Product Description: Describes the construction and launching of the USS North Carolina and discusses the battleship's participation in major campaigns in the Pacific theater during World War II. Carefully selected photographs illustrate the text, bringing to life the vessel's dramatic history.

Analyzes the temperament of North Carolina's Governor Zebulon B. Vance prior to and during the Civil War, discussing how his Unionist ideals prior to the war caused friction between him and Confederate President Jefferson Davis, but ultimately gave way to fully supporting southern independence.

Product Description: Since its establishment in 1792 as the permanent and unalterable seat of government of the state of North Carolina," Raleigh has seen many changes. Historian Joe Mobley offers a detailed and compelling portrait of North Carolina's capital as it has evolved from town to thriving metropolis, from the Civil War and Reconstruction through the Great Depression and Raleigh's coming of age in the decades following World War II...read more

Product Description: Confederate Generals of North Carolina provides a brief but compelling biography of each of the forty-eight Confederate Generals who served from North Carolina during the Civil War. Each biography includes in addition to the war service a summary of a general's prewar and postwar careers...read more