It may not be a universal rule of Southern manhood, but if you look at the Southern men who have had the most impact on the history of the world — Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Z.Z. Top, Charlie Daniels and the like — they all have one thing in common: a thick, manly beard.
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Tag Archives: Civil War
One for the Newcomers: The Best of RSM
March 4, 2012 
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In order to give our new readers a taste of everything RSM can be, we’re going to cycle through some of our most popular stories from the past eleven months, moving them up to the top of the front page.
In case you’re too impatient to wait for those, here are some links:
Read more Nine Questions with Filmmaker Robert Persons
July 15, 2011 0 Comments
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:
Read more 10 Things You May Not Know About the Civil War (pt. 3)
June 9, 2011 1 Comment
Time to wrap up our little series of curious facts and dispelled myths about the Civil War. Let’s start by recapping the first seven items on our list:
1. The first death in the Civil War was an accident.
2. The first non-accidental deaths in the War were not in combat.
3. The first true combat death was all because of a cow.
4. The War was largely brought about by one man’s Oedipal complex.
5. Northerners were racists, too.
6. The Emancipation Proclamation didn’t do what you think it did.
7. The end of the War did not mean the end of slavery.
Twanglish Lesson: Civil War Slang
June 9, 2011 1 Comment
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 the usual structure of our Twanglish Lesson. Today, we’re bringing you a collection of slang and colloquial terms that were common during the Civil War.
Read more Real Southern Quote: On the Nature of Sailors
June 3, 2011 1 Comment
Today’s Real Southern Quote comes to us from the pages of the war memoirs of Admiral Raphael Semmes, captain of the CSS Alabama. It deals with nothing less than the fundamental nature of sailors.
What can we say? Stereotypes exist for a reason…
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