EPISODE · Mar 1, 2026 · 9 MIN
The Battle of Moores Creek Bridge
from The Revolutionary War Podcast · host Matt Schmidt
On February 27, 1776, nearly five months before the Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia, a brief but consequential clash of arms took placein the pine forests of southeastern North Carolina. The Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge, fought roughly eighteen miles northwest of Wilmington near the present-day community of Currie, lasted barely three minutes. Yet its impact on the course of the American Revolution was far out of proportion to its brevity.
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On February 27, 1776, nearly five months before the Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia, a brief but consequential clash of arms took placein the pine forests of southeastern North Carolina. The Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge, fought roughly eighteen miles northwest of Wilmington near the present-day community of Currie, lasted barely three minutes. Yet its impact on the course of the American Revolution was far out of proportion to its brevity.
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