KINSTON, N.C. (WNCT) – People are learning more about history at the CSS Neuse Museum in Kinston. Saturday marked the first year anniversary of opening. Workers gave demonstrations and lectures to ...

The Confederate government under the leadership of Secretary of the Navy Stephen Mallory embarked on an ambitious shipbuilding program that included construction of about 50 ironclad gunboats, 22 of ...

KINSTON —The remnants of the Confederate ironclad CSS Neuse sit in a climate-controlled facility in downtown Kinston, a far cry from the bottom of the Neuse River. How it got there is explained in a ...

A Civil War ironclad ship used by the Confederacy has a new home in eastern North Carolina. The CSS Neuse Civil War Interpretive Center, now open in Kinston, displays what’s left of the ship. The ...

KINSTON, N.C. (WNCT) – At the corner of Gordon and Heritage Streets in downtown Kinston lies something extraordinary. “It’s the only full-scale replica of an ironclad in the world. We’ve got people ...

For almost all of human history, boats were made of wood. Sure, today we've got amazing ships built from steel and composites, but people have been sailing for thousands of years, so almost every ship ...

This week, an archaeological team is expected to set out to see if they can find remains of the CSS Neuse, a battleship that met a watery grave near Kinston, NC, during the Civil War. Now, many of you ...