Today is Memorial Day, a day set aside to remember and reflect. In its beginning, this day bore the title “Decoration Day” because of the post-Civil War practice of decorating the graves of the fallen from that war.
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Jane Phillips: Kinston’s Bleak December of 1862
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.
Mike Parker: Friday Preview and Free Saturday kick-off Phase III exhibits
On March 11, the CSS Neuse Civil War Interpretive Center will unveil the final phase of permanent exhibits. Entitled "The Civil War in Eastern North Carolina," these Phase III exhibits will showcase a variety of aspects of the Civil War, including causes, military engagements and personalities, and the involvement of women and African Americans during the conflict.
Mike Parker: On April 17 support the Neuse II and make Mom happy
The year 2020 was rough on attendance aboard the CSS Neuse II, a full-scale replica of the original Confederate Ram once housed on the Neuse River at Kinston. In 2017, 2018, and 2019 the replica gunboat drew more than 5,000 visitors each year. In 2020, roughly one-third of that number visited the gunboat.
Confederate monument relocated to Wil King Memorial Site
Following the Lenoir County Commissioners' unanimous vote this week crews removed the Confederate monument for its placement at the Wil King Memorial Site.
Local history for local students at CSS Neuse Center
On Wednesday the center hosted free tours for Lenoir County Schools fourth-graders which were made possible by a $1700 sponsorship from Tands, Inc/ Bojangles. The donation covered expenses for student admission and their transportation to the site.
CSS Neuse Interpretive Center Unveils “Treasures from the Vault” Feb. 5
Rarely seen Civil War era artifacts will be on view when the “Treasures from the Vault” exhibit opens Feb. 5 at the CSS Neuse Civil War Interpretive Center.
Jane Phillips: People who once walked the streets of Kinston: A talented actor and dedicated teacher
Young Ed Grady was born to Eddie and Maude Grady in Kinston, North Carolina on August 31, 1923. As a boy he played with his brother Robert on the streets and school yards of Kinston. He attended Grainger High School where he was a star football player as one of the Red Devils.
Olde Kinston Gazette: Hanging the Andersonville jailer
Before the war between the states was fully over, Northern Newspapers were already labeling him the “Andersonville savage” a barbarian, they sensationalized, who orchestrated “rebel brutality” against helpless Union prisoners of war (POWs).
The Gunboat Boys set to kick off reading program
The Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library is hosting an adult summer reading program.
CSS Neuse Center to host free event during BBQ Festival
The CSS Neuse Civil War Interpretive Center will host an event during the BBQ Festival next weekend.
Learn about baseball’s Civil War connection Saturday
Baseball fans can learn a little Civil War history Saturday at the CSS Neuse Interpretative Center.
Jane Phillips: The return of the Tuscarora Indians
Neuse News historical columnist Jane Phillips recalls the return of an Indian tribe to ENC.
Learn more about African-American soldiers in the Civil War
Area residents can learn more about African-Americans who took up arms during the Civil War on Saturday.
Mike Parker: The truth about Lincoln, the Civil War and slavery
Neuse News columnist Mike Parker on the Civil War and the commonly-held assumption the war was primarily waged to end slavery.
Jane Phillips: Kinston's showplace — The Pollock Hotel
Neuse News columnist and Kinston historian Jane Phillips recalls the Pollock Hotel, one of the town’s former glories.
Jane Phillips: Man from Alaska visits site of ancestors capture on Wyse Fork battlefield
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.
Jane Phillips: Kinston’s bleak December of 1862
The church, Harriet’s Chapel, became riddled with bullet holes and some cannon holes. It was written in a Massachusetts regiment’s history that “on that Sunday morning that little church was very holy.”
Jane Phillips: The Washington family dynasty of Kinston - Part 4
Neuse News columnist Jane Phillips continues her series on the Washington family of Kinston.
Jane Phillips: The Washington Family Dynasty of Kinston, NC - Part 3
A native of Kinston, Susannah Sarah Washington Graham, the daughter of John and Elizabeth Washington lived an affluent life with a distinguished family. She was blessed with a loving family and many unique life experiences as the wife of such a man as tenacious William Graham who loved serving his country.