Hugh Waddell (general)

Hugh Waddell
Portrait of Hugh Waddell, from Alfred Waddell's A Colonial Officer and His Times
Born	c. 1734 Lisburn, County Down, Ireland
Died	9 April 1773 (aged 38–39) Castle Hayne, North Carolina
Buried	Castle Hayne, North Carolina
Allegiance	Province of North Carolina, Kingdom of Great Britain
Service/branch	Provincial Troops
Years of service	1754–1773
Rank	General
Battles/wars	French and Indian War Forbes Expedition Fort Duquesne Anglo-Cherokee War: Fort Dobbs War of the Regulation
Relations	James Iredell Waddell, great-grandson Alfred Moore Waddell, third-great-grandson

General Hugh Waddell (

In 1754, Waddell was sent to Virginia under the command of Colonel

Waddell was stationed at Fort Dobbs on the night of 27 February 1760 when a force of Cherokee attacked the blockhouse. In the ensuing battle, which was the only battle that occurred at Fort Dobbs, between 10 and 12 Cherokee and two Provincial soldiers were wounded.^[5]

War of the Regulation

After the

Waddell served at various times in the North Carolina Legislature representing Rowan County, although his primary residences were in Bladen County and Brunswick County.^[6] Despite his prior allegiances to Governors Dobbs and Tryon, he was passed over for an appointment to North Carolina's Governor's Council, the primary advisory body to the colonial Governor.^[6] During this time, Waddell assisted in the establishment of a Sons of Liberty organization based around the Wilmington area, and participated in protests against the Stamp Act of 1765.^[8] Waddell died after a prolonged battle with an illness on 9 April 1773, in Castle Hayne, North Carolina where he is buried.^[6]

General Waddell was an ancestor of James Iredell Waddell, a Confederate captain during the Civil War,^[9] as well as Alfred Moore Waddell, a United States Congressman from North Carolina^[10] who wrote and published a biography of the General in 1890.^[6] In his biography, Alfred Waddell noted that the General had served longer in the military service of the crown than any other officer of the province, and as such was its most prominent soldier.^[11]

Notes and references

• Branch, Paul (2006). "Fort Dobbs". In Powell, William S (ed.). Encyclopedia of North Carolina. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press.
  ISBN 978-0-8078-3071-0
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• Brown, John H., ed. (1903). "Waddell, Hugh". Lamb's biographical dictionary of the United States. Vol. 7. Boston: Federal Book Co.
  OCLC 2379256
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• Cashion, Jerry C. (1996). "Waddell, Hugh". In Powell, William S (ed.). Dictionary of North Carolina Biography. Vol. 6 (T–Z). Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press.
  ISBN 978-0-8078-6699-3
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• Kars, Marjoleine. (2002). Breaking Loose Together: The Regulator Rebellion in Pre-Revolutionary North Carolina. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press.
  ISBN 978-0-8078-4999-6
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• Lefler, Hugh T.;
  ISBN 0-684-13536-1
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• Lewis, J.D. "Hugh Waddell". The American Revolution in North Carolina. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
• Morton, Patrick (10 September 2010). "French and Indian War". NCpedia. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
• Ramsey, Robert (1964). Carolina Cradle: Settlement of the Northwest Carolina Frontier, 1747–1762. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press.
  ISBN 978-0-8078-4189-1
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• Waddell, Alfred (1890). A Colonial Officer and His Times, 1754–1773: A Biographical Sketch of Hugh Waddell. Raleigh, NC: Edwards & Broughton Co.
  OCLC 16153240
  .