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At the Train Station

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North Carolina National Guard members joined draftees to form part of the Thirtieth Division, nicknamed the “Old Hickory” Division, and were sent to train at Camp Sevier near Greenville, South Carolina. Another group of Tar Heels were in the Eighty-first Division, the “Wildcat Division” organized at Camp Jackson, near Columbia, South Carolina. For each recruit, the journey to the western front began when he boarded the train.

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585 Days, if you're lucky

Published 07/05/17

Postscript: A war to "end all wars?"

In time, the true costs of World War I were revealed. Wounds of war included fourteen million people—civilians and combatants—killed; over $3 billion spent; four empires destroyed; the world map changed by revolution and treaty; and an unknown loss of spirit for many. Twenty years after the...

Published 07/05/17

Postscript, 1919

Although many soldiers did not come home following World War I, the number of U.S. casualties was small compared to that of European armies. Still, the 585 Days between Declaration of War on April 6, 1917, and the Armistice of November 11, 1918, comprised a deadly period in American military...

Published 07/05/17