Battle+of+Revolution

=//**Battel of Revolution**//= __//**The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge**//__ After the death of John Hervey in 1775,other leadrs like Cornelius Harnett and Richard Caswell led the province.The Provincial Congress up a defence measures, crated a loyalty oath for everyone to take, authorized the establisment of soilders to fight in the war, and issued paper money to pay everything. The provonce raised two regiments for General George Washington 's Continental army. James Morre of Wilmington and Robert Howe of Brunswick command the regiments.North Carolinamititiamen were sent to south Carolina and Virginia to fight Tories.By early 1776,North Carolinians were fighting among themselves about war against British.The Whigs forces blocked the Tories' path at Moore's Creek Bridge, about twenty about twenty miles north of Wilmington. The Whigs removed the planks from the bridge and geased the support beams. For fifteen minutes, the Highlanders tried to slip and slide acroos the bridge. More then fifty wre shot. They soon retreated. Colonel Moore chased them, seizing their arms and money.The Battle of Moore's.

As the British approached the Lexington the coloist gathered. Between 200 and 300 collected on common in Lexington.Their goal was to stop the British.Suddenly a shot range out,and the British soldiers respond by firing on the american militiamen gathered there. Seventrr colonist were elled by the British bullets.If the British had retired to Boston at this point,the war might not have begun in earnest,but Gage insisted on forging on to Concord.By this time militia from surruonding area were gathering.British troops occupiedconcord and a detachment was sent to the North Bridge.Ont the far side of the bridgegathered a large numbers of militiamens. The British in Concord set fire to some supplies.When the militia sawthe smoke in the sky coming form Concord ,a cry went up to stop Charlestown Neck,at which point the colonist relized that further pursuit would be suicidl.The day was over,and 1800 Brtish regular shad met some 4000 americans.The british ha dbeen forced to retreat ,losing 65 soldiers with an additional 173 wounded.The Americans lost 49dead and 46 wounded.The war was on-there was no turning back.media type="custom" key="7568487"
 * //__The battle of Concord and Lexington__//**