Ricky Hart and Beverly Evans survey the vast expanse of Historic Stagville Plantation, where their ancestors’ whispers echo ...

The deserters who formerly sought refuge in the mountains in the western part of North Carolina have become emboldened at their great increase in numbers, and attack and overpower the guards left ...

IN FRONT OF KINSTON, N.C., March 17, 1865. We had a hard fight with the enemy on the 8th inst., at Swift Creek. All of our regiment were either killed or captured, except about 200 men.

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has long stood as a proud and resilient Indigenous community, recognized for its unique ...

A Confederate general stated in 1862 that North Carolina was losing approximately ... Finally, on April 18, 1865, the Civil War ended with the surrender of the Confederate army.

The Rufus Barringer Civil War Round Table will meet at 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 20, at the Civic Club, on the corner of ...

Each month, local historian Florine Bell provides information about prominent local individuals or places. Although North ...

In recognition of Black History Month, Clark Curtis will be taking a closer look at some of the people, places, and events that have helped mold the story of Washington’ s wealth of history and her ...

Because of extensive settlement and cultivation, maroonage in Virginia and the northern colonies was mostly limited to the Great Dismal Swamp, on the Virginia and North Carolina border.