North Carolina – Civil War Story

From Atlantic coastal sites at Forts Fisher and Macon to Union cavalry operations in the western mountains, North Carolina offers a collection of Civil War sites as varied as its landscapes. Blockade running in Wilmington. Ironclads at Kinston and Plymouth. Sherman vs. Johnston battles in 1865. A surrender more than two weeks after Appomattox. “Lee’s Lifeline” on a crucial railroad.

Just about anywhere you go in North Carolina, you will bump into a Civil War story — one you may not find anywhere else.

Civil War Trails Map

Source: wildsouth.org

The North Carolina Civil War Trails Map, updated June 2007, features numerous sites in addition to the sites identified on the original Carolinas Campaign Trail map, a driving tour of the 1865 Carolinas Campaign following many of the roads the soldiers used. Pick up a copy at a North Carolina Welcome Center, click here to request a copy by mail, or download a PDF version.

Explore North Carolina

  • Carolinas Campaign
    Driving Tour
  • Coastal and Eastern
    Coastal North Carolina
    More Eastern Sites
  • Western North Carolina
    Stoneman’s Raid
    More Western Sites
  • Central North Carolina
  • Foster’s Raid Tour
  • Potter’s Raid Tour