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- Whiteknoll on 2008-01-04 - Tags battles , revolutionary , socialstudies , thirdgrade
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110 killed
229 wounded
529-767 captured [1]
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Daniel Morgan
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Realizing that poorly trained militia were unreliable in battle, especially when
they were under attack from cavalry, Morgan decided to ask the militia to fire
two shots and then retreat, so he could have them reform under cover of the
reserve (cavalry commanded by William Washington and James McCall) behind
the
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and
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third, more experienced line of militia and continentals
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The third line, composed of the remainder of the forces
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and Virginia
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about 550 men) was composed of Continentals from Delaware and Maryland, and militiamen from Georgia
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