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Raising the White Flag: How Surrender Defined the American Civil War. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2019. ISBN 978-1-4696-4972-6. Trotter, William R., Ironclads and columbiads: the coast. Joseph F. Blair, 1989. ISBN 0-89587-088-6; Official records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. Series I: 27 ...
It was established at the site of burials of Union soldiers who died during the American Civil War while held at a Confederate prisoner of war camp at the site. Now administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs , it encompasses 65 acres (26 ha), 15 acres (6.1 ha) in the original location and 50 acres (20 ha) at an annex. [ 2 ]
The Civil War Battlefield Guide, 2nd ed. New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1998. ISBN 0-395-74012-6. War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series 1, vol 47, Part 1, Page 909; Fort Fisher: National Historic Landmark, North Carolina Historic Sites
The site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961, the first in North Carolina. It is now part of Fort Fisher State Historic Site, belonging to the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, and includes the main fort complex, a museum and a visitor center. Undersea archaeology is also practiced around the site.
Camp Bragg was established in 1918 as an artillery training ground. The Chief of Field Artillery, General William J. Snow, was seeking an area having suitable terrain, adequate water, rail facilities, and a climate suitable for year-round training, and he decided that the area now known as Fort Liberty met all of the desired criteria. [5]
The World War II battleship USS North Carolina, now a war memorial, is moored across from the downtown port area, and is open to the public for tours. [16] Other attractions include the Cape Fear Museum of History and Science and the Children's Museum of Wilmington. [17] The city is home to the University of North Carolina Wilmington. [18]
The mountainous western North Carolina city of Asheville is mentioned several times throughout the book. Kya’s dad, Pa, is from Asheville. His family owned a plantation there, but lost it during ...
The Civil War in North Carolina. University of North Carolina Press. Barrett, John Gilcrest (1984). The Civil War in North Carolina. North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. Carbone, John S. (2001). The Civil War in Coastal North Carolina. North Carolina Division of Archives and History. Clinard, Karen L.; Richard Russell, eds. (2008).