The NC Civil War, Emancipation & Reconstruction History Center is a repository of accounts from the war, emancipation and reconstruction that allows us access to accounts of this pivotal period without even leaving home.
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Here are three of the sixteen accounts currently contained within the Wake County collection at the center.
The Blue - an account of Sherman's march through Wake County.
The Gray - "The Capture and Imprisonment of Luther Mills, 1865," a first hand account of a Confederate soldier's capture and captivity at Johnson Island Prison. (Note: Allow the page to scroll down to the photos of the account to start reading.)
Reconstruction - The State Convention of the Colored People of North Carolina at Raleigh, September 29, 1865
If you are studying your Civil War era ancestors, the NC Civil War & Reconstruction History Center is a source rich with historical context. Be sure you check out accounts from all NC counties.
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