The British army was just one enemy in the War for Indepence. Up and down the Alantic coast, some colonists sided with the Whigs, wantng independence for the new United States.
Taking Sides
Whigs and Tories were to be found from one end of North Carolina to the other. Yet there were pockets of Whig support and areas of Tory resistance that were notable.
A Civil War
Whig control of the state was all but lost when Lord Cornwalls swept through North Carolina with his army in 1781.
Neighbor killing neighbor
Lost the govenor was symbolic of the terrible times North Carolinans faced in the years 1780-1782.
The War Ends
The Tory-Whigs war in North Carolina stopped after the British withdrew from Wilmington in 1782.
Taking Sides
Whigs and Tories were to be found from one end of North Carolina to the other. Yet there were pockets of Whig support and areas of Tory resistance that were notable.
A Civil War
Whig control of the state was all but lost when Lord Cornwalls swept through North Carolina with his army in 1781.
Neighbor killing neighbor
Lost the govenor was symbolic of the terrible times North Carolinans faced in the years 1780-1782.
The War Ends
The Tory-Whigs war in North Carolina stopped after the British withdrew from Wilmington in 1782.