The Blue and Gray Navies

DEMONSTRATE
The Blue and Gray Navies
Two NORTH CAROLINAS -From Wood & Sail to Iron & Steam
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Time: 9:00 am- 6:00 pm

Carolina Living History Guild members will set up displays that highlight the history of the USS North Carolina and the CSS North Carolina during the American Civil War. Displays will include steam engineering, ironclad ship construction, navigation, small arms of the US and CS navies, naval ordnance (artillery), uniforms, and the "arts of the sailor." Visitors will be able to view reproductions of period small arms and working models of steam engines, as well as many other items. Guild members will discuss with visitors the vast differences between the 1824 ship-of-the-line and the newly constructed Confederate ironclad gunboat, and how these differences highlighted the change in naval and military technology in the 1860s. Free with Battleship admission. Call 910-251-5797 for more information.