CSS Neuse Civil War Interpretive Center is an educational museum that tells the story of the Civil War in the United States. This interactive museum in Kinston, North Carolina explores the Civil War event that surrounds one of the civil war's last remaining ironclad ships. The CSS Neuse was one of 26 ironclad ships commissioned by the Confederate navy. With a wide, flat bottom, the ship looked very much like a river barge. When finished, the 158 feet long and 34 feet wide twin-screw steamer was plated with iron armor. Too late to enter combat, when Union troops occupied Kinston in March 1865, the Neuse crew burned the ship, which exploded and sank. The perfectly preserved ship was raised in 1963 and, after being moved a few times, ended up in 2012 at the CSS Neuse Civil War Interpretive Center in Kinston.

100 N Queen St, Kinston, NC 28501, Phone: 252-526-9600

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