Record #:

22296

Author(s):

Boyd, William K.

Abstract:

The Battle of Kings Mountain took place near the town of Kings Mountain, North Carolina on the prominence across the border in South Carolina. The decisive defeat of Loyalist militia under Patrick Ferguson ended Cornwallis advance into North Carolina in October 1780.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 8 Issue 4, April 1909, p298-314, map

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783