New Hanover County Owen Hill Kenan, Survivor of the Lusitania Sinking, 1915 May 7, 2016 On May 7, 1915, the German submarine U-20 fired a single torpedo at the luxury liner RMS Lusitania, striking the hull at 2:10 p.m. Continue Reading Myrtle Grove Sound Third Site for State Salt Works Apr 21, 2016 On April 21, 1864, the state salt works in New Hanover County were attacked by Federal forces and about a third of the site was destroyed. Continue Reading Prisoner Exchange at Northeast Cape Fear River, 1865 Feb 26, 2016 On February 26, 1865, ten miles northeast of downtown Wilmington, Union and Confederate forces began negotiations that saw a total of 8,684 Union soldiers Continue Reading The Fall of Fort Fisher Jan 15, 2016 A depiction of the capture of Fort Fisher On January 15, 1865, Fort Fisher, nicknamed “Gibraltar of the South,” fell to Union troops. Continue Reading Bromine Extraction at Kure Beach Jan 10, 2016 An aerial view of the Ethyl-Dow plant. Image from theFederal Point Historic Preservation Society. Continue Reading Origins of Maco Light Legend Date to 1856 Jan 4, 2016 Southern Railway trains. Image from the State Archives. Continue Reading
Owen Hill Kenan, Survivor of the Lusitania Sinking, 1915 May 7, 2016 On May 7, 1915, the German submarine U-20 fired a single torpedo at the luxury liner RMS Lusitania, striking the hull at 2:10 p.m. Continue Reading
Myrtle Grove Sound Third Site for State Salt Works Apr 21, 2016 On April 21, 1864, the state salt works in New Hanover County were attacked by Federal forces and about a third of the site was destroyed. Continue Reading
Prisoner Exchange at Northeast Cape Fear River, 1865 Feb 26, 2016 On February 26, 1865, ten miles northeast of downtown Wilmington, Union and Confederate forces began negotiations that saw a total of 8,684 Union soldiers Continue Reading
The Fall of Fort Fisher Jan 15, 2016 A depiction of the capture of Fort Fisher On January 15, 1865, Fort Fisher, nicknamed “Gibraltar of the South,” fell to Union troops. Continue Reading
Bromine Extraction at Kure Beach Jan 10, 2016 An aerial view of the Ethyl-Dow plant. Image from theFederal Point Historic Preservation Society. Continue Reading
Origins of Maco Light Legend Date to 1856 Jan 4, 2016 Southern Railway trains. Image from the State Archives. Continue Reading