Presents the graphic and sad story of the British anti-submarine trawler Bedfordshire and the Ger...

The first documented discovery of gold in the United States was in 1799 at John Reed's farm in Ca...

Details the events leading up to North Carolina's secession from the Union on 20 May 1861 and pro...

This narrative is divided chronologically into eleven main sections and covers the broad sweep of...

Examines state-funded transportation improvements from the early years of the nineteenth century ...

Discussion of slave rebelliousness, African American religion, toryism among blacks, and blacks w...

From the Roanoke Colonies to the dawn of the twenty-first century, the story of North Carolina's ...

A native of Iredell County, Columbus Lafayette Turner (1842–1918) was twice captured by Union for...

Originally published as an award-winning article in the North Carolina Historical Review, this fa...

On March 24, 2008, the Wake County Superior Court ended five years of litigation when it ruled th...

Examines the state's involvement in the ''Second War of American Independence'' on land and at se...

Traces the history of the North Carolina Historical Commission, predecessor of the present-day No...