"The whole episode...had an air of calculated vengeance and depravity"

From the Raleigh Civil War Roundtable’s documentary, "The Civil War in North Carolina: Taking the Offensive, 1864."

One film in a series. Released on Blu-Ray in 2023 to generate donations for preservation efforts.

Filmed in May 2022 at the Lenoir County Historical Association’s Harmony Hall in Kinston, N.C.

Philip Gerard, was a journalist, editor, and professor of creative writing at UNC-Wilmington. He authored a number of books, including "The Last Battleground: The Civil War Comes to North Carolina" and "Down the Wild Cape Fear."

Philip also penned a series of articles on the Civil War in North Carolina for Our State magazine.

He died on November 7, 2022, at the age of 67.

Narration by S.N. Burkholder. Music by the Liberty Hall Drum & Fife Corps.