[2] Fought on September 3, 1777, the Battle of Cooch's Bridge has two principal distinctions.

However, the roughly 700 Colonials were greatly outmanned and outgunned, and were driven back by the advancing British.

A handpicked regiment of 100 marksmen under General William Maxwell laid an ambush in the surrounding cover.

Over the ensuing battle, several British and Hessian charges were repelled, but the Americans soon depleted their ammunition and called a retreat.

General Cornwallis used the Cooch house as his headquarters for the next week as the British regrouped.