Tour Overview
Hello sailors! Come aboard for a tour with Cathy Kuger Grumbler, the ship's cat, who is an orange tabby. She will guide you and teach you about the construction and daily life of the Confederate ironclad, the CSS Neuse. Keep an eye out for artifacts similar to what we use today.
There are 8 stops downstairs where she wants to tell you more about the CSS Neuse.
Duration: 20-30 minutes
Starting Location: Directly inside the door to the CSS Neuse Museum.
Stops
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Stop 23: Introduction (Kid's Tour)
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Stop 24: Why Kinston?
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Stop 25: What is an Ironclad? (Kid's Tour)
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Stop 26: Construction at Whitehall and Outfitting in Kinston
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Stop 27: What is a Casemate?
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Stop 28: Sailor Life
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Stop 29: The End for the CSS Neuse (Kid's Tour)
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Stop 30: Recovery
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Stop 31: Transition to the Upstairs
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Stop 32: Why did the southern states separate from the northern states?
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Stop 33: First Battles on the Coast
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Stop 34: Foster's Raid
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Stop 35: Final Battles in the State (Kids Tour)
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Stop 36: Howitzer and U.S. Colored Troops (Kids Tour)
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Stop 37: Kinston Homefront and Textiles (Kids Tour)
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Stop 38: Women, Children, African Americans, and Religion (Kids Tour)
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Stop 39: Mourning in the Civil War (Kids Tour)
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