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African American soldiers: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 4.10; After Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, some 180,000 African American soldiers fought for the Union cause in the Civil War.; Format: article

Allied advances in North Africa and southern Europe, 1942–1944: Format: image/map

Allied advances through France and western Germany, 1944-45: Format: image/map

America needs your scrap rubber: U.S. Government poster from World War II illustrating the military need for rubber.; Format: image/poster

An authentick relation of the Battle of Alamance: In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 1.11; Contemporary newspaper account of the Battle of Alamance, fought between Regulators and militia led by Governor William Tryon on May 16, 1771. Includes historical commentary.; Format: newspaper

B-17 Flying Fortress: Format: image/photograph

The Battle of Gettysburg: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 4.9; The diary of Confederate soldier Louis Leon in the first days of July 1863, describing his experiences at the Battle of Gettysburg. Includes historical commentary.; Format: diary; Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert and L. Maren Wood.

The Battle of Guilford Courthouse: In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 5.9; During the American Revolution, on March 15, 1781, American and British armies met at Guilford Courthouse, in present-day Greensboro, North Carolina. Although the British won the battle, they lost so many troops that the battle ultimately helped the American cause. Includes a slideshow of photographs from a 2008 reenactment.; Format: article

The Battle of New Bern: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 3.5; The Battle of New Bern on March 14, 1862, won by Union General Burnside's forces, was the second of three major engagements on the North Carolina coast in the second year of the Civil War.; Format: article

The battle of Roanoke Island: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 3.3; Dispatch from Roanoke Island to northern newspapers after the Union victory in February 1862. Includes historical commentary.; Format: newspaper

The burning of Washington: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 8.6; Report in the Raleigh Star, September 2, 1814, on the burning of Washington by the British during the War of 1812. Includes historical commentary.; Format: newspaper; Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert and L. Maren Wood.

The Burnside Expedition: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 3.1; Union General Ambrose Burnside led an assault on Roanoke Island in February 1862. Burnside's forces would take and hold much of the coast of North Carolina for the remainder of the war.; Format: article

Civil War army hospitals: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 5.9; A description of medicine, hospitals, and the work of army doctors and nurses in the U.S. Civil War.; Format: article

Civil War casualties: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 4.14; Historians estimate that about 620,000 Americans died in the Civil War -- almost as many as have died in all other U.S. wars combined. This article explains why.; Format: article; By David Walbert.

Civil War uniforms: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 5.3; Article describes the clothing and baggage of northern and southern soldiers during the U.S. Civil War. Includes video of a Civil War reenactment.; Format: article

The Civil War: From Bull Run to Appomattox: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 2.3; Summary of military and political action in the U.S. Civil War, 1861–1865.; Format: article

CSS David with spar torpedo: Drawings of the CSS David, a 50-foot steam torpedo boat of "cigar-shaped" hull design. The top drawing shows the ship's spar torpedo, a bomb placed at the end of a spar (a long pole). The ship would run the spar into an enemy vessel, leaving the...; Format: image/diagram

David Fanning and the Tory War of 1781: In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 5.10; During the American Revolution, Patriots and Loyalists fought in the North Carolina backcountry. In 1781, David Fanning, commanding the Loyalist forces of five counties, terrorized residents of the Piedmont.; Format: article

Determining the author's purpose: Analyzing a recruitment video: In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 1.10; In this lesson plan, students analyze a video about ROTC to determine why the video was created.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts); By Andrea Fedon, Gail Frank, and Cindy Neininger.

Ensign Worth Bagley: In North Carolina in the New South, page 6.5; Worth Bagley of Raleigh, North Carolina, was the only U.S. naval officer killed in the Spanish-American War.; Format: article; By David Walbert.

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