From the July 8th Keeping It Heel "So Want Is a Tarheel?" by Bryant.
In my Cooter's History Thing Blog of today, I gave a story about the origin of the name from the Revolutionary War. This is its Civil War possible origin.
During a battle, North Carolina soldiers were giving soldiers from other states a hard time because of withdrawing during tough times. They threatened to put some of the states multitude of tar on their feet to keep them from retreating.
It is said that when General Lee heard of the incident, he said, "God bless the Tar Heel boys."
Nothing About Blue Devils Though. Must be a Yankee Thing. --Old Secesh
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