Linn Cove Viaduct

Historical marker location:

Linville, North Carolina

( Marker can be reached from Blue Ridge Parkway (at milepost 304.4), 1 mile north of Blowing Rock Highway (U.S. 221).)

During the Civil War, North Carolina was the second to last state to secede from the Union, doing so on May 20, 1861, and sending more soldiers to fight for the Confederacy than any other state.