Keywords
Battle of King's Mountain, revolutionary war, Battle strategy
Abstract
Heavy rain in the early morning hours of October 7, 1780, dampened the leaves and allowed the rebel militia to steal through the forest surrounding King's Mountain undetected. The loyalist corps on the top of King's Mountain became aware of the approaching enemy by the rebel's own gunfire scarcely half a mile away. Multiple units of patriot riflemen swarmed the footshaped hill, pushing the loyalist troops to one end of it. In vain, the loyalists attempted to counter showering gunfire with bayonet charges. After only one hour, the loyalist commander British Major Patrick Ferguson lay dead. His subordinate, loyalist Captain DePeyster, surrendered to the patriots minutes later.
Recommended Citation
Thacker, Katelyn
(2009)
"The Battle of King's Mountain: Making History in an Hour,"
The Thetean: A Student Journal for Scholarly Historical Writing: Vol. 38:
Iss.
1, Article 3.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/thetean/vol38/iss1/3
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