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| Battle of Hart's Mill | |||||||
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| Part of the American Revolutionary War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Great Britain Loyalist militia |
 Patriot militia | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Unknown |
Joseph Graham Richard Simmons | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 24 - 30.[1][2] | 40[3] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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9 killed and wouned 5 - 19 captured[4][2] |
None killed Unknown wounded | ||||||
The Battle of Hart’s Mill took place near Hillsborough, North Carolina between Patriot militia under Joseph Graham and Richard Simmons and a combined force of British and Loyalist militia on February 17, 1781[4][5]
The Patriot forces returned to North Carolina from Virginia for resupplies and made camp in Orange county. Captain Joseph Graham under Brigadier General Andrew Pickens was sent to scout the area for British/Loyalist activity. The Patriots discovered a small camp of British and Loyalists at Thomas Hart’s Mill near the Eno River[6][7][5]. When dawn broke out the next day, Captain Graham and his men charged, took the camp by surprise and made them disperse[8][9][10]. The Patriots took no fatal casualties and the British/Loyalists lost nine killed and wounded and 5 captured[4].
The Battle was a boost of morale for the Patriot cause and managed to gain the attention of both George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Today, there is a State Historical Marker with the name of the mill in Orange County.[2][11][5]
References
[edit]- ^ "List of Revolutionary War Battles, Raids & Skirmishes for 1781 | American Revolutionary War".
- ^ a b c "Hart's Mill (G-122) | NC DNCR". www.dncr.nc.gov. December 20, 2023.
- ^ "Revolutionary War Raids & Skirmishes in 1781". www.myrevolutionarywar.com.
- ^ a b c "The American Revolution in North Carolina - Hart's Mill". www.carolana.com.
- ^ a b c a.vandebroek@newsoforange.com, Amanda VanDerBroek, News of Orange staff writer (March 28, 2015). "Hart's Mill a significant site of Revolutionary history". News of Orange.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Hart, Thomas | NCpedia". www.ncpedia.org.
- ^ https://www.commonground.eco/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Harts-Mill-Land-History.pdf
- ^ https://archive.org/details/sketcheswestern00huntgoog/page/n249/mode/1up
- ^ https://www.cmstory.org/exhibits/mecklenburg-declaration-independence-celebration-timeline/1836-death-joseph-graham
- ^ https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=YF0dAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA83&hl=en
- ^ "Hart's Mill Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org.