The Plank Road Foreman

Historical marker location:

High Point, North Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of N Main Street (U.S. 311 BUS) and W High Avenue, on the right when traveling south on N Main Street.)

Marker installed: 2004

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.