Maryland and North Carolina in the Campaign of 1780-1781

The erection of a monument by members of the Maryland Historical Society, on the battlefield of Guilford in North Carolina, in memory of the velour of Maryland soldiers, recalls to mind the many events of the Revolution in which the two States were brought together in helpful friendship or generous emulation.  Each has won special distinction; both may be proud of their interesting and honourable record.

North Carolina was the mother of the Colonies, and within her borders was born the first white American.  Her Regulators offered the first armed resistance to British authority, and at Alamance, in 1771, was shed the first blood in the struggle for liberty.  

Maryland, on the other hand, was the parent of religious toleration, which is the foundation stone of Colonial liberty.  She first took practical steps towards severing her connection with the crown, and her delegates were the first that were elected to the Continental Congress.  Her troops were the first from the South to join Washington at Cambridge.

Everywhere, throughout the war, are found the brave soldiers of these two States; there are few battlefields, from the Hudson river to the Savannah, which were not watered with the best blood of Maryland and North Carolina.

Edward Graham Daves

2021, 8.5" x 11", paper, index, 102 pp.

ISBN: 9780788472220

101E-NC0230