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Th his fox-hunters of Surry, dashed recklessly through the woods, says a
chronicler of the battle, and the last to come into position, Flow'd in,
and settling, circled all the lists, then From all the circle of the
hills death sleeted in upon the doomed. The battle was decisive in its
effect--shattering the plans of Cornwallis, which till then appeared
certain of success. The victory put a full stop to the invasion of North
Carolina, which was then well under way. Cornwallis abandoned his
carefully prepared campaign and immediately left the state. After
ruthlessly hanging nine prisoners, an action which had an effectively
deterrent effect upon future Tory murders and depredations, the patriot
force quietly disbanded. The brilliant initiative of the buckskin-clad
borderers, the strenuous energy of their pursuit, the perfection of
their surprise--all reinforced by the employment of ideal tac