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This plaque offers a summation of the events of the battle.
The inscription reads:
ON·THIS·FIELD,
THE·PATRIOT·FORCES
ATTACKED·AND·TOTALLY·DEFEATED
AN·EQUAL·FORCE·OF·TORIES·AND
BRITISH·REGULAR·TROOPS.
THE·BRITISH·COMMANDER,
MAJOR
PATRICK·FERGUSON, WAS·KILLED
AND·HIS·ENTIRE·FORCE·WAS·CAP-
TURED·AFTER·SUFFERING·HEAVY
LOSS. THIS·BRILLIANT·VICTORY
MARKED·THE·TURNING·POINT·OF
THE·AMERICAN·REVOLUTION.
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