December 6, 2010 | Posted by javal
When, on the evening of Wednesday, April 26, 1865, Union troops under the command of Gen. Simeon Brown fell upon Asheville, they had reasons to be fired up.
They had recently heard about the assassination of President Lincoln.
Asheville was one of the last Confederate strongholds at the end of the Civil War.
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December 3, 2010 | Posted by javal
Following a near record crowd, and an all-time high in new member sign-ups at their Tuesday, November 2nd meeting which featured guest presenter Keith Hardison, the Round Table now announces its December 7th program. This meeting will feature Jim McKee, senior interpreter at the Brunswick Town/Ft. Anderson State Historic Site. His topic for the evening [...]
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December 2, 2010 | Posted by javal
Fort Branch will hold a candlelight tour of recreated Christmas scenes for a Civil War Christmas re-enactment Saturday evening.
Frank Dew, Fort Branch museum curator and chairman of the Battlefield Commission that oversees Fort Branch, said that Fort Branch has a theme every Christmas for visitors.
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November 29, 2010 | Posted by javal
Last week’s article concluded just as the Union Army, making its final push in the Civil War, was approaching Asheville from Fletcher.
News of Lee’s surrender had already reached the area. The leader of the Union cavalry, Gen. George Stoneman, had gone back to his base in Knoxville, Tenn., leaving his command to Gen. Alvan C. [...]
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November 23, 2010 | Posted by javal
The spirit of the holidays will be present at State Capitol’s annual Open House on Thursday, Dec. 9, through Sunday, Dec.12. The halls will be decked with seasonal decorations, and local groups will perform traditional and contemporary holiday music in the rotunda at various times of the day.
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November 22, 2010 | Posted by javal
Somerset Place State Historic Site in Creswell will present the lecture “The Impact and Implication of the Civil War from the Enslaved Person’s Perspective: Forced to Aid My Enemies’ Cause,” on Saturday, Jan. 15, at 2 p.m. Former site manager Dot Redford will speak.
For more information, call (252) 797-4560.
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November 22, 2010 | Posted by javal
Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic Site in Winnabow will present local historian Jack Travis, who will speak on “Jumping the Gun: The January 1861 Captures of Forts Caswell and Johnston” on Tuesday, Jan. 18, from 7-9 p.m. Travis is the author of “Men of God, Angels of Death: A History of General Lee’s Premier Artillery [...]
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November 15, 2010 | Posted by javal
From plum pudding to collard greens, or cotton stalks and popcorn, there will be lots of activity at the free, family-friendly holiday open house programs at Bentonville Battlefield and Aycock Birthplace state historic sites, sharing good cheer and the theme “Make History This Holiday.”
Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site will hold its holiday celebration on Dec. [...]
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November 12, 2010 | Posted by javal
McKendree R. “Mike” Long III will sign copies of his Civil War novel “No Good Like It Is,” from 2 to 5 p.m. Nov. 13 in the visitors’ center at the Fort Fisher State Historic Site.
A 1960 graduate of New Hanover High School, Long was a career paratrooper in the U.S. Army, serving two tours [...]
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November 10, 2010 | Posted by javal
More than 146 years after he was shot dead, Lt. Col. William Clay Walker was honored on Nov. 2 at McGuire’s Millrace Farm by a unit of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Civil War-era muskets and a mountain howitzer were fired in honor of the Cherokee County Confederate officer. Walker’s Battalion of Thomas Legion, 1st [...]
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