KINSTON —The remnants of the Confederate ironclad CSS Neuse sit in a climate-controlled facility in downtown Kinston, a far cry from the bottom of the Neuse River. How it got there is explained in a ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Tucked away in Lenoir County is what some experts consider a hidden gem, with years of history in one place. People from around the world come to see one of the few remaining Confederate gun boats ...

On October 17, 1862, the contract was signed to build the Confederate ironclad gunboat CSS Neuse. The vessel was needed to bolster southern naval defenses and to prevent Union occupation of 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 ...

Matthew Young’s love of ships, the navy and the Civil War as well as his desire to preserve history while making these available to the public has led him on a four-year questto make the CSS Neuse ...

“Heirlooms, Antiques, and Militaria” is a free program aimed to answer questions about family trinkets. “We wanted to do something like “Antiques Roadshow” said CSS Neuse Site Manager Matthew Young in ...

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 ...