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BATTLE OF CLAPP'S MILL

Troops led by Henry Lee ambushed British cavalry of Banastre Tarleton one mile north, Mar. 2, 1781. Americans retreated under heavy British fire.

G-111Alamance County

Where it stands. NC 62 at SR 1135 (Porter Sharpe Road) southwest of Alamance

Except for those who think in terms of pious platitudes or dogma or narrow prejudice (and those thoughts we aren’t interested in), people don’t speak their beliefs easily, or publicly.
Edward R. MurrowThis I Believe (1951)Born in Greensboro, 16 mi from here. Carolina Quotes record
Photograph from Sweponville, Alamance County, 1940
Sweponville, Alamance County, 1940. Jack Delano. Library of Congress, public domain.

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  1. SiteALAMANCE BATTLEGROUND STATE HISTORIC SITE0.5 mi
  2. GG-2BATTLE OF ALAMANCE0.6 mi
  3. G-24BATTLE OF ALAMANCE0.6 mi
  4. GG-1BATTLE OF ALAMANCE0.6 mi
  5. G-35TRADING PATH2.2 mi
  6. G-82ALAMANCE COTTON MILL2.3 mi