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African American Marines, World War II: Original title: "Negro Marines prepare for action. Breaking a tradition of 167 years, the U.S. Marine Corps started enlisting Negroes on June 1, 1942. The first class of 1,200 Negro volunteers began their training three months later as members of the 51st...; Format: image/photograph

African American Marines, World War II: Original title: "Negro Marines prepare for action. Breaking a tradition of 167 years, the U.S. Marine Corps started enlisting Negroes on June 1, 1942. The first class of 1,200 Negro volunteers began their training three months later as members of the 51st...; Format: image/photograph

African American soldiers: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 4.9; After Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, some 180,000 African American soldiers fought for the Union cause in the Civil War.; Format: article

American soldiers carrying wounded comrade: Four American soldiers carry a wounded comrade through swampy terrain during the Vietnam War.; Format: image/photograph

Artillery fire: As the British troops advance, Continental soldiers fire artillery in a reenactment of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse.; Format: image/photograph

Basic training: In The Great Depression and World War II, page 6.2; Oral history interview with a North Carolina man about his experiences after being drafted into the U.S. Army in 1942. Includes historical commentary.; Format: interview/primary source; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

The battle begins: In a reenactment of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, Continental soldiers watch while British troops fire at American militia. The militia were ordered to fire twice, then break formation. Since militia were not professional soldiers, how well they obeyed...; Format: image/photograph

The Battle of Gettysburg: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 4.8; 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/primary source; Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert and L. Maren Wood.

The Battle of the Bulge: In The Great Depression and World War II, page 5.9; In North Carolina History: A Sampler, page 8.7; Oral history interview with a North Carolina World War II veteran about his experiences in the Battle of the Bulge, fought in France between December 1944 and January 1945. Includes historical background and contemporary newsreel footage.; Format: interview/primary source; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

A black sailor in the American Revolution: This African American sailor, whose portrait here was painted during the American Revolution, wears the uniform of a sailor in the navy rather than of one on a private ship.; Format: image/painting

A British victory: The British take the field after the Continental retreat at a reenactment of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse.; Format: image/photograph

Cannon smoke: After the Continentals fire their cannon at a reenactment of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, smoke obscures their view of the battlefield.; Format: image/photograph

Capture of trenches at Candaba: “Moving pictures” were brand-new technology in 1898, and films of the Spanish-American War gave most Americans their first “live” look at battle. But this film, of course, was only a reenactment, shot in New Jersey the following year by Thomas Edison’s...; Format: video/video

The capture of Wilmington: Caption: "Admiral Porter's boats removing torpedoes and buoying the channel in Cape Fear River."; Format: image/illustration

Casualties: In a reenactment of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, men begin to fall as the British and Continentals exchange musket fire.; Format: image/photograph

A civil war at home: Treatment of Unionists: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 6.11; Excerpt from the memoir of W. B. Younce, an Ashe County man who was drafted into the Confederate army and deserted. He describes the conditions on the home front, particularly the treatment of Unionists. Includes historical commentary.; Format: book/primary source; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood and David Walbert.

Civil War camp scene showing winter huts and corduroy roads: Photograph of a Union army camp during the Civil War shows winter huts as well as a corduroy road.; Format: image/photograph

Civil War field hospital: A field hospital in Savage Station, Virginia, during the Peninsular Campaign of May–August 1862.; Format: image/photograph

Civil War reenactment: A Union cavalry officer: A reenactor portraying a Union cavalry officer explains the weapons and equipment carried by cavalry in the Civil War.; Format: video/video

Civil War reenactment: Firing a musket: Reenactors portraying Union soldiers in the Civil War demonstrate the firing of a musket.; Format: video/video

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