Edmund Fanning was an American-born colonial administrator and military officer. Born in New York, he became a lawyer and politician in North Carolina in the 1760s. He first came to fame as the focus
Drawing of Fanning, 1852, by Benson John Lossing
St Mary Abbots Church
Battle of Alamance
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The Battle of Alamance took place on May 16, 1771. It was the final confrontation of the Regulator Movement in colonial North Carolina. The rebellion was instigated because of various issues with the
Edmund Fanning (colonial administrator)
…but was fined only a small fine. After several riots, the movement was crushed by the army of the Sandy Creek Baptist Militia led by Tryon at the Battle of Alamance on May 16, 1771. Fanning followed Tryon to New York as his personal secretary. At the start of the American Revolutionary War, revolutionaries drove…
Postcard depiction of the Battle of Alamance, by J. Steeple Davis
The site of the Battle of Alamance, including red flags, to the right, marking militia positions and an 1880 commemorative monument, in the distance, to the far left.