Richard Mendenhall Store

Historical marker location:

Jamestown, North Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of W Main Street and W Parkside Drive, on the left when traveling east on W Main Street.)

1824.

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.