Carolina Loyalist

<p> One of the most enigmatic figures of the American Revolutionary War Colonel David Fanning is best known for his 1781 capture of Thomas Burke the governor of North Carolina. As a Loyalist officer Fanning fought in more than thirty minor engagements across the Carolinas serving as commander of Loyalist forces during the Battle of Lindley's Mill--the largest battle fought between the Whigs and Loyalists during the Tory War of 1781-82. His successes on behalf of the British government led to his being banned from North Carolina after the war. This first full-length biography chronicles Fanning's deeds through some of the most brutal fighting in the Carolinas and his postwar tribulations in British East Florida New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.</p>