North Carolina Unionists and the Fight Over Secession (Steve M. Miller - UA) wooden to the founding compromise over

to the founding compromise over slavery

Using specimens from museums

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

and the contents of a never-before-seen contemporary scrapbook to explain how the country descended into civil war

North Carolina Unionists and the Fight Over Secession (Steve M. Miller - UA) wooden to the founding compromise overby 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