The Revolution 1 Kings Mountain. On october 7 1780 a patriot force of overmountain men along with back country militia led by william campbell benjamin cleveland charles mcdowell john sevier and isaac shelby defeated ferguson. 240 years ago british major patrick ferguson deployed his command on a series of hills two miles inside the south carolina border known as kings mountain.
The battle of kings mountain was a military engagement between patriot and loyalist militias in south carolina during the southern campaign of the american revolutionary war resulting in a decisive victory for the patriots the battle took place on october 7 1780 9 miles 14 km south of the present day town of kings mountain north carolina in what is now rural cherokee county south. Draper hereinafter draper cincinnati 1881 p. On october 7 1780 the patriot militia arrived at the base of the mountain and surrounded it.
240 years ago british major patrick ferguson deployed his command on a series of hills two miles inside the south carolina border known as kings mountain.
1 formal report of the whig militia colonels to general horatio gates 2 reichel s moravians in north carolina pp. 240 years ago british major patrick ferguson deployed his command on a series of hills two miles inside the south carolina border known as kings mountain. 1 formal report of the whig militia colonels to general horatio gates 2 reichel s moravians in north carolina pp. Shadowed by the threat of the overmountain men ferguson deployed on a series of hills two miles inside the south carolina border known as kings mountain.