Record #:

12263

Author(s):

Faust, Richard A.

Abstract:

The United States Postal Service honored Revolutionary War hero, Peter Francisco, with a stamp depicting the hulking man with a British thousand-pound cannon slung over his shoulder. Francisco was wounded six times during the war. So great was his prowess, that General Washington ordered a five-foot broadsword fashioned for him. Francisco wielded it in many battles including the battle of Guilford Court House, where he killed eleven British soldiers.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 42 Issue 12, May 1975, p9-11, il, por

Subject(s):

Francisco, Peter, 1760-1831; North Carolina--History--American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783--Soldiers