A s the Union blockade squeezed the Confederate coast during the Civil War, Fort Fisher in North Carolina took on ever more prominence. Until almost the end of the war, it kept open the port of ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Work to remove what’s left of a downtown Asheville monument that honored a Civil War-era governor is starting after the North Carolina Supreme Court declined recently to ...

JOHNSTON COUNTY, N.C. — A nonprofit focused on preserving historical U.S. battlefields has made a big land purchase in Johnston County. American Battlefield Trust, based in Washington, D.C ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s highest court declined on Friday to revive a challenge to the decision by Asheville city leaders to remove in 2021 a downtown monument honoring a Civil ...

The National Park Service awards $456,934.78 in Battlefield Restoration Grants to enhance Civil War battlefields in North Carolina and South Carolina, preserving historic features.