Shelton Laurel Massacre
audio moment Shelton Laurel Massacre https://dh.wcu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/SheltonLaurel60Mx.mp3 The Shelton Laurel Massacre Essay by Timothy N. Osment, History M.A., WCU 2008 The Civil War took a tremendous toll on the South. Though somewhat isolated,...
Battle of Asheville
On April 6, 1865, the Battle of Asheville was fought in the closing days of the Civil War. Only three days before Lee surrendered to Grant at the Appomattox Courthouse, Union Colonel Issac Curby, based in Greenville, Tennessee joined up with Stoneman’s Raiders to secure the Confederate town of Asheville.
Kirk’s Raiders
In late 1862, a rag-tag group of Union sympathizers and Confederate deserters spent several days terrorizing the citizens of Madison County, NC. They stole provisions and created such chaos that eventually several deaths were blamed on their activities. In response,...
Zebulon Vance
Perhaps the most influential figure to emerge out of the mountains of Western North Carolina was Zebulon Baird Vance. Vance would become known to history as “North Carolina’s Civil War Governor.” His life represented the challenges, struggles, and accomplishments that...
Tonya Carroll (B.A., 2007 M.A., 2009) with Bruce Frazier (Carol Grotnes Belk Endowed Professor in Commercial & Electronic Music) in the recording studio.