Record #:

13108

Author(s):

Elking, Thomas

Abstract:

A private in the North Carolina Militia during the Revolutionary War, John Colwell fired the first shot in the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge. On February 27th, 1776, the North Carolina Militia halted advancing Tories, preventing a rendezvous with British troops waiting in Wilmington.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 24 Issue 24, Apr 1957, p11, il

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783