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Kings Mountain: The Defeat of the Loyalists October 7, 1780
Kings Mountain The Defeat of the Loyalists October 7 1780 Author:J. David Dameron An important turning point in the American War for Independence. In the summer of 1780, while British troops roamed the southern countryside striking fear into the hearts of rebels, a hardy group of "over-the-mountain men" from Tennessee vowed to defend their families and farms. At Kings Mountain, in northwest South Carolina, this small voluntee... more »r contingent of frontiersmen met the British in early October. The American victory there forced the British to retreat and turned the tide in the American Revolution's southern campaign.« less