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Peter the Great

Record #:
15283
Abstract:
On the Guilford Battleground near Greensboro is a monument to the exploits of Peter Francisco, giant of the American Revolution. He was said to have performed a deed of unparalleled bravery, cutting down eleven men with his sword, although badly wounded. At the battle of Camden, horses drawing a cannon were killed and Francisco shouldered the gun weighting eleven hundred pounds and carried it where it was needed.
Source:
The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 7 Issue 39, Feb 1940, p6-7, f