The Battle of Kings Mountain: Eyewitness Accounts

The Battle of Kings Mountain: Eyewitness Accounts
Author: Robert M. Dunkerly
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2007-03-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 1625844255

A pivotal moment in American history, as told by our forefathers On October 7, 1780, American Patriot and Loyalist soldiers battled each other at Kings Mountain, near the border of North and South Carolina. With over one hundred eyewitness accounts, this collection of participant statements from men of both sides includes letters and statements in their original form - the soldiers' own words - unedited and unabridged. Rife with previously unpublished details of this historic turning point in the American Revolution, described as the war's "largest all-American fight," these accounts expose the dramatic happenings of the battle, including new perspectives on the debate over Patriot Colonel William Campbell's bravery during the fight. Robert M. Dunkerley's work is an invaluable resource to historians studying the flow of combat, genealogists tracing their ancestors and anyone interested in Kings Mountain and the Southern Campaign.

Before They Were Heroes at King's Mountain (Virginia Edition)

Before They Were Heroes at King's Mountain (Virginia Edition)
Author: Randell Jones
Publisher:
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2011-02
Genre: King's Mountain, Battle of, S.C., 1780
ISBN: 9780976914938

The story of the campaign, fighting, and aftermath connected to the Battle of King's Mountain and the British Southern Campaign during the American Revolution.

The Staff Ride Handbook for the Battle of Kings Mountain, 7 October 1780

The Staff Ride Handbook for the Battle of Kings Mountain, 7 October 1780
Author: Harold Skinner (Jr.)
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2020
Genre: American loyalists
ISBN: 9781940804750

"Armies of British Loyalists and Patriot militiamen fought the Battle of Kings Mountain, located about eight miles northeast of modern day Blacksburg, South Carolina, on the afternoon of 7 October 1780. Insignificant in terms of size, the Patriot victory at Kings Mountain upset the British attempts to gain permanent control of the Carolinas-and by extension fundamentally changed the course of the war in the South. The strategic and operational implications tied to the Kings Mountain battle will provide military professionals much to ponder about the nature of irregular conflict and counterinsurgency in the modern era. When viewed within the context of the British strategic goals for the Southern Campaign, the Patriot victory at Kings Mountain destroyed the British center of gravity, a well-organized Loyalist militia capable of securing South Carolina in the absence of British regulars. Not only did the disaster of Kings Mountain demoralize the surviving Loyalists, but it convinced the British ground commander, Lord Charles Cornwallis, to curtail attempts to recruit additional Loyalist militia regiments. Absent an effective Loyalist militia, the British did not have the manpower to both pacify South Carolina and continue the process of conquering the vast territory that lay between Charleston and the Chesapeake. By the time Cornwallis attempted to recruit fresh Loyalist militiamen in the time period before and after the Guilford Courthouse battle, few Tories were willing to risk their lives and property in service to the King"--

A Devil of a Whipping

A Devil of a Whipping
Author: Lawrence E. Babits
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2011-02-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0807887668

The battle of Cowpens was a crucial turning point in the Revolutionary War in the South and stands as perhaps the finest American tactical demonstration of the entire war. On 17 January 1781, Daniel Morgan's force of Continental troops and militia routed British regulars and Loyalists under the command of Banastre Tarleton. The victory at Cowpens helped put the British army on the road to the Yorktown surrender and, ultimately, cleared the way for American independence. Here, Lawrence Babits provides a brand-new interpretation of this pivotal South Carolina battle. Whereas previous accounts relied on often inaccurate histories and a small sampling of participant narratives, Babits uses veterans' sworn pension statements, long-forgotten published accounts, and a thorough knowledge of weaponry, tactics, and the art of moving men across the landscape. He identifies where individuals were on the battlefield, when they were there, and what they saw--creating an absorbing common soldier's version of the conflict. His minute-by-minute account of the fighting explains what happened and why and, in the process, refutes much of the mythology that has clouded our picture of the battle. Babits put the events at Cowpens into a sequence that makes sense given the landscape, the drill manual, the time frame, and participants' accounts. He presents an accurate accounting of the numbers involved and the battle's length. Using veterans' statements and an analysis of wounds, he shows how actions by North Carolina militia and American cavalry affected the battle at critical times. And, by fitting together clues from a number of incomplete and disparate narratives, he answers questions the participants themselves could not, such as why South Carolina militiamen ran toward dragoons they feared and what caused the "mistaken order" on the Continental right flank.

The Battles of Kings Mountain and Cowpens

The Battles of Kings Mountain and Cowpens
Author: Melissa Walker
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2013
Genre: History
ISBN: 041589560X

Through government documents, autobiographies, correspondence, this book presents a look at the Southern backcountry that engendered its role in the Revolutionary War; with attention to political, social, and military history.

The King's Mountain Men

The King's Mountain Men
Author: Katherine Keogh White
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
Total Pages: 278
Release: 1966
Genre: King's Mountain, Battle of, S.C., 1780
ISBN: 0806303832

Given by Eugene Edge III.