Lecture: Western N.C. During the American Civil War With Freddie Kiger '74

Tuesday, Dec. 8 | 7-9 p.m. George Watts Hill Alumni Center, Johnston Room $40 | $25 for Carolina Alumni members Reserve Your Spot Mountains of Trouble -- Western North Carolina Piedmont During the American Civil War Meet us to hear the Civil War's unsettling story in an unlikely setting, the beautiful North Carolina mountains. In 1861, the western part of North Carolina comprised some 10,000 square miles and, within it, the tragic realization of fratricidal strife. Bloody Madison, Shelton Laurel, the Blalock's of Grandfather Mountain and Stoneman's Raid are all terrible examples of civil war within a civil war.