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Major James Dunlap: Was He Murdered Twice?

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January 14, 2016

by Wayne Lynch Also by this Author

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In January of 1781, Loyalist Maj. James Dunlap raided the Long Cane settlement in South Carolina that included the homes of notorious rebel leaders James McCall and Andrew Pickens. Among the most respected of all the Whig military men, Pickens had only renounced his parole the month before. Lord Cornwallis's response was to send Dunlap (often spelled Dunlop) who he described as "an active, gallant officer."[1] In truth, Major Dunlap was far more than just an active and gallant officer. From the rebel point of view, he was a vicious and brutal man with a reputation for indiscriminate slaughter. Dunlap made his reputation in 1778 during a raid on Hancock's House near Salem, New Jersey.