Walk Into History

Historical marker location:

2 South Pack Square, Asheville, North Carolina

( Marker can be reached from South Pack Square (Alternate U.S. 74) east of Biltmore Avenue (U.S. 25), on the right when traveling east.)

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.