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This monument, erected in 1909, honors the Loyalists killed
in the battle.
The inscription on the monument reads:
HERE FELL
CAPTAIN MCLEOD, CAPTAIN CAMPBELL
AND
ABOUT FIFTY HIGHLAND
SCOTS
LOYALISTS; WHO, WITH SPLENDID
COURAGE, ASSAULTED WITH
CLAYMORES THE AMERICAN
ENTRENCHMENTS. THEY WERE
HEROES WHO DID THEIR
DUTY AS THEY SAW IT AND
ARE WORTHY OF THIS TRIBUTE
FROM THE DESCENDANTS OF
THE EQUALLY BRAVE MEN
WHOM THEY FOUGHT.
PEACE TO THEIR
ASHES.
_______
ERECTED BY
THE MOORES CREEK MONUMENTAL
ASSOCIATION
1909.
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