Ocracoke Lighthouse

Historical marker location:

Ocracoke, North Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of State Highway 12 and Lighthouse Road on State Highway 12.)

Marker installed: 1994

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.