Tag Archives: 1865

Between Heaven and Hell: Raleigh and the End of the Civil War

Posted on March 23, 2012 by

[This blog post comes from a Dept. of Cultural Resources press release - you can find other news related to NC Cultural Resources here.] RALEIGH - The State Capitol will host the lecture “Between Heaven and Hell: Raleigh and the End … Continue reading →

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North Carolina Civil War Timeline

Posted on October 21, 2011 by

One of the new items that you will see on our blog is the appearance of the “North Carolina State Archives Civil War Sesquicentennial Timeline” posted under our blog statement. The purpose of the timeline is to provide context to … Continue reading →

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Local Author Will Recount True Civil War Love Story at 2nd Saturdays Program at the State Capitol Aug. 13

Posted on August 4, 2011 by

[This blog post comes from a Dept. of Cultural Resources press release - you can find other news related to NC Cultural Resources here.] Local Author Will Recount True Civil War Love Story at 2nd Saturdays Program at the State … Continue reading →

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Union Soldiers Occupy Bennett Farm — Again

Posted on July 15, 2011 by

[This blog post comes from a Dept. of Cultural Resources press release - you can find other news related to NC Cultural Resources here.] DURHAM – Yankees in North Carolina!  Just as it was nearly 150 years ago, Union soldiers … Continue reading →

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The Presentation, the newspaper and the TV show …(part three): the pedestal.

Posted on June 1, 2011 by

Quite by accident I ran across a newspaper article which led me to a testament in our holdings.  The testament belonged to H.A. Sledge and was taken as a war-trophy in the aftermath of the battle of Fort Fisher on … Continue reading →

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Poteet Family Letters

Posted on March 18, 2011 by

Late yesterday we finished adding the Civil War era materials from the Poteet-Dickson Letters to the North Carolina Digital Collection (see the finding aid for more information about the whole collection). Although it is probably an understatement to say that … Continue reading →

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Henry H. Bowen Papers

Posted on March 7, 2011 by

Tiffanie and I have just finished adding the letters from the Henry H. Bowen Papers (part of our Military Collection’s Civil War Collection) to the North Carolina Digital Collection. The Bowen letters are interesting – for one thing, Henry Bowen … Continue reading →

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