/tags/north-carolina-voices North Carolina Voices en-US Copyright Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:08:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2011-06-24/the-good-war Many people think the American Civil War had to happen. It reunited a torn country and put an end to slavery. But was it a "good" war, and is there even鈥� Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:08:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2011-06-24/the-good-war Alex Granados, Frank Stasio /the-state-of-things/2011-06-24/the-good-war Many people think the American Civil War had to happen. It reunited a torn country and put an end to slavery. But was it a "good" war, and is there even鈥� Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:08:00 GMT /the-state-of-things/2011-06-24/the-good-war Alex Granados, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2011-06-24/the-civil-war-and-the-dukes Before the Civil War, North Carolina was a poor, agrarian state. The people who lived here were renowned for their independence. It was a quality that鈥� Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:00:00 GMT /arts-culture/2011-06-24/the-civil-war-and-the-dukes Dave DeWitt /show/the-state-of-things/2011-06-23/starving-the-south During the Civil War, the Union Army had an increasing supply of something the Confederacy lacked: food. Canning operations in the North kept the Union鈥檚鈥� Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:36:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2011-06-23/starving-the-south Frank Stasio /the-state-of-things/2011-06-23/starving-the-south During the Civil War, the Union Army had an increasing supply of something the Confederacy lacked: food. Canning operations in the North kept the Union鈥檚鈥� Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:36:00 GMT /the-state-of-things/2011-06-23/starving-the-south Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2011-06-22/whose-side-is-god-on America was a highly religious nation during the Civil War era and spiritual believers on both sides of the conflict turned to their faith to understand鈥� Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:21:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2011-06-22/whose-side-is-god-on Frank Stasio /the-state-of-things/2011-06-22/whose-side-is-god-on America was a highly religious nation during the Civil War era and spiritual believers on both sides of the conflict turned to their faith to understand鈥� Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:21:00 GMT /the-state-of-things/2011-06-22/whose-side-is-god-on Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2011-06-22/daughters-of-confederate-soldiers-speak Many families here in North Carolina have passed down stories about the experiences of their ancestors during the Civil War. For most people, those tales鈥� Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:00:00 GMT /arts-culture/2011-06-22/daughters-of-confederate-soldiers-speak Jessica Jones /show/the-state-of-things/2011-06-21/the-legend-of-henry-berry-lowry Henry Berry Lowry was a Lumbee Indian sometimes described as the 鈥淩obin Hood鈥� of Robeson County, North Carolina. But Lowry鈥檚 story is much more nuanced鈥� Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:46:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2011-06-21/the-legend-of-henry-berry-lowry Frank Stasio, Jeremy Loeb