This Day in History: Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge

ILLUSTRATIONS: (1) Loyalists prepare to cross Moore's Creek Bridge to assault patriots on 27 Feb. 1776. (2) Patriots fire on Loyalists at the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge. (3) Loyalists retreat after being beaten back by patriots at the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge.

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This battle lasted merely three minutes and was perhaps the first victory for the Patriots allowing North Carolina to be the first to instruct it's delegates sent to the Continental Congress to vote for Independence.

Much-appreciated Dale.

The loyalists were a serious threat and many had to be evacuated at the end of the war.