The last among the Patriots to retreat was Billy Flora, a free black man.
Before retreating into the Patriot breastwork, he ran back to take up a plank of the bridge amid a shower of musket balls to slow the British advance.
WHAT BATTLE IS THIS? WHAT BRIDGE IS THIS? WHERE WAS THIS?
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prepared by Jim Penny