Thomas Robeson

Historical marker location:

Tar Heel, North Carolina

( Marker is on State Highway 87 just east of State Highway 131, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1953

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.