James B. Gordon

Historical marker location:

Wilkesboro, North Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of West D Street (Business U.S. 421) and Boone Trail, on the left on West D Street.)

Marker installed: 1940

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.