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Battle of Ramsour's Mill
The Battle of Ramsour's Mill took place on June 20, 1780 near present-day Lincolnton, North Carolina, during the British campaign to gain control of the southern colonies in the American Revolutionary War. About 400 American militia defeated 1,300 Loyalist militiamen. The battle did not involve any regular army forces from either side, and was literally fought between neighbors. Despite being outnumbered, the Patriot militia defeated the Loyalists.
The battle was significant in that it lowered the morale of Loyalists in the south, weakening their support of the British.
==Background==
On June 18, 1780, Patriot General Griffith Rutherford, who was camped near Charlotte, North Carolina, learned that a large force of Loyalists was assembling at Ramsour's Mill, near present-day Lincolnton.〔Moore; p. 266〕 Rutherford began moving his troops in that direction, and on June 19 he sent orders to Lieutenant Colonel Francis Locke and other local militia leaders call up their militia.
Locke gathered a force of 400 cavalry and infantry at Mountain Creek,〔Note:The rendezvous site is now beneath the headwaters of the Cowens Ford dam system forming Lake Norman.〕 about to the northeast of Lincolnton.〔See (''Ramsour's Mill'' ); page at Lincoln County History online; accessed Oct. 2013〕 Their intelligence showed that the Loyalist force was more than three times their size, but it was decided to attack early the next morning without waiting for Rutherford's forces to join up. At daybreak on June 20, they were one mile from the Loyalist camp, located on a hill about east of the mill belonging to Jacob Ramsour.〔
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