Mountain Spring

Historical marker location:

Traphill, North Carolina

( Marker can be reached from Blue Ridge Parkway, 1.3 miles south of Airbellows Gap Road, on the left when traveling south.)

Blue Ridge Parkway.

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.