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for "North Carolina--History--American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783"
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22364
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This article recounts the efforts of North Carolina militia officer, Colonel William Shepperd to stop British raiders from terrorizing Orange Count western North Carolina in 1779.
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The North Carolina Booklet
(NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 12 Issue 1, July 1912,
p53-58
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22367
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Elizabeth Maxwell Steel of Salisbury is said to have provided much need accommodation and support to Nathaniel Greene as he retreated northward in front of the advancing army of Cornwallis in February 1781. This articles recounts the erection of a monument in her honor in 1911 by the Daughters of the American Revolution. Her wartime letters provide evidence of her sentiments in favor of the Patriot cause.
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The North Carolina Booklet
(NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 12 Issue 2, October 1912,
p67-103, il, por
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22379
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Lieutenant Colonel Wilson Webster was a regimental commander in the English Army of Lord Cornwallis. Webster was wounded at the Battle of Guilford Court House and was evacuated toward Wilmington. Taking ill on route he spent his last days at the Bellefort plantation in Bladen County belonging to the patriot leader Hugh Waddell. The disposition of his remains is the subject of some dispute.
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The North Carolina Booklet
(NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 12 Issue 3, January 1913,
p195-202
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22431
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The dedication on July 4, 1906 of a monument to General Francis Nash at the Guildford Courthouse National Military Park, served as an occasion to review his contributions to the Revolutionary movement in North Carolina and specific military service during the conflict.
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The North Carolina Booklet
(NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 14 Issue 2, October 1914,
p74-90
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5.Colonel John Hinton by Hinton, Mary Hillard The North Carolina Booklet Vol. 14 Issue 4, April 1915
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22453
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Colonel John Hinton was a resident of Wake County during the colonial and revolutionary eras.
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The North Carolina Booklet
(NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 14 Issue 4, April 1915,
p225-236, il
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22461
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Grace Greenlee was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia around 1750. With her newly wed husband Captain John Bowan and other family members, she became one of the early settlers of what is now Burke County North Carolina at the beginning of the Revolution. Numerous stories surround her experiences during the Revolutionary War, including the death of her husband, escapes from Tories, and her eventual marriage to war hero General Charles McDowell.
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The North Carolina Booklet
(NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 15 Issue 1, July 1915,
p12-27
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22462
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An accurate count of number of North Carolinians involved in the Revolutionary War is difficult to reconstruct. Patriot enlistments were of three types: service in the Continental Army, the North Carolina Militia and the Nine Months Drafts. There is evidence for as many as 6,00 North Carolinians serving in the Continental Army and over 26,000 in the militia. Another 2,500 may have served in nine-month drafts. This article also provides totals for each North Carolina county.
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The North Carolina Booklet
(NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 15 Issue 1, July 1915,
p28-32
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22484
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Edenton, also known during the Revolutionary War as the Port of Roanoke, was an important port city, and was thus a British target during the conflict. One such predator on the Albemarle Sound was the British row galley, GENERAL ARNOLD. Attacks on boats and encounters with GENERAL ARNOLD forced many to flee across the Sound to Windsor. However, the citizens of Edenton banded together to meet GENERAL ARNOLD head-on.
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The North Carolina Booklet
(NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 7 Issue 4, April 1908,
p267-277
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22516
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The nine regiments of North Carolina soldiers of the Continental Line during the American Revolution fought from the Battle of Brandywine through the Southern Campaign.
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The North Carolina Booklet
(NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 17 Issue 3, January 1918,
p105-134
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22548
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Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church in Waxhaw, North Carolina is known for the contributions of its families to American liberty. Settled by Scotch-Irish families who immigrated to escape persecution, Waxhaw became a center of revolutionary soldiers and American political leaders.
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The North Carolina Booklet
(NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 20 Issue 1, April-July 1920,
p139-144
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22560
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The turning point in the struggle of American independence came in the winter of 1777-1778. Clothing, food, and munitions supplies were scant and the British fleet and army held Philadelphia, New York, and the Hudson River. North Carolina had nine regiments in Washington's winter camp, and part of these men were assigned to harass the British outposts.
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The North Carolina Booklet
(NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 23 Issue 1,2,3,4, January 1926,
p25-27
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22563
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During the reign of King William the Third, expenses incurred in the passage to America could be partially paid for every Church of England missionary or school-master who would undertake the journey. One such missionary was Reverend Thomas Burges, who made his way, via Virginia, to North Carolina in 1760. Burges settled in the Edgecomb Parish, Halifax County, North Carolina, where he taught school as well as worked in the ministry until his death in 1779. His eldest son from his first marriage, Henry John Burges, born in 1744, followed his father's example and became ordained in England in 1768. Leaving North Carolina for Virginia in 1770, Burges became a well-known supporter of the American Revolution while continuing to preach.
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The North Carolina Booklet
(NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 23 Issue 1,2,3,4, January 1926,
p63-75
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23299
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House in the Horseshoe was built in 1772 as a plantation house and was later the site of American Revolutionary War battles. The historical home is now the location of reenactments.
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23802
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The Overmountain Men steered the Revolutionary War in the Patriots' favor at Kings Mountain, when they won against one of King George's most successful fighting force in the South.
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WNC Magazine
(NoCar F261 .W64), Vol. 4 Issue 1, January/February 2010,
p42-47, il
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24525
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The second British Minister to the United States, Robert Liston, visited North Carolina with his wife in 1979 after the Revolutionary War. This article presents their experiences and opinion of North Carolina during their visit.
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