Primary Sources: U.S. States: North Carolina

"Read letters to and from soldiers during the course of the war. Examine published regimental histories. Search related state documents and selected governors' correspondence and letter books. A growing number of resources relating to the Civil War are being digitized by the North Carolina State Archives and the Government & Heritage Library at the State Library of North Carolina and are made available through the North Carolina Digital Collections for historians, researchers, students, genealogists and other interested parties."

""The Colonial and State Records of North Carolina" digital collection will present the entire original publication, including the index. Its mission is to continue the legacy of an earlier generation's extensive scholarship, improve it with this generation's technology, and empower today's and tomorrow's users by offering easier, more efficient, and more flexible access to thousands of unique documents. Our readers will be able to browse the volumes, consult the index, search the full text, or conduct advanced searches. This project has been made possible by a Library Services and Technology Act grant distributed through the State Library of North Carolina. "

"...contains 399 fiction and non-fiction volumes, 150+ museum artifacts, maps and educational material pertaining to the history of the 41 counties in Eastern North Carolina"

"The extensive collections at the Library of Congress contain historic artifacts and cultural materials from across the U.S. "

Online collections provided by the North Carolina State Archives

"... a comprehensive, online collection of historic maps of the Tar Heel State. Featuring maps from three of the state's largest map collections -- the North Carolina State Archives, the North Carolina Collection at UNC-Chapel Hill, and the Outer Banks History Center -- North Carolina Maps provides an unprecedented level of access to these materials. North Carolina Maps contains more than 3,000 maps, ranging in date from the late 1500s to 2000, and including detailed maps for each of North Carolina's one hundred counties. "

"In 2009, the State Archives of North Carolina completed a project to digitize newspapers from its collection that were, up until that time, only available on microfilm. These materials include papers dating from 1752-1890s from cities like Edenton (1787-1801), Fayetteville (1789-1795), Hillsboro (1786), New Bern (1751-1804), Salisbury (1799-1898), and Wilmington (1765-1816) – a total of 23,483 digital images that are keyword searchable. The North Carolina Digitization Project was made possible by a LSTA grant provided by the State Library of North Carolina."

Provides online access to a variety of digital collections including: Civil Rights Greensboro, Digital Library of American Slavery, Women's Veterans Historical Collection, etc.

"The Veterans Oral History Program conducts interviews with military veterans who were born and raised in North Carolina, and who served in the U.S. Armed Forces for any military service, engagement, or war. Interviews are also conducted with older veterans who have spent more than twenty-five years living in North Carolina, but initially served in the U.S. Armed Forces from another state. Interviews are also conducted with veterans who spent considerable time training at North Carolina military camps, forts, and air bases, but who did not live or serve from North Carolina. All North Carolina U.S. veterans or currently-enlisted men or women interested in sharing their military experiences with the Veterans Oral History Program are eligible for consideration to be interviewed by the Military Collection Archivist or a designee. A veteran does not have to have seen active military combat service to be interviewed for the program. "