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.  source 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. Vi...

There is still plenty of time to sign up for our next virtual Society Meeting. Mark your calendar for Tuesday, June 28, 6:30pm. Topic: Wachovia, Where German Moravians Became Slaveholding Americans and Avid Confederates Speaker: Dr. Larry E. Tise , Author, Educator, Historian I grew up as a Methodist in the Moravian religious preserve originally denominated as Wachovia in 1753. Despite the demise of its best-known homemade namesake Wachovia Bank and Trust Company, the metes and bounds and symbolic power of the name Wachovia has remained a looming presence in the land where Moravian ideas, ideals, and customs were established. Some of those traditions can still be observed in Winston Salem today. We grew up listening to Moravian bands, eating Moravian buns and cookies, and flocking to Moravian love feasts. Austerity, love, and religious ceremonies set the Moravians apart for us. The story of how they came into the backcountry wilderness to practice their gentle religion set them apart f...