Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina – Named the South’s Prettiest Small Town

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Current Edenton Weather: 70° F, Cloudy

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Civil War Trail Sites

bell battery reenactment

The Edenton Bell Battery reenactment on the Courthouse Green, December 2011.

War on the Chowan River/Buffalo: how the river became a boundary between Federal and Confederate territories.

Edenton/Battle of the Albemarle Sound on Edenton Harbor - the three hour battle between the CSS Albemarle and a Union flotilla on May 5, 1864.

The Edenton Bell Battery, an artillery unit organized locally using guns cast from the bells of churches and municipal buildings.

Harriet Jacobs' escape from slavery via the Maritime Underground Railroad and her Reconstruction relief work.

 

Contact:Judy Chilcoat
Address:108 N Broad Street
Phone:252-482-2637
Email:edenton@ncdcr.gov
Website:www.nccivilwar150.com