Alamance Battleground

Infobox_nrhp | name =Alamance Battleground State Historic Site
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nearest_city= Alamance, North Carolina
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built =1771
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added = February 26, 1970
governing_body = State
refnum=70000435 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|accessdate=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

Alamance Battleground is a North Carolina State Historic Site commemorating the Battle of Alamance in Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina in the United States. cite web | url = http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/hs/alamance/alamanc.htm | title = Alamance Battleground | accessdate = 2007-08-07 | publisher = North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, Office of Archives & History ]

History

The Battle of Alamance was fought in May of 1771 as part of the War of the Regulation between the forces of Royal Governor William Tryon and a band of settlers from western North Carolina who were dissatisfied with the leadership provided by the royal governors.

tate Historic Site

The state historic site was established to preserve part of the battleground and provide historical interpretation of the lifestyle of the settlers in 1770s north central North Carolina. Family papers, books, and documents relate the story of the era, providing authentic examples of living on the frontier during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.cite web|url=http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/nc/ncsites/Alamance.htm|title=The Regulator Movement and the Battle of Alamance|accessdate=2007-08-05|work=North Carolina Historic Sites|publisher=State Library of North Carolina]

Grounds

The battleground is marked with a granite monument that was given as a memorial in 1880. Alamance Battleground State Historic Site also includes the John Allen House, which family sources suggest was constructed around 1780. John's sister, Amy, was the wife of Herman Husband, an agitator and pamphleteer prominent in the Regulator movement. Donated by descendants of the family and moved from nearby Snow Camp to the current site, the frontier style, one room log home is furnished with restored, original pieces from the period. The grounds are crossed by a ¾ mile trail, and key battle positions are marked with pennants as is the Regulator campsite. A smokehouse also stands on the grounds.

Visitors

Guided tours of the house are provided upon request. The visitor center has several exhibits and hosts a twenty-five minute audio-visual program about the battle, the War of the Regulation and what life was like on the frontier of North Carolina. The battleground is largely handicapped accessible. Ten picnic tables are available for use by visitors. A gift shop is located within the visitor's center.

ee also

*Battle of Alamance
*National Register of Historic Places

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