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Colonial Records of North Carolina
History by Frank Moore about the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge
Moore, Frank, 1828-1904
1863 
Volume 11, Pages 289-290

[From Dairy of the Revolution Vol. 1. pages 209 & 210]

(From New York Packet, March 28, and Pennsylvania Evening Post, March 23, 
1776.)

This morning, the North Carolina minute men and militia, under the command of 
Brigadier General James Moore, had an engagement with the Tories, at Widow 
Moore's Creek bridge. At the break of day an alarm gun was fired, immediately 
after which, scarcely leaving the Americans a moment to prepare, the Tory 
army, with Captain McCloud at their head, made their attack on Cols. Caswell 
and Lillington, posted near the bridge, and finding a small intrenchment 
vacant, concluded that the Americans had abandoned their post. With this 
supposition, they advanced in a most furious manner over the bridge. Col. 
Caswell had very wisely ordered the planks to be taken up, so that in passing 
they met with many difficulties. On reaching a point within thirty paces of 
the breast works, they were received with a heavy fire, which did great 
execution. Captains McCloud and Campbell were instantly killed, the former 
having nine bullets and twenty-four swan shot through and into his body. The 
insurgents retreated with the greatest precipitation, leaving behind them some 
of their wagons &c. They cut their horses out of the wagons, and mounted three 
upon a horse. Many of them fell into the creek and were drowned. Tom 
Rutherford ran like a lusty fellow:—both he and Felix Keenan were in arms 
against the Carolinians, and they by this time are prisoners, as is Lieutenant-
Colonel Cotton, who ran at the first fire. The battle lasted three minutes. 
Twenty eight of the Tories, besides the two Captains are killed or mortally 
wounded, and between twenty or thirty taken prisoners, among them is his 
Excellency General Donald McDonald. This, we think, will effectually put a 
stop to Toryism in North Carolina.

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