The Moores Creek Bridge Campaign, 1776

Dawn was just emerging from a cold February night when Loyalist forces marching alongside Scottish Highlanders, attempted to cross the dismantled Moores Creek Bridge—located just 20 miles northwest of Wilmington, NC. Attempts were made by the King’s men to wade the icy swamp; however, the 1,000 North Carolina patriots waiting on the other side, cannons and muskets in tow, waited unnoticed.

The Battle of Moore’s Creek ended as soon as it began, with estimates of the skirmish only lasting “three minutes.” It also resulted in an American victory—the first of significance for patriot forces. Later that year, in April, patriot leaders signed the Halifax Resolves. This document provided North Carolina delegates sent to the Continental Congress with the right to vote for independence—which they did—dashing British hopes of a quick and overwhelmingly Loyalist-supported campaign in the South.

Author Hugh Rankin provides an articulate account of The Moores Creek Bridge Campaign, 1776 for readers to discover. Rankin creates a timeline of the people, locations, and moment-by-moment action of this little-known, but historically decisive, battle of the American Revolution.

Product Details:

• Historical nonfiction
• 48 pages, softcover booklet, 6” x 9”
• Text by Hugh F. Rankin
• Printed in USA, published by Eastern National