Confederate North Carolina was a complex and contradictory place. Among the last to secede, the state ultimately provided more soldiers than any other to the Confederate Army. Governor Zebulon Vance was an outspoken proponent of secession, but constantly battled the central government over issues of states' rights and faced various degrees of Unionism within his own state.
In this presentation, Dr. Starnes explores the complex way North Carolinians, from all stations of society, viewed the Civil War and he examines the roots of these divisions.
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