Abstract:
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.