Sentence:  Cornwallis finally moved after Morgan's men. Left behind to cover the fords and delay the British, North Carolina general William Lee Davidson and a few men were killed as the British poured across Cowan's Ford. Once the British crossed the <WSD>Catawba</WSD>, the Americans had to get past another river, the Yadkin beyond Salisbury. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A river in the Carolinas which rises in the Blue Ridge Mountains and flows approximately 220 miles (350 km) before joining the Wateree River and ultimately flowing into the Atlantic. The path of the Catawba river.