Record #:

24591

Author(s):

Trawick, Gary E.

Abstract:

Colonel Thomas Bloodworth discovered a hollowed out Cyprus tree that he then used to harass the British who had occupied Wilmington during the American Revolutionary War.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 36 Issue 5, August 1968, p7-8

Subject(s):

Trees; North Carolina--History--American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783; Wilmington--History; Wilmington, NC--History