Battle Of Kings Mountain

The Battle of Kings Mountain took place near Blackburn,and Kings Mountain, on Saturday, October 7,1780.The commanders on each side were Patrick Ferguson for the Loyalists, and James Johnson, John Sevier, and William Campbell for the patriots. Patriots ran up the hillside multiple times, and Ferguson was very unwilling to surrender and led a charge in a crowed of bullets and was killed, after that his men tried to surrender but failed.On the Loyalists side 163 men wounded 290 killed and only 58 wounded and 29 killed for the U.S. side.Fun fact was 668 men were captured on Great Britain and 0 for the U.S. It was a great turning point for the South. After 65 long, cold, and sad minutes passed the Loyalists took a major defeat giving the patriots the win. It should be remembered for the patriots bravery.

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