Relatively Unknown Chapter of Civil War History Comes to Light in Elizabeth City, NC

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Relatively Unknown Chapter of Civil War History Comes to Light in Elizabeth City, NC
(Elizabeth City, NC, Nov. 6, 2008) – Separately, the stories are riveting. Collectively, they weave together a relatively unknown chapter of Union occupation in Elizabeth City through real-life accounts of arson, ambush, guerrilla warfare – and the tragic tale of a family murdered on a trip to town.

Today, the Elizabeth City Area Convention & Visitors Bureau and the Museum of the Albemarle unveiled six historical markers featured in Civil War Trails, a popular self-guided tour that links Civil War battlegrounds and sites in 28 states and more than 800 interpretive markers in Virginia, Maryland, Tennessee and North Carolina. [read more]