Civil War

The USS Monitor sank on New Year’s Eve in 1862, in a region off North Carolina known as The USS the Graveyard of the Atlantic, due to an estimated 2,000 shipwrecks. Sixteen sailors were lost in the sinking, historians say.

Some of Bragg’s most prominent streets — including Bragg Boulevard and Reilly Road — are on the list.

In Warrenton, North Carolina, this Juneteenth is commemorated by a dramatic production. The community came together, not to tell the story of the end of slavery, but the end of Reconstruction, some 50 years later.

An iconic North Carolina shopping center is changing its name to drop the connection to a family whose patriarch was a slaveholder before the Civil…

Some of the most popular films in our nation’s cinematic history are about the life, culture and customs of the American South. “Gone With the Wind” — the…

As we work to gain perspective during this crisis, we may find ourselves searching our personal and collective memories for precedents, stories or myths…

As we work to gain perspective during this crisis, we may find ourselves searching our personal and collective memories for precedents, stories or myths…

Organizers in Fayetteville want to transform a regional museum into a statewide history center focusing on the Civil War and Reconstruction. But critics…

Advocates for a new North Carolina Civil War and Reconstruction History Center say the proposed museum will draw visitors to Fayetteville and offer online…

Author Philip Gerard has spent years unearthing the lesser-known stories of the Civil War. In order to better document the history beyond the grand…