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Showing posts with label North Carolina Civil War History Center. Show all posts
Showing posts with label North Carolina Civil War History Center. Show all posts
Thursday, August 9, 2018
The Fayetteville Arsenal-- Part 6: Not Much Remains
From Wikipedia.
Besides the leveling of the Fayetteville Arsenal near the end of the Civil War, even more of the site was destroyed by the construction of a road that went in in 1988.
One partial frame outbuilding remains and a historical marker.. Remnants of the U.S. Arsenal can be seen at the Museum of the Cape Fear Complex.
The foundations of buildings located along the back wall of the arsenal as well as two towers can be seen in a park located behind the museum.
The Fayetteville Arsenal was listed on the NRHP in 1983.
The site is going to be turned into the North Carolina Civil War and Reconstruction Museum.
--Old Secesh
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
North Carolina's Civil War Story Project Gets Under Way
From the Dec. 15, 2015, Mountain XPress (Asheville, N.C.) "North Carolina History Center launches statewide Civil War story project, seeks oral histories" by Max Hunt.
The North Carolina Civil War History Center plans to collect 100 family Civil War stories from each of the state's 100 counties. It is one of the largest public history projects ever attempted in North Carolina. Every family has handed-down stories and this will be an attempt to collect them in the project, entitles "Our State, Our Stories" before they are lost.
The center has now employed "Story Specialists" to assist and plans on canvasing local SCV, UDC and SUVCW groups.
They will be using three methods of collecting the stories:
1. Online submission
2. Oral histories recorded by the "story specialists"
3. Printed forms
The History Center will cost $85 million when completed and is in Fayetteville, right next to the ruins of the Fayetteville Arsenal which was destroyed by Sherman in March 1865.
--Old Secesh
The North Carolina Civil War History Center plans to collect 100 family Civil War stories from each of the state's 100 counties. It is one of the largest public history projects ever attempted in North Carolina. Every family has handed-down stories and this will be an attempt to collect them in the project, entitles "Our State, Our Stories" before they are lost.
The center has now employed "Story Specialists" to assist and plans on canvasing local SCV, UDC and SUVCW groups.
They will be using three methods of collecting the stories:
1. Online submission
2. Oral histories recorded by the "story specialists"
3. Printed forms
The History Center will cost $85 million when completed and is in Fayetteville, right next to the ruins of the Fayetteville Arsenal which was destroyed by Sherman in March 1865.
--Old Secesh
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Fayetteville Chosen As Site of N.C. Civil War History Center
From the March 15, 2014, Fayetteville (NC) Observer by Chick Jacobs.
Nearly 150 years ago, Union General Sherman ordered the Fayetteville Armory to be completely destroyed, but now, a $65 million history center is planned to be built.
Friday, the Cumberland Community Foundation announced that it will be built next to the Arsenal's footprint. The new center will replace the current Museum of the Cape Fear.
In March 1865, Sherman ordered that no stone of the arsenal be left standing and Army engineers began a slow, methodical demolition. When they were through, nothing remained except piles of rubble, some of which can still be seen.
--Old Secesh
Nearly 150 years ago, Union General Sherman ordered the Fayetteville Armory to be completely destroyed, but now, a $65 million history center is planned to be built.
Friday, the Cumberland Community Foundation announced that it will be built next to the Arsenal's footprint. The new center will replace the current Museum of the Cape Fear.
In March 1865, Sherman ordered that no stone of the arsenal be left standing and Army engineers began a slow, methodical demolition. When they were through, nothing remained except piles of rubble, some of which can still be seen.
--Old Secesh
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