Carolina Loyalist : the Revolutionary War life of Colonel David Fanning / John Hairr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hairr, John, author.

Contributor:

Maryann B. Sudo CW'63 and John B. Baxter, Jr., American History Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American loyalists--North Carolina--Biography.

American loyalists.

Fanning, David, 1755-1825.

Fanning, David.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.

United States.

North Carolina--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.

North Carolina.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 196 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Revolutionary War life of Colonel David Fanning

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2023]

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 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.

Notes:

Revised edition of: Colonel David Fanning: The Adventures of a Carolina Loyalist, Averasboro Press, 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Maryann B. Sudo CW'63 and John B. Baxter, Jr., American History Fund.

ISBN:

9781476688671

1476688672

OCLC:

1313902779

Publisher Number:

99992800984