically, the Hunley itself sank...
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Nine Questions with Filmmaker Robert Persons
Wayne Franklin recently had the pleasure of conversing with first-time filmmaker Robert Persons about his wonderfully rich film General Orders No. 9. Appropriately, Wayne asked him nine questions:
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Twanglish Lesson: Civil War Slang
Twanglish Lessons is your bi-weekly guide to mastering the finer points of the Southern Language. Remember, it's not English; it's Twanglish. In keeping with our theme for the week, we're breaking from...
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