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Civil War began
the first shots were fired on this day -
The state and the Union
The state seceded from the Union on May, 20, 1861 -
Spring
Spring 1862—the military attacks were aided greatly by the United States Navy, which maintained a strong presence along the North Carolina coast throughout the war -
Most famous raid
The most famous raid in the mountains during the war was General George Stoneman’s cavalry in March 1865. -
North Carolina and the war
North Carolina was an important state during the conflict. The state contributed to the Confederate war effort in various ways; the Piedmont region produced crops that fed Confederate forces, and for a few months in 1865, Wilmington provided the Confederacy’s only access to the Atlantic Ocean and European trade.