Commemorations are held to honor the courage and sacrifice of the men ... in Kings Mountain in his presentation, “They Came Through Here.” He is the author of “Before They Were Heroes at Kings ...

The Overmountain Men were American frontiersmen from west of the Appalachian ... The decision provided Patriot forces with some of the best riflemen during the Battle of Kings Mountain, which was a ...

Recently, I attended the annual reenactment of the Overmountain Men militia ... 25 of 1780 preceded the Oct. 7 Battle of Kings Mountain, a very pivotal victory in the American Revolution, when ...

Patrick Ferguson fell from his horse at the summit, shot dead by sharpshooting Overmountain Men. Need a break ... according to Slaughter. The Battle of Kings Mountain, on Oct. 7, 1780, was ...

It is here where, in 1780, the Overmountain Men started their 12-day march to South Carolina to engage British troops in battle at Kings Mountain. The Battle of Kings Mountain is a very important ...

William Campbell on Sept. 25, 1780, to join forces with other Overmountain Men at Sycamore Shoals who marched together to the Battle of Kings Mountain on Oct. 7, 1780. The historical re-enactors ...

After a two-week campaign, the Overmountain Men fought the Battle of Kings Mountain with overwhelming success. Richardson said he was proud to recognize the two Revolutionary War veterans and ...

The Overmountain Men consisted mostly frontiersmen armed with long rifles, battle experienced by fighting Native Americans. But up on the rocky forested Kings Mountain waited loyalists to the British ...

The famed Overmountain Men crossed the Holston River in Bluff City, Tennessee in the fall of 1780. They marched on to fight the British at Kings Mountain in South Carolina, which was a turning ...

The Overmountain Men were the militia that gathered there in 1780 in response to a British threat, leading to the Battle of King ... on October 7th at Kings Mountain with a big ceremony down ...

The 236th Anniversary of the Muster in Abingdon and the Battle of Kings Mountain will come to life Sept. 24 from 9 a.m. -3 p.m. at the at the Overmountain Victory Celebration, at the Abingdon ...

The Overmountain Men were American frontiersmen from ... Patriot forces with some of the best riflemen during the Battle of Kings Mountain, which was a turning point of the campaign.