# Talk:Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge

The battle of Moore's Creek started in Febuary 1776
The battle ended in April 1776
The Patriots won the battle against the Loyalists
They were victorious
Over 850 Loyalists were captured days after
The Patriot victory helped to check the Loyalist sentiment in the colony
The Patriots had only one man killed and one man wounded
The battle was near Wilmington,North Carolina
The dramatic victory of the Patriots ended British rule in the colonies forever
The Patriot victory led North Carolina to be the first colony to vote for independance
The battle ended Royal Governer Josiah Martin's hopes of regaining control of the colony for the British crown
Stunned,outgunned, and leaderless the Loyalists surrendered, retreating in confusion  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.191.87.95 (talk) 03:13, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the recent additions to the article.  Is it possible to get citations on those?
Thanks.  Ratagonia (talk) 15:42, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Sorry... I was there a few weeks ago, and I got one of the little brochures from the visitor center. I just got it straight off of the brochure. I don't have an internet citation to post. Martylunsford (talk) 03:30, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

An IP user changed the word "rifles" to "muskets" and Ratagonia changed it back. I did a little research and it appears as if muskets were used rather than rifles. http://www.myrevolutionarywar.com/battles/760227.htm uses the term "muskets", so I edited the article to match myrevolutionarywar.com. Rifles were available in 1776, but muskets were much more common, so it makes sense that patriots had muskets. Also, keep in mind that the patriots were not a highly skilled and well-equipped army. These were men who brought their own weapons with them to the fight. It is unlikely that they had rifles, which were much more difficult to manufacture at the time due to the precise rifling in the barrel.Martylunsford (talk) 14:34, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Even modern sources are confusing in how many of what types weapons were used or captured here.  Muskets (typically hunting weapons, although the Continentals might have had military weapons) were indeed more common. Magic♪piano 14:51, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

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