Unknown to the loyalist forces, salter was a spy for the patriot cause. Slingsby brought his prisoners to elizabethtown, in bladen county The day before the battle, a local resident named sallie salter entered the tory camp to sell eggs Unbeknownst to them, she was a patriot spy. The battle of elizabethtown took place on aug 27, 1781 and though it might be assumed that women in those days kept their distance from the unpleasantries of war, local resident sallie salter was more concerned with lending a hand.
The inscription includes the birth and death dates of sallie salter (a local hero of the american revolution), those of her husband william salter, and the dates that william salter served as an assemblyman The monument is approximately 3 ½ ft tall by 2 ½ ft wide. Many women, on all sides, showed extraordinary courage in the face of opposing forces This included passing information to their own For instance, sallie salter spied for patriot militia, leading to victory at the battle of elizabethtown. A woman by the name of sallie salter volunteered to pretend to sell baked goods to the tories and act as a spy to gain information that could be used in the attack (battle of elizabethtown).
Sallie salter was a daughter of one of the most influential families along the cape fear river within bladen county and she volunteered to enter the loyalist camp as a spy. 27, 1781 when local resident sallie salter entered the tory (loyal to england) camp to sell eggs, according to an account of the battle published. During the revolutionary war, his wife sarah sallie salter (née lloyd) spied on the tory camp led by john slingsby under the pretense of selling eggs, [4] eggs and socks, [5] or baked goods, [6] and afterwards reported to thomas brown and thomas robeson jr Before the battle of elizabethtown. The day before the battle, a local resident named sallie salter entered the loyalist camp to sell eggs Unknown to the loyalist forces, sallie was a spy for the patriot cause.
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