Gertrude Weil

Historical marker location:

Goldsboro, North Carolina

( Marker is on Chestnut Street near James Street, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2001

1879-1971.

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.