it's the home of governor john morehead here in downtown greensboro. today many historians look back on governor morehead as the father of modern north carolina. governor morehead was the governor of north carolina from 1841 to 1845. he was popular governor through his ideas of reform and industry and human rights. his political career really began early through his education in law. after he graduated from the caldwell academy here in greensboro he went on to the university of north carolina in chapel hill. he graduated from there as a lawyer. quickly found more business here in greensboro. he found his wife here. quickly found a place in government. when he was here as an elected official he worked closely with a large quaker community. he took on issues of internal improvement in the state. he took up issues with slavery, which is unusual for a politician in the south working with the quakers. he took, adopted other important issues to the quakers such as education. that really began to form his political platform. governor morehead was one of the f

right in downtown greensboro some of the last shots fired by confederate soldiers will be other confederate soldiers who were brought in to maintain law and order. the greensboro surrender is very chaotic. certainly doesn't have that spirit of unification that we think of with appomattox. now, general johnston commanded not just the army of tennessee but he commanded the department of the geographic region that included carolina and florida. he is surrendering 89,000 troops. it's the largest surrender of the civil war. some of the key differences is not there. they're not in physical contact with each other. the confederates are left to do this on their own, self-policing and the men are instructed to stack their weapons in camp. their issued parole passes and then they are free to go. the parole passes will work the same for them as far as transportation and rations. it's a very different experience. some units will march home with weapons and flags flying in violation of the terms. in fact, johnston had gotten word from president davis who by this time is down near charlotte that he wante