American Revolution Podcast

ARP301 Evacuation of Wilmington

03.03.2024 - By Michael TroyPlay

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British efforts to hold North Carolina lead to loyalist David Fanning kidnapping the patriot Governor Thomas Burke. New of the British surrender at Yorktown arrives with orders for British Regulars to evacuate to Charleston.

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Book Recommendation of the Week: Nothing But Blood and Slaughter: The Revolutionary War in the Carolinas, Vol 3, by Patrick O'Kelly

Online Recommendation of the Week: The Narrative of Colonel David Fanning: https://archive.org/details/toryintherevolu00fannrich 

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