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No major Civil War battles were fought in the North Carolina mountains; however, many mountain people did declare either for the North or the South, and evidence remains of the encounters that took placed there. Johnson recounts several of these, including stories of a Confederate Cherokee regiment led by a crazed white man, women bushwhackers who posed as men to join the army, and Union Captain Miles Keough, who captured the town of Boone and later died with Custer at the Little Big Horn.
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Fort Johnson, an obscure fort located in Brunswick County, has the unique distinction of being the location where both the Revolutionary War and Civil War began in North Carolina. Hartsoe recounts the events.
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Mrs. Rose O'Neal Greenhow used her high-society connections in Washington, D.C., to gather information of value to the South during the Civil War. Imprisoned by the North, then later deported to Richmond, she went to Europe in 1862 to try to win support for the Southern cause. On her return in 1864, her ship, trying to evade a ship mistaken for a Union gunboat, ran aground off Wilmington. Greenhow drowned attempting to reach shore.
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Cruze discusses the Endor iron furnace which was built near Sanford in Lee County in 1862. The furnace went into blast in 1863, producing twenty-one tons of pig iron a day for material used in Confederate munitions. No one can say for certain who the builder was or how the furnace got its name. The stones used in the construction weighed between one and two thousand pounds and were joined without using mortar. Today the top left corner of the furnace remains in its original condition, standing thirty-five feet tall and thirty-two feet wide with an eight foot tall open arch on each side. The furnace was placed on the National Registry of Historic Places in 1974.
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The second largest battle of the Civil War in North Carolina was fought at Plymouth on April 17-20, 1864. On Living History Weekend, held in April, history comes alive with period reenactors from around the country portraying soldiers and sailors from the famous battle. Green discusses the battle and historic sites to visit during the weekend.
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Wright describes the Civil War Trails program, a three-state, federally funded program that seeks to increase recognition of Civil War history at sites in Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina. In North Carolina the new driving trails recall the state's pivotal role in the Civil War. Over one hundred markers are included in North Carolina's first section of the trail, most of them placed for the very first time. Red, white, and blue signs sporting bugles direct visitors to the sites. Bentonville, Fort Fisher, forts on the Outer Banks, and Plymouth are included in stage one. Second stage markers will focus on the war's action in the western part of the state.
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The Civil War ended in North Carolina 140 years ago. A number of historical sites mark critical events of the war that occurred in the Coastal Plain and the Piedmont. Beginning in January 2005, a number of commemorative events were held at sites including Fort Fisher, Fort Anderson, Bentonville, and Bennett Place.\r\n\r\n
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Goldsboro in Wayne County was a major rail center during the Civil War. Three major rail lines converged there -- the Wilmington and Weldon, the Atlantic and North Carolina, and the North Carolina Railroad. Joyner recounts the closing days of the Civil War when General Sherman's troops, 110,000 strong, occupied the area around Goldsboro before moving onto Raleigh and the occupation by Union troops after the end of hostilities.
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When members of the New York Knickerbockers baseball team marched off to fight in the Civil War, they took the game and rules with them and played during their time in camps. James Constantine, a divinity student at Duke University, now serves as chaplain of the 26th Regiment of North Carolina Troops Reactivated. He wants to develop a vintage baseball team that will play the game as Civil War soldiers played it.
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The Civil War Trails program is a three-state, federally funded program that seeks to increase recognition of Civil War history at sites in Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina. In North Carolina the new driving trails recall the state's pivotal role in the Civil War. Over forty-one of the state's counties participate in the program, and one hundred and five markers stand along the first section of the trail. Markers include photos, illustrations, maps, and text. The second stage of trail development will focus on the war's action in the western part of the state.
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Roanoke Island is synonymous with the Lost Colony of the 1580s. A second colony flourished there during the Civil War. This one was composed of slaves who sought refuge behind the lines of Union soldiers, who occupied a portion of the eastern part of the state. By 1864, ex-slaves on the island numbered 2,700. Freedmen's Colony was a thriving community with churches, schools, and homes. Angione explores the history of this colony and how it is commemorated today.
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By the spring of 1862, Eastern North Carolina was already feeling the effects of the Civil War. Coastal fortifications at Washington, Plymouth, and New Bern were under federal occupation. Confederate forces still maintained control of the entire area west of Greenville, Kinston, Goldsboro, and Wilmington. The area between the U.S. and Confederate occupied areas suffered greatly. In November 1862, Major General John G. Foster, U.S.A., received orders to attack Confederate regiments in Martin County. Considered to be just as devastating as Sherman's march through Georgia, Foster's Raid covered about ninety-four miles in Martin County. Over two million dollars worth of property damage was done and nothing of military value was accomplished.
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In search of information about the grandfather that he never knew, G. Kent Strickland discovered a little-known Civil War story. Strickland was told that his grandfather Thomas Strickland died in a railroad accident in Drewry's Bluff, Virginia. After years of research, Kent discovered that Thomas was captured at Cold Harbor and that the railroad accident occurred in Shohola, Pennsylvania. A total of sixty-seven confederate prisoners of war and Union guards were killed when two trains collided.
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Halifax Woods was only eighteen years old when General Hoke asked him to dress as a Union soldier and pass through the enemy lines in May of 1864. Woods's mission was to report to Union officers that Confederate troops were advancing on the James River. Woods carried out this scheme and quickly rode away before Union officers could question his story. The Union's plans to advance were slowed while the report was checked and discovered to be false. This delay led to the Battle of Drewry's Bluff and an advance on Richmond was stopped.
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In April of 1862 the Confederate government found itself short of metallic materials. As a result, the government appealed to churches to donate their bells. Officials calculated that one church bell could be used to construct up to three cannons. Churches in Hillsboro, Washington, Edenton, and Charlotte all contributed their church bells for the Confederate cause.
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