Updated Mon, Feb 27, 2012 12:36 pm
On this edition of Conversations from Studio B, Jim Fuller and Bill Walker talk with Chris Meekins of the North Carolina State Archives.
The trio discuss the Burnside Expedition, a series of battles fought along the North Carolina coast under the command of Brig. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, which culminated in the Union occupation of Roanoke Island, New Bern, Morehead City, Beaufort and Washington.
For more information, visit the North Carolina State Archives' Sesquicentennial Blog.
Slideshow: The Burnside Expedition
Brig. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside
Flag captured by Union forces from the Confederate gunboat Fanny during the Battle of Elizabeth City, Feb. 10, 1862
Medal of Honor recipient John Davis risked life and limb by sitting on an open powder keg to keep it from catching fire
General Ambrose E. Burnside and Commander Stephen C. Rowan issued this proclamation as outreach to the people of North Carolina during the Burnside Expedition
Post-battle sketch of the positions and fortifications of both forces during the Battle of New Bern, N.C.