Josh Wheeler is an independent scholar of the American Revolutionary period. He holds graduate degrees in both history and military history, and is currently completing his doctorate. His research focus is the post-Yorktown period. In his free time, he enjoys traveling the United States visiting historic sites and national parks, watching several professional sports, and World War II and Winston Churchill books as a break from his typical studies. He lives in Ohio with his wife Melissa.
By March 1782 Loyalist Col. David Fanning had been a thorn in the side of Patriot forces for some time. Fanning’s perpetually violent methods were well known to Patriots throughout North Carolina, as was his desire to visit retribution upon previous foes. But the story of one of his most infamous raids for that revenge […]
The mention of Beaufort, North Carolina, does not typically bring to mind any significant activity of the American Revolution. Only the most serious students of the war are likely to have studied the role Beaufort played. The action there offered no turning point and no clash between well-known commanders or sizable forces, but in the […]
