Blooms civil war and north carolina

By CaitlinAndrews

  • 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.