Robert Howe — born c. 1732 in New Hanover County, died Dec 14, 1786 in Bladen County. 🇺🇸
He once commanded Fort Johnston for the Crown — then led 500 Brunswick militiamen to burn it in 1775. He became North Carolina’s only major general in the Continental Army. Court-martialed after the fall of Savannah, he was acquitted “with the Highest Honor.” He rode through two feet of snow to crush a mutiny for Washington and sat on the court that convicted Major John André. He died in debt, his grave lost. Southport’s cenotaph is all that marks him.
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