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The writer says GOV. VANCE and nearly every leading man of North Carolina desire to return to the Union. He also says: "An army of 5,000 men under Gen. BUTLER could march to Raleigh, take ...

The simple narrative today of the southern secession in 1860 and 1861 is that the southern states believed that the ...

Founded on November 21, 1789, North Carolina was one of the US's thirteen original colonies. Its rich history at the beginning of American history makes it a core part of our nation, and it's ...

The seceded states created the Confederate States ... Immediately following the attack, four more states -- Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee -- severed their ties with the Union.

The date was changed from the day North Carolina seceded from the union - May 20, 1775 known as the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, to April 12 1776, to honor the Halifax Resolves.

In fact, the first secession crisis wasn’t in the South, as you might think, but in the North. The United States ... when South Carolina cut its ties with Washington. Ten other Southern states ...