Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge
GPTKB entity
Statements (22)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:battle
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gptkbp:casualties |
Loyalist: 30-50 killed or wounded, 850 captured
Patriot: 1 killed, 1 wounded |
gptkbp:combatant |
Loyalist militia
Patriot militia |
gptkbp:commander |
gptkb:Alexander_Lillington
gptkb:Richard_Caswell gptkb:Donald_MacDonald |
gptkbp:country |
gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:date |
February 27, 1776
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge
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gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Moore's_Creek,_North_Carolina
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gptkbp:notableEvent |
Destruction of bridge planks to hinder Loyalist advance
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gptkbp:partOf |
gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
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gptkbp:preservedIn |
gptkb:Moore's_Creek_National_Battlefield
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gptkbp:result |
Patriot victory
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gptkbp:significance |
Boosted Patriot morale
Ended British authority in North Carolina |
gptkbp:state |
gptkb:North_Carolina
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Richard_Caswell
gptkb:History_of_North_Carolina |
gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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