Southern heritage

The topic of black Confederate soldiers is rarely talked about, nowadays, because it's not ‘politically correct’, but the truth of the matter is that quite a number of black Southerners served in the Confederate Army, and way before Mr. Lincoln ever let the first black man fight for his beloved Union. The contributions that Black Southerners made to support the South in its struggle for independence should not be denigrated. Why would a black man fight to protect slavery, you ask. It wasn’t…

Like many regions with a very specific identity, the South has plenty of folklore. And within that folklore, you can find several old-fashioned ways to repel spirits, or "haints."So what is a "haint?" It's just another word for a ghost or spirit, a derivative of "haunt." For centuries, Southerners h...

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Here's the thing about Southern women:We are prepared for every situation. We have ingredients to make a casserole in the pantry in case of birth, death or sickness. We style our hair based on the current degree of humidity in the air. We keep thank you notes at the ready. And we know how to change ...

Midway through his eulogy for Rev. Clementa Pinckney, the slain pastor of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina,...

Confederate Generals. Left to right - Hood, Semmes, Davis, Stuart, Jackson, Lee, Forrest, Johnston, Beauregard.

The Confederados are one of the last remaining enclaves of the children of the unreconstructed South.

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20 Things A True Southerner Knows - There are certain things that with your background, Nationality, upbringing, etc you just know.

I made this list in order to clear up some misconceptions people had about the Confederacy. This is not an comprehensive list of facts about the Confederacy; I picked a few that I thought most people wouldn’t be familiar with. Overall, I intended for this to be a fun and informative list and not to start a North versus South debate.