Biographies Archive - Forgotten Victory

The People

British, Military, Political

William Tryon

A cruel and savage war leader who targeted civilians, but who succeeded in administrative tasks.

Military

Known as The Fighting Parson by the patriots and "Rebel High Priest" by the British, he preached on Sunday with his pistols on the pulpit and supported his troops during the week. His churches were targeted and burned by the British and his wife murdered.

American, Rebels

Hannah Caldwell

Few occurrences in the history of ancient or modern warfare have so strongly influenced the public feeling – have excited so universal a sentiment of horror, or such deep resentment towards the authors of the crime – as the deliberate and barbarous murder of Mrs. Caldwell.