"May 20th, 1861" was the date that North Carolina decided to join the Confederacy and secede from the Union. The first NC state flag was used throughout the Civil War. When the Confederacy lost ...

A flag can be seen flying from the top ... safe haven for African Americans” escaping slavery in North Carolina during the Civil War, the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum wrote on its website.

The N.C. History Center on the Civil War, Emancipation and Reconstruction will use local stories to tell “the truth with all its blemishes.” ...