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Author: Bobby Gilmer Moss
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 264
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this study, all the participants listed are militiamen unless it is specifically stated they were state or continental officers.
Author: Bobby Gilmer Moss
Publisher: Scotia Hibernia Press
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 448
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKBiographical sketches (arranged alphabetically), with references, of African-American loyalist soldiers and sailors who served in the American Revolution during the southern campaign.
Author: J. Timothy Cole
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2003-08-20
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 0786416238
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPolitics in Rutherford County were heated a century ago: the developing textile industry, the growing population, an agricultural crisis and race relations inflamed everyone. Mills Higgins Flack, a leader of the Farmers' Alliance and the county's first Populist in the state House, was allegedly murdered on August 28, 1900, by Avery Mills, an African American. This book documents the murder and the lynching of Avery Mills. The author (Flack's great-great-grandson) considers the phenomena of racial lynching, the Populist movement in the county, the white supremacy movement of the state's Democratic party and the county's KKK activities.
Author: Milton Ready
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 436
ISBN-13: 9781570035913
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the last three decades North Carolina has witnessed a remarkable growth in population, economic development, and political importance, and it now ranks as the tenth most populous state in the Union. The Tar Heel State: A History of North Carolina constitutes the most comprehensive and inclusive single-volume chronicle of the state's storied past to date, culminating with an attentive look at recent events that have transformed North Carolina into a southern megastate.
Author: Robert M. Dunkerly
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2014-01-10
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 0786490241
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNestled on the banks of the Cape Fear River, Wilmington, North Carolina, remains famous as a blockade-running port during the Civil War. Not as renowned is the city's equally vital role during the Revolution. Through the port came news, essential supplies, and critical materials for the Continental Army. Both sides contended for the city and both sides occupied it at different times. Its merchant-based economy created a hotbed of dissension over issues of trade and taxes before the Revolution, and the presence of numerous Loyalists among Whigs vying for independence generated considerable tension among civilians. Based on more than 100 eyewitness accounts and other primary sources, this volume chronicles the fascinating story of Wilmington and the Lower Cape Fear during the Revolution.
Author: Sudie Doggett Wike
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2018-01-16
Total Pages: 281
ISBN-13: 1476630879
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWithout the support of American women, victory in the Revolutionary War would not have been possible. They followed the Continental Army, handling a range of jobs that were usually performed by men. On the orders of General Washington, some were hired as nurses for $2 per month and one full ration per day--disease was rampant and nurse mortality was high. A few served with artillery units or masqueraded as men to fight in the ranks. The author focuses on the many key roles women filled in the struggle for independence, from farming to making saltpeter to spying.
Author: David Lee Russell
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2000-01-01
Total Pages: 386
ISBN-13: 9780786407835
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs the American Revolution in the North drew to a stalemate around New York, in the South the British finally came to terms with the reality of defeat. Southern sites like Kings Mountain, Cowpens, Charleston, the Chesapeake and Yorktown were vital to American independence. The origin of the five Southern colonies - Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia - their development, the role of patriot and loyalist Southerner, and critical battles are examined. Included is a discussion of the leadership of the British forces and of the colonial patriots who inspired common citizens to fight for the sake of American independence.
Author: William E. Oakley
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Published: 1998
Total Pages: 584
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Alexander Chesney
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Published: 2002
Total Pages: 274
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlexander Chesney, along with his parents and siblings, came from County Antrim, Ireland in 1772 with the Rev. William Martin and his five ship loads of Protestants. The Chesney family settled alongside kinsmen on the Pacolet River in the Up-Country of South Carolina. Chesney established a plantation and also became involved in freighting mountain produce and lumber to the coastal region of Carolina. He remained loyal to the British government in the American Revolution and was chosen by Maj. Patrick Ferguson, one of the two independent British commanders in the South, to be his adjutant in the American Volunteers. He was in the the defeat of Ferguson and his band of Loyalists in the battle of Kings Mountain. Next, at the battle of Cowpen, when Chesney faced his wife's Patriot father and brothers, the other British independent commander, Col. Banastre Tarleton, with regular British soldiers and militiamen met defeat at the hands of Daniel Morgan. Realizing that the British forces were destined to be driven from America, Chesney, while in poor health following his wife's death, returned to Ireland. There, he became an officer in the customs department and a militia officer. He recorded his experiences in two separate journals. In this book the two journals are united and edited. The result is a unique rendition of an eye witness account of the American Revolution in the South and the post war events in Ireland for many who returned to the land of their birth. Maps, illustrations, 247 pages (hard back); $29.95 plus $3.50 media mail, $4.00 priority mail.
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Published: 1993-07
Total Pages: 928
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