Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/28
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Hello Dan ( History Buff) Post,
Thanks for the story - interesting stuff.
Ian (curious & usually confused in Bangkok) Stanley
At 09:58 AM 28/02/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>Ian-
>Legend had it that the North Carolina troops/militia when fighting during
>our war of English Aggression were pursuing the British so closely, that an
>English general was heard to comment that the North Carolina soldiers were
>sticking to the heels of the retreating British like tar.
>There is another legend, that North Carolina- being a big producer of what
>are called Naval Stores- Pitch, pine tar and turpentine- durint the 18th
>century, that the troops had poured tar on bridges to impede the British
>troops. The were called Tarheels for tarring the heels or the troops,
>similar to the way that sailors were called 'Tars' for tarring their hair
>(the peculiar jumper colloars of sailors' uniforms recall those days since
>they acted to protect the sailors' jackets!)
>Dan ( History Buff) Post