| Show that glorious da day y at kin kings s mountain the battle on the summit of kings mountain r rising I 1 s I 1 n g above the border of the two carolinas was unlike any other in the revo lution it was as aa decisive a victory ak as ever was won anywhere and was a real turning point in the war of independence even george washington had not known that there was an army in that part of the country to oppose the insolent and triumphant british until he heard about the battle which in a general order he called a proof ot of the spirit and resources of the country col patrick ferguson had been killed his army destroyed or captured and his commander cornwallis Cornwall ls forced to halt his bla hitherto unimpeded march the carolinians were not recognized by great britan britain as being at war those opposing the british were treated as rebels traitors and outlaws the british went through the country hanging shooting pillaging and burning the tories Amer americans leans on the side of the british were the worst of at the lot planters fleeing from these men and these conditions crossed the mountains and warned the settlers bottlers in khat bat are now the states 0 of f tennessee and kentucky it was there the ille battle of kings mountain started col john sevier of tennessee and ool col isaac shelby in kentucky noted indian fighters got together rallied their followers and came across the mountains to get Ir ferguson erguson the british leader sweeping farthest west the call was sent to other Virg virginians and carolinians lin ians and at the great rendezvous at sycamore shoals on the holston they were joined by william campbell mcdowell cleveland hill hambright and others leading their parties of mountaineers with very little order or discipline the battle lasted just one hour and five minutes colonel ferguson Fergus oo and of his men had bad been killed had bad been wounded and COO were surrendered by de peyster the americans americana had lost 28 killed and 02 62 wounded the british army was not merely defeated it was destroyed the amerlean american soldiers recognizing some not ous oos tories among the capt captives lies proceeded to hang about ten of them nut it the officers made them stop the n neui n I 1 A i her ber of men on both alde has been be IQ variously given the taj at f the encyclopedia britannica gives jae e british 1000 loyalist militia col coln ests and provincial hangars he e Arn american erlean backwoodsmen backwoods men wre placed at F after this fight the Amer leso loyalists were afraid to show their heads beads while the patriots came out more boldly the north Carol carolina lua and virginia legislatures became braver and more energetic while the british under cornwallis became discouraged and began to retreat things cleared up for the i struggling colonists there followed the battles of cowpens coppens Cow pens guilford Gul lford court house bouse eutaw springs and yorktown Tork town and independence |
