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Battle of Ramsour's Mill

Battle of Ramsour's Mill
Part of the American Revolutionary War
Memorial to Loyalist John Martin Shuford at Ramsour's Mill.jpg
Dedicated in 1997 by the Lincoln County Historical Association and descendants of John Martin Shuford.
Date June 20, 1780
Location Lincolnton, North Carolina
Result Patriot victory
Belligerents
United States Patriot militia Kingdom of Great Britain Loyalist militia
Commanders and leaders

United States Francis Locke

United States John Dickey

Kingdom of Great Britain John Moore
Kingdom of Great Britain Nicholas Warlick
Kingdom of Great Britain Abraham Keener

Kingdom of Great Britain Galbraith Falls
Strength
400 1,300
Casualties and losses
Around 150 killed and wounded 150 killed and wounded

United States Francis Locke

Kingdom of Great Britain John Moore
Kingdom of Great Britain Nicholas Warlick
Kingdom of Great Britain Abraham Keener

The Battle of Ramsour's Mill took place on June 20, 1780 in present-day Lincolnton, North Carolina, during the British campaign to gain control of the southern colonies in the American Revolutionary War. The number of fighters on each side of the battle is still an issue of contention, but Loyalist militiamen (many of them German Palatine emigrants and settlers in the local area) outnumbered Patriot militia and had captured a group of Patriots who they were planning to hang on the morning of June 20.


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