North Carolina the last shots of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the Civil War. For many years, North Carolinians proudly boasted that they had been "First at Bethel, Farthest at Gettysburg and Chickamauga, and Last at Appomattox." North Carolina is bordered by South Carolina on the south, Georgia on the southwest, Tennessee on the west, Virginia on the north, and the Atlantic Ocean on the east. The United States Census Bureau places North Carolina in the South Atlantic division of the southern region. North Carolina consists of three main geographic regions: the Atlantic coastal plain, occupying the eastern portion of
North Carolina A&T–South Carolina State football rivalry other since 1958. In the most recent contest, North Carolina A&T defeated the Bulldogs by a score of 30-20 in Aggie Stadium (North Carolina A&T). The two schools have played 53 times since their first meeting, with South Carolina State leading the series with a record of 32 wins 19 losses and 2 ties. In the early years of the series, the match up between North Carolina A&T and South Carolina State was an inter-conference contest; as A&T was a member of the NCAA Division II Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (CIAA) and SC State was a member of the Southern