Governor William Tryon, and his administration in the province of North Carolina, 1765-1771 : services in a civil capacity and military career as commander-in-chief of colonial forces which suppressed the insurrection of the regulators . bbs, the left; the detachment of the county of Wake,with a troop of light-horsemen from that of Duplin, rc-in-forced the rear-guard; the rangers covered the flanks on liothsides, facing to the right; the troop of light-horse, from thecounty of Orange, escorted the Governor; the detachment ofthe counties of Carteret and Onslow were directed, in caseof an attack
Governor William Tryon, and his administration in the province of North Carolina, 1765-1771 : services in a civil capacity and military career as commander-in-chief of colonial forces which suppressed the insurrection of the regulators . bbs, the left; the detachment of the county of Wake,with a troop of light-horsemen from that of Duplin, rc-in-forced the rear-guard; the rangers covered the flanks on liothsides, facing to the right; the troop of light-horse, from thecounty of Orange, escorted the Governor; the detachment ofthe counties of Carteret and Onslow were directed, in caseof an attack on tlie left wing, to form an angle for their re-spective lines to cover the left flank.* While encamped near Hillsborough, two officers of Tryonsanny, Captain John Walker and Lieutenant John BaptistaAshe (not Colonel John Ashe, as so many historians state),had been captured by the Begulators, tied to trees and bru-tally Word was later brought to Tryons camp thatthese gentlemen would be exposed to the fire of their ownfriends by being placed in front of the Regulators line ofbattle. The Governor thereupon sent forward one of his • Martins Hisloiy of N. C, Vol. H. p. 179. t State Records of N. C. Vol. XIX, pp. 1 r^ - - f --?
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