Based on eyewitness accounts--many never before published--and including journals, diaries, military reports, archaeological studies, and family histories, this volume is the story of Wilmington and the Lower Cape Fear during the Revolution.
It has been said that while the famous battles of the American Revolution were fought in the North, the decisive battles were fought in the South. During the Revolutionary War, no place was more important than the southeastern part of North Carolina. Based on eyewitness accounts (many never before published), including journals, diaries, military reports, archaeological studies, and family histories, this is the story of Wilmington and the Lower Cape Fear during the Revolution.