Record #:

22064

Author(s):

Clark, Walter

Abstract:

This article details the 1740 Cartagena Expedition, an assault on Spanish colonies in South America. Forces consisted of 12,000 English troops and 3,600 troops from England's North American colonies including 400 North Carolinians. The expedition failed and resulted in the deaths of almost the entire North Carolina regiment along with majority of the English and Colonial ground forces.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 4 Issue 6, Oct 1904, p3-24

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775