"Mirlo" Rescue

Historical marker location:

23645 NC Highway 12, Rodanthe, North Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of State Highway 12 and Myrna Peters Road, on the left when traveling south on State Highway 12.)

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.