Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge: Highlander Defeat and Patriot Victory
In the predawn fog of February 27, 1776, battle-crazed Scots, like warrior clad berserks of old, shattered the night in a sudden roar. As many had done at Culloden, they charged with claymores (35-inch double-edged broadswords) and dirks. The Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge, 18 miles northwest of Wilmington, North Carolina, had begun. Scot Tories, …