James Lytch

Historical marker location:

Laurinburg, North Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of X-Way Road (Road 1108) and Blue Woods Road (Road 1116), on the right on X-Way Road.)

Marker installed: 1957

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.