Battle of Elizabethtown/Tory Hole
275 N Poplar St, Elizabethtown, NC 28337, USA
North Carolina, USA
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VILLAGE
EST. 1773
EST. 1773
BATTLEFIELD
August 27, 1781
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Battle of Elizabethtown/Tory Hole.
A public park preserves the wooded ravine traditionally identified as Tory Hole near downtown Elizabethtown. Trails, interpretive markers, memorial features, and natural terrain commemorate the 1781 engagement, although urban development and landscape change have altered much of the wider battlefield setting.
About Battle of Elizabethtown/Tory Hole
The day before the battle, a local resident named Sallie Salter entered the Loyalist camp to sell eggs. Unknown to the Loyalist forces, Sallie was a spy for the Patriot cause. She reported to Colonels Thomas Robeson and Thomas Brown, commanders of a band of the Bladen County militiamen. The information Salter provided to both men led to them making a decision to attack the Loyalist encampment.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at Battle of Elizabethtown/Tory Hole
Despite the fact that the Patriot forces were significantly outnumbered, Robeson and Brown fabricated a plan in which their forces would appear to be greater in number by masquerading false commands to "phantom" soldiers, intended to be heard by the enemy. The Patriot forces approached the Loyalist camp at night and launched a surprise attack. John Sligsby and David Godden were both mortally wounded and many of the soldiers fled the area into a ravine near the river, which has been known as "Tory Hole" ever since.
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