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Ashe, John

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Ashe, John (1720?-81) Revolutionary army officer, born in the Albemarle Sound region of North Carolina. In the Revolutionary War, Ashe led a force of rangers that defeated the British at Moore's Creek Bridge, North Carolina. In a surprise British attack at Briar Creek, Georgia (March 3, 1779), Ashe's Georgians stood their ground until overwhelmed, while the North Carolinians broke and ran, some without having fired a shot. Ashe's defeat crushed the hopes of Lincoln and other patriots to recover Georgia and left the state firmly in British hands. This battle ended his career.

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John Ashe

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John Ashe c.1720–1781, American Revolutionary general, b. Brunswick co., N.C. Speaker of the colonial assembly (1762–65) and a leader of the opposition to the Stamp Act, he was important to the patriot cause in North Carolina. On Mar. 3, 1778, Ashe, a major general commanding North Carolina troops, was defeated by British regulars at Briar Creek, a tributary of the Savannah. The British hold on Georgia was thereby strengthened.

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