Context: After secession, some North Carolinians refused to support the Confederacy. Some of the yeoman farmers in the state's mountains and western Piedmont region remained neutral during the Civil War, while some covertly supported the Union cause during the conflict. Approximately 2,000 North Carolinians from western North Carolina enlisted in the Union Army and fought for the North in the war. Two additional Union Army regiments were raised in the coastal areas of the state, which were occupied by Union forces in 1862 and 1863. Numerous slaves escaped to Union lines, where they became essentially free.

Question: Some North Carolinians still refused to support what after secession?
Answer: the Confederacy

Question: Some of what farmers remained neutral during the civil war?
Answer: yeoman

Question: Where were the yoeman farmers that remained neutral during the civil war located?
Answer: in the state's mountains and western Piedmont region

Question: How many North Carolinians from the west fought for the union Army?
Answer: 2,000

Question: When did union forces occupy coastal areas of North carolina?
Answer: 1862 and 1863