Federal troops returned the fire. The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the attack, four more states -- Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee -- severed their ties with the Union.

The North Carolina History Center on the Civil War, Emancipation and Reconstruction is set to break ground on its main building within the next four months, with a targeted completion date in ...

North Carolina ... South Carolina to form a single territory, was one of the original 13 colonies and became the 12th state in 1789. It sent the most troops to fight in the Civil War as part ...

WINNABOW, N.C. (WECT) - A battle reenactment this Saturday may be able to be heard from around the Lower Cape Fear area. Participants will be enacting the 160th Anniversary of the Fall of Fort ...