Pyle's Defeat Monument, Burlington

Pyle's Defeat Monument, Burlington
On front of bronze tablet: "NEAR THIS LOCATION, MOUNTED LOYALISTS FROM CAHTHAM AND SOUTHERN/ORANGE COUNTIES LED BY COL. JOHN PYLE, AND ON THEIR WAY TO/JOIN GEN. CORNWALLIS IN HILLSBOROUGH, WERE DEFEATED BY UNITS/OF GEN. GREENE'S AMERICAN ARMY LED BY COL. HENRY "LIGHT/HORSE HARRY" LEE AND GEN. ANDREW PICKENS. AS THE TWO/FORCES CONVERGED ON A NARROW ROAD, HOLTS RACE PATH, THE LOYALISTS/MISTOOK LEE'S TROOPERS FOR BRITISH CALVARLY. MORE THAN 90/LOYALISTS WERE KILLED IN A BRIEF BATTLE FOUGHT PRIMARILY WITH/SABERS AND SWORDS. THIS DEFEAT OF COL. PYLE AND THE SUBSEQUENT/BATTELE OF GUILFORD COURTHOUSE HASTENED THE BRITISH ARMY'S/ WITHDRAWAL FROM NORTH CAROLINA AND THEIR DEFEAT AT YORKTOWN, / VIRGINIA."

Installation Date:

01 May 1996

Organization Responsible for Installation:

The Alamance Foundation and The National Society, Sons of the American Revolution

Memorial War Era(s):

  • Other

Memorial Condition:

Good

Website:

http://docsouth.unc.edu/commland/monument/38

Location:

The monument faces a stone path in a flat plain on the Pyle's Defeat Battle landmark area. The monument is near the intersection of Anthony Road and Old Trail, Burlington, NC. It is located on grounds of Splawn Belting, Inc. and specifically behind the main building.