MCINTYRE SKIRMISH REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Location: BEATTIES FORD ROAD AND MCINTYRE AVENUE
City: CHARLOTTE
State: North Carolina
Zip Code: 28216
Type of Memorial: Plaques On Stone
Year Dedicated: 1901
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Photograph By: RUSTY LONG
Submitted By: DOCSOUTH.UNC.EDU/COMMLAND/
The British Army under command of British General Charles Cornwallis occupied Charlotte in 1780. Being short on provisions they came to believe the revolutionaries had provisions stored at McIntyre’s farm. A foraging party of over 400 British troops sent to the farm was routed by 14 patriots under the command of Colonel George Graham. This skirmish is also known as the “Battle of the Bees,” as the patriots’ defense was aided by the British troops having disturbed a hornets nest.
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