Canal Trail Map

Historical marker location:

15 Jackson St, Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina

( Marker is on Jackson Street Extended (County Road 1464) just west of Roanoke Avenue (State Highway 48).)

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.