Quote Originally Posted by davidlpope View Post
It was actually North Carolina, in the Campbelltown/ Cross Creek Highland settlement that later became Fayetteville.

Somewhat related, the last Highland broadsword charge took place here in North Carolina at the Battle of Moore's Creek. The Loyalist Highland emigrants, were defeated by a largely English/ Scots-Irish group of Patriots. (BTW, What's the non-jingoist term to describe those who wanted to declare independance from GB? Rebels?)

David
In my book, the winners get to pick the terms they want to be called by so, although a Canadian, on this site I refer to the rebels as "Patriots". But I refer to those who remained on the British side as "Loyalists," and not "Tories" as most Americans would. Because of course both the UK and Canada have real living and breathing Tories (as in Conservatives) running our respective countries, and who have nothing to do with 1776.