May 27, 1862: Military Governor of NC Appointed By President Lincoln

[1939]

1. Coastal enclaves in North Carolina and South Carolina fell to the Union very early in the war.

A very good book on this is "The Civil War in North Carolina" by John G. Barrett (who I was fortunate to have as my freshman US History prof in college). He wrote the book after I graduated. While there were no large battles in North Carolina until Sherman marched through in 1865, there was constant fighting involving brigade size forces along the coast. The Union had full administrative control over Tidewater Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina through most of the war. The Confederates only controlled Wilmington and Charleston which didn't fall until close to the end of the war.