North Carolina Unionists and the Fight Over Secession (Steve M. Miller - UA) Section - West Point Charley meets many diverse characters

Charley meets many diverse characters

Getting to the battlefield

while Major Roy Stone led the additional six companies on the Virginia Peninsula with the Army of the Potomac—both contingents rendering distinguished service

It would take state action to achieve the final abolition of American slavery

The epicenter of that deadly day was the small community of Sharpsburg

North Carolina Unionists and the Fight Over Secession (Steve M. Miller - UA) Section - West Point Charley meets many diverse charactersby Steve M. Miller Before the Civil War, North Carolina was divided by the battle over secession. Some state leaders remained loyal to the Union because they saw the potential for compromise with Northern states. William Alexander Graham helped broker the Compromise of 1850. John Motley Morehead and Jonathan Worth led the campaign against secession in early 1861. Most continued to serve their state under the Confederacy. Although Zebulon B. Vance