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DATE |
FEB 27 1776 |
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LOCATION |
PRESENT DAY PENDER COUNTY NEAR WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA |
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RESULT |
PATRIOT VICTORY |
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NAME OF BATTLEFIELD |
BATTLE OF MOORE’S CREEK BRIDGE |
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AMERICAN |
BRITISH |
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COMMANDERS |
JAMES MOORE RICHARD CASWELL ALEXANDER ELLINGTON
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DONALD MCDONALD DONALD MCLEOD JOHN CAMPBELL
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STRENGTH |
1050 MILITARY |
1400-1600 700-800 |
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CAUSALITIES & LOSSES |
1 KILLED 1 WOUNDED |
30 – 50 KILLED & WOUNDED 850 Loyalists were captured by Patriot forces after the battle and over the NEXT FEW DAYS |
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MOORE’S CREEK NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD ENTRANCE
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MOORE’S CREEK NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD
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MOORE’S CREEK NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD
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BOARDWALK TO MOORE’S CREEK BATTLEFIELD
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MOORE’S CREEK BRIDGE |
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MOORE’S CREEK BRIDGE IN BATTLEFIELD AREA
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BHARAT IN MOORES CREEK BRIDGE
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| MOORE’S CREEK MARKER AREA IN BATTLEFIELD AREA
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MOORE’S CREEK MARKER AREA IN BATTLEFIELD AREA
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MOORES CREEK MARKER AREA
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PATRIOT MONUMENT
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LOYALISTS MONUMENT |
MUSEUM
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MOORE’S CREEK BATTLEFIELD VISITOR CENTER
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