An examination of the Civil War in the side-by-side Carolina states.

The saga of Fort Sumter: the beginning -- The saga of Fort Sumter: the tension builds -- Abraham lincoln takes control -- The culmination of the crisis -- North Carolina secedes -- Fort Hatteras and Fort Clark -- Port Royal Sound -- the Yankees occupy Hilton Head and Beaufort -- Secessionville -- Roanoke Island -- New Bern and Fort Macon -- The Emancipation Proclamation and the Massachusetts 54th -- The Union Navy attacks Charleston -- Fort Wagner and Fort Sumter -- Engagements in the North Carolina rivers -- Fort Fisher -- Submarines and Sherman -- The burning of Columbia, the Battle of Bentonville, and surrrender.