Wilmington during the Revolution

During the American Revolution, this house (which was built in 1770) was occupied by Britains Lord (General) Cornwallis for the month of April in 1781.  To this day, it flies an American flag as well as a British Union Jack.  The basement was used as a military prison.  Lord Cornwallis commandeered the church across the street as a stables for the military horses.

North Carolina remained primarily a Loyalist state during the revolution.  Most of the middle class felt that the Revolutionists, who were the rich, were corrupt.