Stag Park

Historical marker location:

Burgaw, North Carolina

( Marker is on U.S. 117 close to Business U.S. 117, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1948

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.