North Carolina Unionists and the Fight Over Secession (Steve M. Miller - UA) wooden Using specimens from museums

Using specimens from museums

Having been a pre-war civilian outside the West Point establishment

planter and politician Samuel Hoey Walkup (1818-1876) led the 48th North Carolina Infantry in the Civil War

Sleeplessness plagued the Union and Confederate armies

North Carolina Unionists and the Fight Over Secession (Steve M. Miller - UA) wooden Using specimens from museumsby 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