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One of the most enigmatic figures of the American Revolutionary War, Colonel David Fanning is best known for his 1781 capture of Thomas Burke, the governor of North Carolina. As a Loyalist officer, Fanning fought in more than thirty minor engagements across the Carolinas, serving as commander of Loyalist forces during the Battle of Lindley's Mill--the largest battle fought between the Whigs and Loyalists during the Tory War of 1781-82. His successes on behalf of the British government led to his being banned from North Carolina after the war. This first full-length biography chronicles Fanning's deeds through some of the most brutal fighting in the Carolinas, and his postwar tribulations in British East Florida, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
1. Hard Beginnings
2. War Comes to South Carolina
3. The Whigs Strike Back
4. On the Run in South Carolina
5. The War Resumes
6. The War Shifts North
7. Fanning Takes Command
8. Elizabethtown and Beatti's Bridge
9. Loyalist Highwater Mark
10. The Dash to Wilmington
11. The Fall of Wilmington
12. Abandoned in North Carolina
13. The End in the Carolinas
14. Exile in Search of a Home
15. Triumph and Tragedy in New Brunswick
16. A Home in Nova Scotia
Appendix A: Sarah Fanning Petition, 1800
Appendix B: House in the Horseshoe Battle Damage
Appendix C: Places Named for Colonel David Fanning in Canada
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
