Good stuff Ed. SKIP

Great post! I found a copy of this image with the sword in my attic! Turns out i am related to John Steele by marriage! As to the facts about battles given here, I think (IMHO) that three battles are being conflated (all from central north carolina...). The 1770 "battle of Alamance" was fought between Governor William Tryon's royal militia and the Regulators, a faction of backcountry farmers protesting government corruption. So, there were no regular troops on the Regulator side. The confusion is that the later (March 2, 1781) battle of Clapp's Mill has also been called the "battle of Alamance." 

 

"Pyle’s Defeat on February 25, 1781 was a public relations disaster for the British. The next skirmish fought between the opposing forces was at Clapp’s Mill on March 2nd and has also been called the Battle of Alamance. On February 27th, Cornwallis’ army moved from Hillsborough to the Haw River, camping on the south side of Alamance Creek at an important crossroads." https://emergingrevolutionarywar.org/2022/03/02/prelude-to-guilford-courthouse-clapps-mill/

 

To further confuse things, the Battle of Lindley's Mill (aka Cane Creek, September 13, 1781) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lindley's_Mill was fought between Loyalist and Patriot Militias, and no regular troops were involved... so John Steele wouldn't have been there... Thoughts?

 

 

Found out that I'm related to the Steele's very proud of the heritage also learning more about my ancestors!.