Historical Marker
Edwin Gill
Historical marker location:
Laurinburg, North Carolina
( Marker is at the intersection of West Church Street (U.S. 74) and Atkinson Street, on the left when traveling east on West Church Street.)
Marker installed: 2014
18991978.
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.