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Though few battles scarred North Carolina soil, the Tar Heel State's participation in the Civil War has been of great interest to historians. Civil War literature ranges from general reading and campaign narratives to children's books and scholarly texts. The following annotated list includes recent studies and classic readings.
The North Carolina Division of Tourism Film, and Sports Development has organized these historic sites and museums into a system of eight Civil War heritage trails. Four trails follow major highways, and the other four explore specific aspects of the Civil War. For more information on these trails, contact the North Carolina Civil War Tourism Council, P.O. Box 31522, Raleigh, NC 27622 or visit http://www.nccivilwar.com/.
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Alexander Dickson House
150 East King Street, Hillsborough
Hours: Monday through Saturday, 10:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.; Sunday, 1:00 to 4:00 P.M.
(919) 732-7741
Confederate general Wade Hampton used this historic house, built in 1790, as his headquarters. Also at this site, General Joseph E. Johnston prepared documents used to surrender to General William T. Sherman in 1865.
Bennett Place State Historic Site
4409 Bennett Memorial Road, Durham
Hours: (April through October) Monday through Saturday, 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.; Sunday, 1:00 to 5:00 P.M.; (November through March) Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.; Sunday, 1:00 to 4:00 P.M.
(919) 383-4345
http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/hs/bennett/bennett.htm
Walk the grounds where the largest Confederate troop surrender occurred.
Burwell School Historic Site
319 North Churton Street, Hillsborough
Hours: Wednesday through Saturday, 11:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.; Sunday, 1:00 to 4:00 P.M.
(919) 732-7741
This site examines antebellum Hillsborough and the impact of the Civil War on the Burwell family, the slaves who lived and worked there, and the students who attended Burwell's School for Young Ladies.
Greensboro Historical Museum
130 Summit Avenue, Greensboro
Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.; Sunday, 2:00 to 5:00 P.M.
(336) 373-2043
http://www.greensborohistory.org/index.htm
The site of a Confederate hospital, this museum exhibits rare Civil War weapons, historical prints, paintings, and other artifacts. A cemetery containing the graves of Civil War veterans lies on the museum grounds.
Historic Stagville
5825 Old Oxford Highway, Durham
Hours: Monday through Friday, 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.
(919) 620-0120
http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/do/stagvill/default.htm
Dedicated to historic structure preservation and African American cultural history, this site offers tours of Civil War–era slave quarters, a house, and a barn.
Malcolm Blue Farm
N.C. 5 South (Bethesda Road), Aberdeen
Hours: Thursday through Saturday, 1:00 to 4:00 P.M.
(910) 944-7558
http://web2.sandhillsonline.com/history/bluefarm.htm
Union troops commandeered this farm and nearby Bethesda Church in March 1865. Today an exhibit details the Battle of Monroe's Cross Roads.
Mendenhall Plantation
603 West Main Street, Jamestown
Hours: Tuesday through Friday, 11:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M.; Saturday, 1:00 to 4:00 P.M.; Sunday, 2:00 to 4:00 P.M.
(336) 454-3819
http://hb.thedepot.com/mendenhall
Home of Quaker abolitionist Richard Mendenhall, the plantation houses such artifacts as a false-bottomed wagon used in transporting slaves to freedom.
North Carolina Museum of History
5 East Edenton Street, Raleigh
Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.; Sunday, noon to 5:00 P.M.
(919) 715-0200
http://ncmuseumofhistory.org/
The exhibit North Carolina and the Civil War includes artifacts, photographs, and biographies of Tar Heel soldiers.
North Carolina State Capitol
1 East Edenton Street, Raleigh
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.; Saturday, 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.; Sunday, 1:00 to 5:00 P.M.
(919) 733-4994
http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/capitol/default.htm
The Capitol was the official site of the beginning and end of the Civil War in North Carolina. In the House chamber, representatives cast their votes to secede from the Union and join the Confederacy. After Union troops occupied the Capitol grounds in the spring of 1865, a signal message proclaiming the war's end was dispatched from the Capitol roof.
Orange County Historical Museum
201 North Churton Street, Hillsborough
Hours: Tuesday through Sunday, 1:30 to 4:30 P.M.
(919) 732-2201
This county museum presents the area's Civil War history, including information about the Orange Guard Company.
Salisbury National Cemetery and Confederate Prison Site
202 Government Road, Salisbury
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. (grounds always open)
(704) 636-2661
http://carolinalive.com/places-nc/salisbury_national_cemetery.htm
The cemetery, adjacent to the site of Salisbury Confederate Prison, contains the graves of 11,700 unknown Union soldiers buried in eighteen trenches marked by head- and footstones.
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