Eleven battles and seventy-three skirmishes were fought in North Carolina during the American Civil War. John Barrett presents the complete story of military engagements across the state, including the classical pitched battle of Bentonville, the siege of Fort Fisher, the amphibious campaigns on the coast, and cavalry sweeps such as Stoneman's raid. Provided by publisher.

"Will there be civil war?" -- "We are all one now" -- "Oh! The horrors of war" -- The outer banks, 1861 -- The Burnside expedition: Roanoke Island ; New Bern ; Fort Macon ; Skirmishes -- Raids in Eastern North Carolina -- D.H. Hill takes command -- "Awful times" in the state -- Pickett fails at New Bern -- The confederate Goliath -- War in the mountains, 1864 -- "Gray ghosts in the night" -- Fort Fisher -- Sherman enters the state -- "Kilpatrick's shirt-tail skeddaddle" -- Averasboro and Bentonville -- Stoneman's raid -- Bennett's farmhouse.