THE BATTLE OF LINDLEY'S MILL REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL
AT THIS SITE PATRIOT MILITIA COMMANDED BY BRIGADIER GENERAL JOHN BUTLER AMBUSHED LOYALIST MILITIA COMMANDED BY COLONEL DAVID FANNING IN AN EFFORT TO FREE PRISONERS, WHO THE LOYALIST HAD CAPTURED AT HILLSBORO THE PREVIOUS DAY. ALTHOUGH LOSSES WERE HEAVY ON BOTH SIDES, THE LOYALIST KEPT THEIR PRISONERS AND CONTINUED THEIR MARCH TO JOIN THE BRITISH FORCES AT WILMINGTON. AFTER THE FOUR HOUR BATTLE, LOCAL RESIDENTS CARED FOR THE WOUNDED ON BOTH SIDES AND BURIED THE DEAD.
Listing Details
- Public
- REVOLUTIONARY WAR
- Stone Carving Memorials
- 7763 LINDLEY MILL ROAD
- 27349
- PAUL JORDAN
- COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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