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Critical Thinking Posted on December 22, 2021December 20, 2021

A Demographic View of the North Carolina Continental Line, 1775–1783

Many North Carolina soldiers served in both the North Carolina militia/state troops and one of the state’s Continental regiments. To complement my study of the demographics of the militia and state troops, this article presents a detailed look at North Carolina Continental soldiers who served only in the North Carolina Continental Line. The North Carolina […]

by Douglas R. Dorney, Jr.

Critical Thinking Posted on July 28, 2021July 27, 2021

The Odyssey of Loyalist Colonel Samuel Bryan

Colonel Samuel Bryan is thought to be the highest-ranking Loyalist officer to remain in the United States after the Revolutionary War. Despite being a high-ranking British officer in command of hundreds of men, little is known about him and the militia unit he commanded. With the arrival of British regulars in the Carolinas in 1780, […]

by Douglas R. Dorney, Jr.

Critical Thinking Posted on May 4, 2021May 3, 2021

North Carolina and Public Spirit in the American Revolution, 1775–1783

In the South, the American Revolution was largely a civil war, one between Whig supporters of American liberties and Loyalists or Tories, who remained attached to the crown. Both sides strove to encourage and maintain the support they had among the people, and to attract to their side the neutrals or uncommitted inhabitants. Historian John […]

by John R. Maass

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A Demographic View of the North Carolina Continental Line, 1775–1783

The Odyssey of Loyalist Colonel Samuel Bryan

North Carolina and Public Spirit in the American Revolution, 1775–1783