Preview | Our First Civil War
Clip: 7/16/2026 | 20sVideo has Closed Captions
In North Carolina, the American Revolution looked more like a civil war.
The American Revolution was North Carolina’s first civil war, with families making difficult decisions on whether to support the patriots or the British crown. Through primary-source evidence, heart-wrenching journal entries and fieldwork with descendants of ancestors who fought on opposite sides, we discover the human cost behind one of history’s most celebrated victories.
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Homegrown History is a local public television program presented by PBS NC
Sponsored in part by SECU Foundation, funded by the members of State Employees’ Credit Union.
Preview | Our First Civil War
Clip: 7/16/2026 | 20sVideo has Closed Captions
The American Revolution was North Carolina’s first civil war, with families making difficult decisions on whether to support the patriots or the British crown. Through primary-source evidence, heart-wrenching journal entries and fieldwork with descendants of ancestors who fought on opposite sides, we discover the human cost behind one of history’s most celebrated victories.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- Next time on Homegrown History, we visit the backwoods of North Carolina, where the American Revolution looked a lot like a civil war.
- People from around here had friends and neighbors and even family that they had issues with.
- It's not as clean as people want to make.
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Sponsored in part by SECU Foundation, funded by the members of State Employees’ Credit Union.