July 25 marked a momentous day for the NC History Center on the Civil War, Emancipation & Reconstruction. The foundation for the museum announced building would begin soon at the location picked out on Arsenal Ave. The location is important; it was here that Fayetteville’s arsenal was located during the Civil War, and remnants of the building can still be seen in the area.
Gen. William T. Sherman targeted the arsenal during his Southern campaign.
The Fayetteville area saw its fair share of events during the Civil War, as did much of the state of North Carolina. The museum, however, won’t focus on the battles that were fought in the area, but on the reconstruction that happened after.
“It will be the first and only museum in North Carolina that focuses on an important part of our history. Important and frankly overlooked at this point in time, and that’s Reconstruction. It’s the story of our state putting itself back together after the Civil War,” said Pamela Brewington Cashwell, secretary of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources…