A Colony Divided: Clapp's Mill and the Road to War

Before independence was declared, before armies marched in formation, North Carolina's Revolution began in quieter, more uncertain places.

In December 1775, armed men faced one another near Clapp's Mill; an ordinary working mill that suddenly stood at the center of rising fear, rumor, and divided loyalty. The clash that followed was brief and largely forgotten, yet it marked one of the earliest moments when resistance in North Carolina turned unmistakably violent.