Episode 082 The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge

American Revolution Podcast

Michael Troy

Education, History

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

General Henry Clinton leaves Boston to secure the southern colonies. His plan is to meet up with a fleet of regulars coming from Britain under the commend of General Cornwallis. These regulars will serve as a rally point for loyalists to enlist and reclaim the colonies for the King. The British send two recruiting officers to western North Carolina, where they raise several thousand recruits. The Patriots learn of the organization of loyalist regiments. They send Continentals under Col. James Moore, along with patriot militia to prevent the loyalists from reaching the coast and joining with the regulars. The parties meet at Moore's Creek Bridge. The loyalists attack, but fail and flee. The patriots capture most of the militia and disperse any loyalists. When Clinton and Cornwallis arrive in North Carolina, they find nothing but hostile patriot regiments to oppose them. They give up on North Carolina move on to South Carolina. Visit https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this week's episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:49.0	Today, episode 82, the Battle of Moors Creek Bridge.
0:55.4	The winter of 1775-76 was a tough one for the British in Boston.
1:01.6	After General Thomas Gage returned to England, leaving General William
1:05.6	How in charge, the Army did almost nothing. Like Gage, Howe thought that they
1:11.6	needed to abandon the city. The army needed to move to a position somewhere
1:16.4	else that would give them more room to maneuver. While they decided exactly what to do,
1:22.4	the army sat and rotted away.
1:25.6	Although reinforcements from Britain continued to arrive over the winter,
1:30.1	hundreds of regulars died from smallpox, typhus, and other diseases.
1:35.0	A lack of fresh food also led to the spread of scurvy,
1:39.0	which only made the soldiers more susceptible to die from other diseases.
1:45.0	Aside from disease, almost everyone was desperate for food and firewood.
1:50.0	The third in command General John Burgoyne had gotten frustrated and returned to London
1:54.9	where he could better criticize Howe's command to the folks in London.
2:00.3	Second in command General Henry Clinton remained in Boston, but also was clearly fed up with
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