This little book is not intended to be a scholarly treatise. Rather, it is a book that might invoke lively discussion and healthy debate. It may have the further effect of dredging up either pleasant or unpleasant memories, but it contains something of interest for anyone who loves the state of North Carolina as deeply as the author, J.C. Knowles. Mr. Knowles has spent a lifetime studying the history of North Carolina and filing bits and pieces of special interest on his countless note cards. Learn obsure and not so obscure facts about the state and about what Civil War events impacted and originated in North Carolina.