Salute! Gaston County Confederate Memorial on the ole' Gaston County Courthouse grounds in Dallas, North Carolina. During the unCivil War, Gaston County, North Carolina (with Dallas as its original county seat from 1846 to 1911), strongly supported the Confederacy despite North Carolina's initial reluctance to secede. Approximately 1,500 men from the county enlisted, representing a significant portion of its military-age male population. These soldiers assembled here at the old courthouse in Dal