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FOUR OAKS – Grave markers honoring 20 Confederate soldiers who died during the three-day Battle of Bentonville, which caused nearly 4,200 Un...

Alleghany County Public Library Honors “Freedom, Sacrifice, Memory” With Civil War Photography Exhibit on Display May 2-28 RALEIGH – Sin...

A week and a half ago (Yes, I really am that far behind), I had the opportunity to venture to North Georgia, to one of those battlefields wh...

RALEIGH -- As it has for generations, the Civil War engages and fascinates students of history like almost no other topic. A keynote address...

A fleet of steamers arrived off the bar early in the day and came to anchor. The number was afterwards increased, for on Sunday, when we wen...

What We Saw in Charleston We left Wilmington on Thursday night last to witness, and, if allowed to participate in the bombardment of Fort...

RALEIGH – On May 20, 1861, delegates from across the state met in the House Chamber of the State Capitol and voted to sever North Carolina ’...

You can find some real interesting figures about women in Raleigh in 1860 by visiting the CivilWarTime blog. I wonder how those numbers had...

Having a job as a full-time Civil War historian has its perks – ok, it has a lot of them, like working with original sources, handling origi...

Volume XVIII contains the history and rosters of the North Carolina Senior Reserves. The Senior Reserves were men between the ages of 45 and...

Last night, I had the opportunity to speak at the opening of the new Civil War exhibit at the Wilkes County Heritage Museum. Not only did I ...

Seeing that I’m speaking at the opening of a new Civil War exhibit at the Wilkes County Museum this week, I thought maybe we could turn our ...

The Rockingham County Historical Society Museum and Archives, the Eden Preservation Society, and the Eden Historical Museum are presenting a...

Folks, I’ll be at the McDowell County Public Library this afternoon, signing books, and speaking before the McDowell County Historical Socie...

Folks, I’ll be at the McDowell County Public Library this afternoon, signing books, and speaking before the McDowell County Historical Socie...

In about a week, I need to submit the paper I am presenting at the Civil War Memory Symposium that is taking place in Raleigh in May at the ...

I’ve probably said this before, and I’m sure I’ll say it again: I believe that every soldier’s grave should be marked by a tombstone. This p...

RALEIGH – Over the next four years, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources historian LeRae Umfleet will use new technology to tell ...

Have you heard about the efforts of a Raleigh attorney to get a pardon for William Woods Holden, the North Carolina reconstruction governor ...

I’ll be speaking and signing books tonight (March 14) at the Caldwell Heritage Museum in Lenoir at 7:00 pm. Come on out and join us! Tomor...