The+Battle+of+King's+Mountain

=﻿ __The Battle Of King's Mountain__= The Battle of King's Mountain was fought on October 7, 1780 at King's Mountain in North Carolina. King's Mountain is near Blacksburg, South Carolina. The battle was fought between the Patriot Militia and the Loyalist Militia. The leaders of the Loyalist Militia were Major Patrick Ferguson and Captain Abraham Depeyster. The leaders of the Patriot Militia were Colonel James Johnston, William Campbell, John Seiver, Frederick Hambright, Joseph McDowell, Benjamin Cleveland, James Williams, Isaac Shelby, Joseph Winston, and Major William Chronicle. The Battle began at about 3 pm, when Patrck Furguson and his army of 1,100 loyalist militia retreated from the Patriots up King's Mountain. The army of 900 Patriot Militia approached the base of King's Mountain and devided into 8 groups of 100-200 men. The Loyalists were completely unaware that the rebels were approaching so they made no forts. Two groups of loyalists charged up the front of the mountain while the other six groups attacked from different sides of the mountain. The loyalists were caught by surprise and the fight was chaotic. The patriots were not following orders of their leaders once the fighting began. The patriots fought from behind the trees and surrounded the loyalists. The loyalists charged at the two groups who were ascending the front of the hill. The loyalists had bayonets and the patriots did not so the two groups of patriots were forced to retreat to the base of the hill. The patriots regrouped and charged up the hill. After one hour of warfare the loyalists had suffered much more casualties than the patriots. When the patriots shot and killed Major Ferguson the loyalist began to surrender. The patriots had won the Battle of King's Mountain. 224 loyalists were killed and 163 were wounded. Only 29 patriots were killed and 58 were wounded. 668 loyalists were taken prisoner by the patriots.

This battle was extremely important to the American Revolution. The Battle of King's Mountain was a turning point in the colonies' war for freedom. After many lost battles such as the Battle of Camden and the capture of Charlestown, the patriots finally made a decisive win in a large battle.

Rocky Hayden

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