Record #:

13479

Author(s):

Smith, Ed

Abstract:

This article discusses the Battle of King's Mountain and includes an old sketch of King's Mountain and the original marker. During a Revolutionary War battle fought on October 7, 1780, the outnumbered American forces defeated British troops on the border of North and South Carolina.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 20 Issue 15, Sept 1952, p5-6, il

Subject(s):

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