North Carolina Civil War

Barton Myers, a history professor at Washington and Lee University, speaks to a group of teachers at a symposium at the Hayti Heritage Center in Durham, hosted by the North Carolina History Center on the Civil War, Emancipation and Reconstruction.

Education

New NC museum wants to help teachers tackle the real history of the Civil War

James Farrell

The Civil War ended in 1865, but teaching about it, and the role slavery played in causing it, remains one of the most divisive subjects in American education. A new museum that's in the works in North Carolina aims to address that.

Arts & Culture

Want A Six-Ton Historic Painting? Here's Your Chance

Mark Rumsey

If you’ve been to Gettysburg, you may have seen the Cyclorama – a massive painting that colorfully and dramatically depicts battlefield scenes including…

Charlotte Area

19th Century Lincolnton Woman Gets Twitter Account To Spark Civil War Interest

Marshall Terry

This weekend marks the 150th anniversary of the largest surrender of Confederate troops during the Civil War. It took place near Durham. North Carolina…