Gen. Allen Hal Turnage

Historical marker location:

3776 South Main Street, Farmville, North Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of South Main Street (Business U.S. 258) and East Church Street, on the right when traveling north on South Main Street.)

Marker installed: 2015

1891-1971.

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.