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Bath

Edenton

Halifax

New BernCross Creek

Hillsborough

Charlotte

Salem

Beaufort

Wilmington

Brunswick Town

Moores Creek Bridge

Kings MountainGuilford Courthouse

Colson’s MillCharlotteShallow FordCowan’s FordTorrence’s TavernClapp’s MillWeitzel’s Mill

MAJOR CAMPAIGNSMoores Creek Bridge Campaign — 1776British Southern Campaign (Cornwallis-Greene) — 1780-1781

—— June 20, 1780 —

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— May 16, 1771 —

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— August 2, 1781 —— August 5, 1781 —— August 27, 1781 —— September 1, 1781 —

— September 13, 1781 —— October 15, 1781—

Ramsour’s Mill

Alamance

RockfishAlston HouseElizabethtownMcPhaul’s MillLindley’s MillRaft Swamp

— February 27, 1776

— October 7, 1780— March 15, 1781 —

— July 21, 1780 —— September 26, 1780 —

— October 14, 1780— February 1, 1781 —

— February 2, 1781 —— March 2, 1781 —

— March 6, 1781 —

PRINCIPAL ENGAGEMENTS

NOTABLE BATTLES & SKIRMISHES

Whigs defeat ToriesWhigs defeat Tories

Mountain patriots defeat British troops

Gov. William Tryon’s Royal Militia defeats Regulators

Whigs defeat Tories / Cornwallis crosses Feb. 8, 1781

American militia

Craig’s British troops defeat North Carolina militiaTories defeat Whigs

Whigs defeat ToriesTories defeat WhigsWhigs fail to rescue Gov. Thomas Burke from Tories

Whigs defeat Tories

Climactic battle between Cornwallisand Greene cripples the British army, which then retreats to Wilmington

Whigs defeat ToriesBritish troops under Cornwallis capture Charlotte

Cornwallis crosses the Catawba RiverTarleton’s British cavalry routs

American troops withdraw after ambushing Tarleton’s cavalrySkirmish between troops of Cornwallis and Greene

Albemarle Sound

PamlicoSou

nd

(Fayetteville)

Cowan’s Ford

Colson’sMill

Ramsey’sMill

Ramsour’sMill

Kings Mountain

GuilfordCourthouse

Elizabethtown

Rockfish

McPhaul’s Mill

Swift Creek

Peacock’sBridge

Fishing Creek

Raft Swamp

Burned bythe British, 1776

Forts

Cape Fear R.

HawR.Deep

R.

Pee Dee

Yadkin River

Dan R.

French Broad River

CatawbaR.

R. Neuse R.

Neuse R.

Trent R.

Pamlico R.

Roanoke R.

American RevolutionCampaigns and Battles inNorth Carolina

Cape Fear

CapeHatteras

Clapp’sMill

Weitzel’s Mill

Torrence’sTavern

CherokeeDefeat, 1776

Shallow Ford

Lindley’s Mill

Alston House

Alamance

CHEROKEE

Salisbury

Cornwallis’s pursuit of Greene,leading to the engagement atGuilford Courthouse, January-March 1781, and Cornwallis’sretreat to Wilmington.

Cornwallis’s march to Virginia,April-May 1781.

Greene’s patriot army returns toSouth Carolina.

Principal engagements

Lesser engagements between Cornwallis & Greene

Engagements between Whigs & Tories

Engagements during Cornwallis’s march to Virginia

GuilfordCourthouse

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Battle ofGuilford

CourthouseMarch 15, 1781

British Forces A - New Market Road

B - Fayetteville Road

Stages of theBattleAmerican Forces

British troops come ashoreat Brunswick, 1776

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A

B

2

3

Hunting

Creek

Creek

Little Horsepen

Hoskins

Cornwallis’s Horse Killed*

MAPS BY MARK ANDERSON MOORE

Moores CreekBridge

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From The Way We Lived in North Carolina© 2003 The University of North Carolina PressMap © North Carolina Department of Cultural ResourcesAll rights reserved.