During the Revolutionary War, the Battle of Guilford Courthouse was fought here.
In this state, Fort Fisher, known as the "Gibraltar of the South," protected the last major Confederate port, which finally fell in January 1865. Clarence Lightner became the first black mayor of a southern, white-majority city in this state. The battle of Bentonville was the largest Civil War battle in this state. The USS Monitor was sunk in a (*) storm off the coast of this state. The Woolworth's department store removed its policy of segregation after a series of sit-in protests in this state's city of Greensboro. During the Revolutionary War, the Battle of Guilford Courthouse was fought here. For 10 points, name this state where, in 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright flew a plane in Kitty Hawk.
In this state, Fort Fisher, known as the "Gibraltar of the South," protected the last major Confederate port, which finally fell in January 1865.
North Carolina