North Carolina: My Home State in the Civil War 1 of 3 North Carolina soldiers died as a result of the Civil War, and one North Carolina unit, the 26th North Carolina Regiment, lost more men at the Battle of Gettysburg than any other unit, from either the South or North. During the Civil War, North Carolina suffered the greatest loss of life, the most casualties, than any other Southern state. As a result, during Reconstruction, the State was devastated. The population of widows and orphans boomed across the State, and the only relief and assistance was to pick yourself up and keep on going. There was very little, if any, assistance for most citizens from the State government. Widows and orphaned children now tended the farm, since agriculture dominated the State, and the boys became men and the girls became women. The wounded, including mentally disabled from the scars of Civil War, were an additional crisis for the State of North Carolina. Subsequently, insane asylums were created across the State. The Tar Heels, as they were known, gradually recovered through the same "grit and stickability of their forefathers."
Posted on: Fri, 06 Sep 2013 22:07:21 +0000