KINSTON, NC (WECT) - Most people are aware of the many ground battles that took place between 1861 and 1865, but both the Union and Confederate armies had a variety of naval warships. Before the war ...

KINSTON, N.C. (WNCT) – Using her talent as an artist, Natalie Dail has written herself into the long history of the Civil War gunboat CSS Neuse. The South Lenoir High School senior won a contest ...

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This week, an archaeological team is expected to set out to see if they can find remains of the CSS Neuse, a battleship that met a watery grave near Kinston, NC, during the Civil War. Now, many of you ...

A Civil War ironclad ship used by the Confederacy has a new home in eastern North Carolina. The CSS Neuse Civil War Interpretive Center, now open in Kinston, displays what’s left of the ship. The ...

The construction, short life and destruction of the Confederate ship CSS Neuse was the topic of Andrew Duppstadt lecture at Museum of the Albemarle on Wednesday, July 2. Duppstadt, who is the ...

Calling all Civil War history buffs and lovers of all things nautical: The CSS Neuse Center in downtown Kinston will be hosting a program Saturday that will teach visitors the skills needed, and ...

KINSTON — Step back in time with the CSS Neuse Museum to explore the captivating customs of Victorian-era mourning with the program “Mourning Etiquette, Rituals, and Jewelry in the Victorian Era,” ...

In the waning months of the Civil War, a young gunner from Virginia floated outside Kinston aboard the CSS Neuse, lamenting the cold, mourning the rebel cause and writing love-struck tributes to a ...