
The Exhibit
History is not always neat; it is often complicated and messy. It is about people, places, and events that are both admirable and shameful. The History Center takes an unflinching look at all sides of the Civil War and Reconstruction, for all North Carolinians.
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Featured Story
“Getting ready for War”: A Letter Written by Josephine B. Worth
Submitted by Demetrius Haddock; Transcribed by Cheri Todd Molter The letter pictured was written by Mrs. Josephine Bryan Worth, who, according to her obituary (Josephine_Bryan_Worth_s_Obituary_1917), was the daughter of Josiah and Sarah Hodges Bryan of Fayetteville,...

Honor
Unlike Virginia, the site of so many Civil War battles, North Carolina's wartime story centered on the home-front. It is important to document ...

Memory
Perhaps as a measure of the Civil War's trauma, our memories for no other period of America's history differ more widely. Scholars too have told ...

Sacrifice
To understand the sacrifice and service wrought by North Carolinians, the History Center will provide a deep interpretive experience...

Freedom
There is no concept more central to the examination of the Civil War and Reconstruction eras than that of Freedom. In 1860, one-third of North Carolina's population ...