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North Carolina Historical Review. 41 (3): 307–323. Whitaker, Harriet Reed; Hay, Gertrude Sloan, eds. (1932). Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution. The North Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution – via Hathi Trust.
He was older brother to Captain John Hardin (1736–1802) (noted as the hero who turned the tide of battle for the patriots at the Battle of Ramsour's Mill during the "Southern Campaign" of the Revolutionary War) [6] [7] and Sarah Hardin, wife to Lt. Col. Frederick Hambright.
Joseph "Quaker Meadows" McDowell Jr. (February 15, 1756 – July 11, 1801) was an American planter, soldier, and statesman from North Carolina.He was known as "Quaker Meadows Joe" to distinguish him from his cousin Joseph "Pleasant Gardens" McDowell, who was also a legislator and American Revolutionary War officer from North Carolina.
Until the war was widened into a global conflict by France's entry in 1778, the war's military activities were primarily directed by the Commander-in-Chief, North America. General Thomas Gage was commander-in-chief of North American forces from 1763 until 1775, and governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay from 1774 to 1776.
General New River was a Native American leader of the Catawba tribe. [1] The General took the name New River after he killed a great Shawnee chief in battle in 1732 on the New River in North Carolina. He was chief of the Catawba from 1780 to 1801 after King Prow was "deposed" at the beginning of the American Revolutionary War.
This category includes officers and soldiers who served as Patriots in the North Carolina Militia during the American Revolutionary War. People from North Carolina who fought in units on the British side are categorized under Category:Loyalists in the American Revolution. People from North Carolina (including much of present-day Northeast ...
This category lists articles on Native Americans and First Nations people in the American Revolution and American Revolutionary War. Those who sought to remain neutral, as well as those who fought alongside the British or the American Revolutionaries, are included.
North Carolina portal; This category includes people associated with North Carolina during the American Revolution. People in this category should not also be placed in Category:People of colonial North Carolina, unless they were notable in North Carolina before the Revolutionary era (i.e., before about 1765).