Colonial America
Blackbeard’s Last Stand at Ocracoke Inlet, 1718
In November 1718 a Virginia-funded force cornered Blackbeard in Ocracoke Inlet. The fight ended his career and exposed a feud between two colonies.
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Economy & Industry
Caleb Bradham and the Birth of Pepsi-Cola in New Bern
A New Bern pharmacist renamed his soda-fountain drink Pepsi-Cola in 1898 and built a national business. Then a bet on sugar brought it down in 1923.
Civil War
Bennett Place, April 1865: The Largest Surrender of the Civil War
In a small North Carolina farmhouse, Sherman and Johnston settled the largest surrender of the Civil War, but only after Washington threw out their first deal.
Civil War
The Sinking of the USS Monitor off Cape Hatteras, December 31, 1862
Nine months after its duel with the CSS Virginia, the Union ironclad Monitor went down in a gale off Cape Hatteras. Its wreck was found in 1973.
Civil War
Harriet Jacobs of Edenton: Seven Years in an Attic and the Making of a Freedom Narrative
Harriet Jacobs hid for nearly seven years in a space above a shed in Edenton, N.C., then wrote one of the most important slave narratives by a woman.
American Revolution
Kings Mountain, 1780: The Overmountain Men Who Turned the Southern War
After a threat from a British major, frontier riflemen crossed the Blue Ridge and wiped out his Loyalist force in about an hour, reviving the Patriot cause in the Carolinas.
Colonial America
The Lost Colony of Roanoke: What We Know About the 1587 Settlers
In 1590 John White came back to Roanoke Island and found empty houses and a single word carved on a post. Here is what is documented, and what is not.
Colonial America
The Tuscarora War, 1711: Attack on the Neuse and Tar-Pamlico Settlements
On September 22, 1711, Tuscarora warriors hit settlements in eastern Carolina. The two-year war that followed pushed a nation north to join the Iroquois.