Every second Saturday during summer, the North Carolina State Historic Sites all have functions that illuminate other aspects of history. I already wrote about events at the Civil War-related sites on August 5th, but today I came across an article in the August 11th Wilmington (NC) Star-News about what is going to happen August 14th at the USS North Carolina Battleship Memorial.
Most people don't know it, but there were actually two warships during the Civil War with the name North Carolina, one on the Union side and the other Confederate. The USS North Carolina was an old ship-of-the-line that served as a receiving ship in New York City. The CSS North Carolina was an ironclad built in Wilmington to break the blockade.
The Carolina Living History Guild will have displays about both ships on board the battleship. Other displays and programs will be on steam engineering, ironclad ship construction, navigation, small arms of the US and CS navies, naval ordinance, uniforms and arts of sailors.
All-in-all, a very good deal with no extra charge other than admission to the ship.
Wish I Could Be There. --Old B-Runner
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