This Day in NC History Blogs Search Posts: James Hogun Made Brigadier General in Revolutionary WarJanuary 9, 2016 On January 9, 1779, James Hogun of Halifax County was chosen as a brigadier general for the North Carolina Continental Line. Thomas Robeson, Patriot Leader at Moore’s Creek BridgeJanuary 11, 2016 On January 11, 1740, Revolutionary War colonel and state legislator Thomas Robeson was born in Bladen County. William Polk, Last of N.C.'s Revolutionary OfficersJanuary 14, 2016 On January 14, 1834, William Polk, the last surviving field officer of the North Carolina Continental Line, died in Raleigh. “Giant” Peter Francisco January 16, 2016 Francis Nash Mortally Wounded at the Battle of GermantownOctober 4, 2016 On October 4, 1777, Francis Nash, brigadier general of the North Carolina Continental Troops under General George Washington in the American Revolution, was mortally wounded by a cannon ball at the Battle of Germantown, near Philadelphia.
