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KF5JRV > TODAY 07.10.24 11:09l 13 Lines 1276 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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During the American Revolution, Patriot irregulars under Colonel William Campbell defeat Tories under Major Patrick Ferguson at the Battle of Kingâ€Ös Mountain.
Major Fergusonâ€Ös Tory force, made up mostly of American Loyalists from South Carolina and elsewhere, was the western wing of General Lord Cornwallisâ€Ö North Carolina invasion force. One thousand American frontiersmen under Colonel Campbell of Virginia gathered in the backcountry on the border of the two states to resist Fergusonâ€Ös advance. Pursued by the Patriots, Ferguson positioned his Tory force in defense of a rocky, treeless ridge named Kingâ€Ös Mountain. The Patriots charged the hillside multiple times, demonstrating lethal marksmanship against the surrounded Loyalists.
Unwilling to surrender to a “band of banditti,” Ferguson led a suicidal charge down the mountain and was cut down in a hail of bullets. After his death, some of his men tried to surrender, but they were slaughtered in cold blood by the frontiersmen, who were bitter over British excesses in the Carolinas. The Tories suffered 157 killed, 163 wounded, and 698 captured. Colonel Campbellâ€Ös force suffered just 28 killed and 60 wounded.
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