civil war historian wade sokolosky

Historian Wade Sokolosky Presentation: “To Prepare for Sherman’s Coming”

January 10, 2022

On January 29, 1865, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, general-in-chief of the Union army, arrived at the Morehead City Harbor. Grant’s purpose in visiting the coast centered on a broadening military strategy for North Carolina, which in the coming weeks would transform […]

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“For Want of a Railroad” The Battle of Wise’s Forks March 1865

August 4, 2017

Sokolosky and Mewborn Present at Historical Society Lunch & Learn On Wednesday, September 13, Civil War Historians Wade Sokolosky and Horace Mewborn will bring the truth of this piece of the Civil War to New Bern Historical Society’s Lunch & Learn at

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Historian Wade Sokolosky Presentation: “To Prepare for Sherman’s Coming”

“For Want of a Railroad” The Battle of Wise’s Forks March 1865

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