Battle of the House in the Horseshoe

Battle of the House in the Horseshoe Part of the American Revolutionary War Date July 29 or August 5, 1781 Location Moore County, North Carolina Result Loyalist victory Belligerents  British Loyalists North Carolina Patriots Commanders and leaders Colonel David Fanning Colonel Phillip Alston[1]

Southern theater 1780–83 Charleston Moncks Corner Lenud's Ferry Waxhaws Mobley's Meeting House Ramsour's Mill Huck's Defeat Colson's Mill Rocky Mount Hanging Rock Camden Fishing Creek Musgrove Mill Wahab's Plantation Black Mingo Charlotte Kings Mountain Shallow Ford Fishdam Ford Blackstock's Farm Cowpens Cowan's Ford Torrence's Tavern Pyle's Massacre Wetzell's Mill Guilford Court House Fort Watson Hobkirk's Hill Fort Motte Augusta Ninety-Six House in the Horseshoe Eutaw Springs Lindley's Mill Videau's Bridge Wambaw Combahee River Chesapeake Bay

The Battle of the House in the Horseshoe was a minor engagement during the American Revolution between loyalist militia under the command of David Fanning and patriot militia under the command of Phillip Alston, the owner of the House in the Horseshoe. The battle, which took place on either July 29 or August 5, 1781 (with July 29 being the most accepted date),^[2] ended in a victory for the loyalists.^[1] The surrender terms between the combatants were negotiated by Alston's wife on behalf of the patriots, and by Fanning for the loyalists.^[3]

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External links

• North Carolina State Historic Sites page
• North Carolina History Project, "House in the Horseshoe"