A Dictionary of American History

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Author: Thomas L. Purvis  | Date: 1995

Moore’s Creek Bridge, Battle of

Moore’s Creek Bridge, Battle of (N.C.) On 27 February 1776, Colonel James Moore’s 1,900 Continentals and N.C. militia defeated Donald McDonald’s 1,700 Scottish Tories. N.C. losses: 1 killed, 1 wounded. Scots Tory losses: 50 killed or wounded, 850 captured, 1,850 firearms. The victory crushed N.C.’s Tories, who remained quiescent until after the fall of Charles Town, S.C.

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Chicago: Thomas L. Purvis, "Moore’s Creek Bridge, Battle of," A Dictionary of American History in A Dictionary of American History (Cambridge, Mass.: Blackwell Reference, 1995), Original Sources, accessed December 11, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=49RSQ3ZYTMBRBPY.

MLA: Purvis, Thomas L. "Moore’s Creek Bridge, Battle of." A Dictionary of American History, in A Dictionary of American History, Cambridge, Mass., Blackwell Reference, 1995, Original Sources. 11 Dec. 2023. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=49RSQ3ZYTMBRBPY.

Harvard: Purvis, TL, 'Moore’s Creek Bridge, Battle of' in A Dictionary of American History. cited in 1995, A Dictionary of American History, Blackwell Reference, Cambridge, Mass.. Original Sources, retrieved 11 December 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=49RSQ3ZYTMBRBPY.