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
Ravine
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GREENE
CORNWALLIS
YARDS
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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.