YorkTown

Yorktown Summary on David fanning and the Tories Originally from Virginia, Fanning had lived in both North Carolina and South Carolina, and had served in both Loyalist and Whig militias before organizing Loyalists in Chatham County in February 1781. He established a fortified base at Cox’s Mill on the Deep River in Randolph County from which he recruited Tories, skirmished with Whig militia, and scouted for Cornwallis’s army. In July 1781, Fanning received a commission as a provincial colonel in command of all Loyalist forces in Randolph, Chatham, Orange, Cumberland, and Anson Counties. Fanning led his most daring exploit of the war. With nearly 900 Loyalists under his command, Fanning raided the temporary state capital at Hillsborough, capturing nearly 200 Whigs including Governor Thomas Burke. The following day Whig militia led by Brigadier General John Butler intercepted Fanning at Lindley’s Mill. In a four-hour battle. After delivering his prisoners to British authorities in Wilmington, Fanning attempted to remain in the field. However, the British evacuation of the port city in November 1781 removed his source of supplies and ammo. In January 1782 Fanning began negotiations with North Carolina authorities for a pardon that he would never receive. In April, Fanning fled to Charleston and, by the close of the war, had settled in New Brunswick, Canada. Convicted of rape in 1801, Fanning was sentenced to death but successfully appealed to the provincial governor and received a pardon. Ordered to leave the province, Fanning moved to Nova Scotia where he became a shipbuilder and died peacefully in 1825.

Summery on Yorktown Yorktown was the site of the climactic battle of the American Revolution. In early Fall 1781, Washington and Rochambeau had the British army trapped along the shores of the York River. The allied armies had all of the land routes blocked. The French navy blockaded escape by sea. Cornwallis had no option but to surrender to the combined forces.

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