Interestingly, Pamplin is about 128 miles north of Raleigh on highway US 1 North. It’s official name is Pamplin Historical Park & The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier. The park is a private endeavor of Dr. Robert Pamplin Jr. He is widely recognized as America’s leading historical preservationist.
In 1998 his dream of telling the common soldiers’ experience in the Civil War was realized in the opening of Pamplin Historical Park. The Park consists of six areas: The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier, Tudor Hall Plantation, The Battlefield Center, The Military Encampment, The Breakthrough Trail and the Banks House.
The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier is an interactive gallery which includes some 700 artifacts and an audio tour with a Civil War soldier. I picked a 16 year old Wisconsin recruit and followed him throughout the war.
Tudor Hall Plantation includes a furnished plantation home built about 1815 with reconstructed buildings around the “big house” and the Field quarter and highlights the lifestyles of the plantation community.
The Battlefield Center is a museum featuring the exhibit “Breaking the Backbone of the Rebellion”, describing the April 2, 1865 battle that occurred just outside its doors.
To be continued.
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