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- Collection: Commemoration
Michael Moore, Exhibit panel in "North Carolina and the Civil War," 2013
1863: A Year of Carnage "Our N.C. troops behaved most nobly....My Brigade behaved magnificently and got cup up terribly." --Brigadier General William Dorsey Pender, May 7, 1863 The intensity of the battles that North Carolina soldiers fought in…
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Michael Moore, Exhibit case in "North Carolina and the Civil War," 2013
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Michael Moore, Exhibit panel in "North Carolina in Crisis," 2013
North Carolina's Federal Soldiers Although North Carolina was a Confederate state, as many as 10,000 Tar Heels served in the state's four white Union regiments, and more than 5,000 blacks joined four African American Federal regiments. White…
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Michael Moore, Exhibit case in "North Carolina in Crisis," 2013
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Michael Moore, Exhibit panel (2) in "Real to Reel," 2013
Gone with the Wind premiered at Loew's Grand Theatre in Atlanta on December 15, 1939. Two thousand guests were invited, including most of the main cast, southern dignitaries, and surviving Confederate soldiers. Leslie Howard returned to England at…
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Michael Moore, Exhibit case (2) in "North Carolina and the Civil War," 2013
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Michael Moore, Exhibit display in "North Carolina in Crisis," 2013
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Michael Moore, Exhibit case in "Living Together," 2013
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North Carolina Museum of History Press Release, "Part Two of Civil War Exhibit Series Opens at NC Museum of History," November 11, 2012
Part Two of Civil War Exhibit Series Opens at NC Museum of History
In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War in North Carolina, the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh is presenting a three-part exhibit series titled North Carolina…
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Rachel Huffman, "Plagued by Misinterpretation," May 10, 2012
The Civil War has been so plagued by misinterpretation that it has made the period an arduous time to study for historians. The first and most obvious way is how the causes of the Civil War have changed depending on the interpreter. For example,…
Tags: Civil War, Memory, Slavery/Slaves, States' Rights
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"Grand Democratic Rally," Raleigh News and Observer, May 13, 1898
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On May 12, 1898, the Democratic Party of North Carolina held its first campaign rally in Laurinburg N.C. Following the procession of a band and…