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Ironclads and Innovation: CSS Neuse Museum Brings Civil War Naval History to Life July 11

Ironclads and Innovation: CSS Neuse Museum Brings Civil War Naval History to Life July 11

Press Release
Local News

While most people think of dusty battlefields when they picture the Civil War, the real game-changing technology was happening on the water. On Saturday, July 11, the CSS Neuse Museum will pull back the curtain on this high-seas drama with its immersive summer program, “Sailors in the Summer: Ironclads and Naval Living History.” From 10 a.m.- 4 p.m., regional history will come alive through interactive exhibits, expert-led demonstrations, and hands-on family activities designed to show exactly what it took to survive as a sailor in the 1860s.

Jane Phillips: Kinston’s Bleak December of 1862

Jane Phillips: Kinston’s Bleak December of 1862

Jane Phillips
Local News

At the beginning of the Civil War Kinston was a sedate little town with its churches and industrious people. After the war was declared, Confederate soldiers began to occupy Kinston, change was in the air as military training camps sprung up around the county. First, soldiers came by the hundreds and then the thousands.

Jane Phillips: Man from Alaska visits site of ancestors capture on Wyse Fork battlefield

Jane Phillips: Man from Alaska visits site of ancestors capture on Wyse Fork battlefield

Jane Phillips
Columns

I answered the phone and it was Wilbur King on the other end. He had a gentleman in the restaurant that was from Alaska and was visiting Kinston because his great grandfather had been in the battle of Wyse Fork (on the eastern side of Lenoir County) and he had come to Kinston to see where his ancestor had fought in the Civil War. Wilbur told me the man was interested in purchasing a set of maps of the Wyse Fork Battlefield.

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