Reconstruction Era Historical Sites in North Carolina

After the South's defeat in the Civil War, the economy and culture laid in ruins. There was much hatred between the people of the South and the North. Union troops moved in to insure stability and help rebuild the state of North Carolina, even though many though the south should loose there rights as states and be treated as captured territories.

	Alexander Railroad Company
	Biltmore Estate
	Burlington Historic Railroad Depot and Amphitheater
	Charles B. Aycock Birthplace
	Charlotte Hawkins Brown Memorial
	Horne Creek Living Historical Farm

North Carolinians are nicknamed the "Tar Heels".

It not exactly evident where this nickname originated, but it seems to have given birth during the Civil War. North Carolina's troops were said to have tar on their heels, because they would not run in battle even as other states retreated.

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