![]() ![]() The Tories were flocking to his standard from every quarter.” Revolutionary soldier James Collins wrote that before the Kings Mountain battle, Cornwallis’ trusted commander Major Patrick Ferguson “was coming on with his boasted marksmen, and seemed to threaten the destruction of the whole country. “In one hour, a bunch of rednecks from the back of beyond changed the course of history.” ![]() Blair, prompted me to learn more about the Revolutionary War and the way it was fought here.įor his book, Southern collected a set of writings from people who actually experienced those times and wrote descriptions of what they saw and learned first hand.įor instance, there are several accounts of the Patriot victory at the Battle of Kings Mountain on October 7, 1780, which, Southern says, led “a little more than a year later, to Cornwallis” surrender and the end of the war ![]() Are there lessons for us from the American Revolution as it was fought in the backcountry of the Carolinas? Could anything that happened so long ago be relevant to today’s challenges facing America’s military?Ī new book, “Voices of the American Revolution in the Carolinas,” edited by Ed Southern and published by John F. ![]()
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