Description
Book Synopsis 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.
Table of 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
