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 Battle of Kings Mountain, on Oct. 7, 1780, was important in firing up the spirits of the patriots, who went on to defeat a larger force of British 29 miles away in Cowpens. That loss in turn ...

Patrick Ferguson and his army of American loyalists at the Battle of Kings Mountain. And, this year, new stories emerge about another “Ferguson” at the battle; moreover, residents of the Catawba River ...

The Battle of Kings Mountain explores one of the pivotal battles that shaped American history. Offering a profound understanding of the sacrifices made for freedom and the enduring legacy of those ...

He was able to give them the precise location of Patrick Ferguson so that they were able to come together at the Battle of Kings Mountain. Unfortunately, Williams was shot just as Ferguson died.

Major James Cozby was the surgeon for Colonel John Sevier’s Washington District Regiment which fought in part at the Battle of Kings Mountain. The battle was a military engagement between ...

The battle of Kings Mountain fought on October 7, 1780, was an important American victory during the Revolutionary War. It was the first major victory after the British invasion of Charleston ...