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Travis Copeland

Travis Copeland

Travis Copeland is a North Carolina native with a love for early American history. He holds a B.A in History and Humanities and is studying for a postgraduate history degree. His research interests include North Carolina history and the early southern United States from the Revolutionary War to the Civil War with a particular interest in military conflict, political-social integration, and local history. When not researching and writing, he enjoys teaching, the outdoors, gardening, and good food and beer. Travis lives and teaches in North Carolina.

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Autobiography and Biography, Politics During the War (1775-1783), Prewar Conflict (<1775), Prewar Politics (<1775) April 5, 2022 April 4, 2022

The Samuel Adams of North Carolina: Cornelius Harnett and the Burning of Fort Johnston

On a trip to the southern colonies in 1773, Josiah Quincy of Massachusetts visited the coastal region of North Carolina. He was introduced to…

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Frontier, Memoir, Native Americans, People, The War Years (1775-1783) December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021

North Carolina Colonel Joseph Williams in the Cherokee Campaign of 1776

“We have every reason to believe,” proclaimed the North Carolina Council of Safety, that “the emissaries of [the British] government are making use of…

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Battles, Letters and Correspondence, Patriots, The War Years (1775-1783) July 5, 2021 July 3, 2021

North Carolina’s Response to the Battles of Lexington and Concord

Rumors roared throughout the Colonies in the spring of 1775. From Watertown, Massachusetts, with an earnest pen, a letter was taken down at 10…

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Loyalists, Patriots, People, Prisoners of War, The War Years (1775-1783) May 31, 2021 May 29, 2021

The Capture of North Carolina Governor Thomas Burke

When the vote came on Tuesday, July 26, 1781, before the House’s evening adjournment, it was Thomas Burke’s turn to hold the Executive office…

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Logistics, People, The War Years (1775-1783) March 16, 2021 March 16, 2021

Nathanael Greene and the Challenge of Supplying the Southern Army

A New England Quaker in his late thirties was not the ideal candidate for the job, according to the Continental Congress. Instead, Congress chose…

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Battles, The War Years (1775-1783) September 29, 2020 October 3, 2020

The Battle of Shallow Ford, October 14, 1780

In September 1780, writing from Hillsborough, North Carolina, just one month after the disastrous defeat at Camden, Maj. Gen. Horatio Gates penned a disconcerted…

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