Corbitt Company

Historical marker location:

1675 Dabney Drive, Henderson, North Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of Bypass U.S. 158 and Dabney Drive (North Carolina Highway 1162), on the left when traveling west on U.S. 158Bypass .)

Marker installed: 2006

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.