Battle of Colson's Mill

Battle of Colson's Mill
Part of the American Revolutionary War
DateJuly 21, 1780
Location
Stanly County,
near present-day Norwood, North Carolina
35°9′15.74″N 80°5′5.73″W / 35.1543722°N 80.0849250°W / 35.1543722; -80.0849250
Result Patriot victory
Belligerents
Patriot militia Loyalist militia
Commanders and leaders
William Lee Davidson Samuel Bryan
Strength
250 militia 400 militia
Casualties and losses
2 wounded 3 killed
4–5 wounded
10 captured

The Battle of Colson's Mill was a battle of the American Revolutionary War that took place in North Carolina on July 21, 1780. A Patriot militia under William Lee Davidson scattered a gathering of Loyalists at Colson's Mill, near the junction of the Rocky and Pee Dee Rivers in present-day Stanly County, North Carolina.

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