Veterans Memorial

Historical marker location:

203 N Main St, Roxboro, North Carolina

( Memorial is on West Morehead Street just west of North Main Street, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 2003

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.