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Illustration depicts loyalists of North Carolina including Highlanders and Regulators supporting the British Crown advancing toward patriots of North Carolina (not shown) at Moores Creek Bridge.

Illustration depicts loyalists of North Carolina including Highlanders and Regulators supporting the British Crown advancing toward patriots of North Carolina (not shown) at Moores Creek Bridge.

The patriots defeated a larger force of loyalists in a brief, but violent clash at daybreak on February 27, 1776 at the bridge during the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge. The victory ended royal authority in the North Carolina colony, helped forestall a full-scale invasion of the South, and encouraged North Carolina on April 12, 1776 to instruct its delegation to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia to vote for independence, the first colony to so act.

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U.S. National Park Service

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American Revolution, (HFC ArtTheme)
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Moores Creek National Battlefield, Code: MOCR

Moores Creek National Battlefield, Pender County, North Carolina
Latitude: 34.4581985473633, Longitude: -78.1102981567383

Image Management System : IMS 07470

HFC Commissioned Art Collection

20190904

01/01/1975 - 12/30/1975

Image_Size=14-7/8" x 21-5/8"; Count:1/1; Publications' Moores Creek National Battlefield poster

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Public Can View

Maffia, Daniel

Organization: Harpers Ferry Center
Address: Harpers Ferry Center, 67 Mather Place, Harpers Ferry, WV, 25425, 304-535-5050

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