Moore's Creek Bridge stopped the British plan for the conquest of North Carolina, and was celebrated by Patriots throughout the colonies, but at the time, the British press downplayed the victory as a defeat of Loyalist forces rather than of regular British Army units.
Moore's Creek Bridge stopped the British plan for the conquest of North Carolina. Moore's Creek Bridge was celebrated by Patriots throughout the colonies. The British press downplayed the victory as a defeat of Loyalist forces rather than of regular British Army units. This was at the time.