King Mountain

1. The Battle at King
Mountain Important facts

2. Battle
• King Mountain

3. War
• American Revolutionary War

4. Date
• October 7th, 1780

5. Location
• Kings Mountain, South Carolina. America

6. Combatants
• Loyalist Americans against Patriot Americans.

7. Generals
• Major Patrick Ferguson commanded the
loyalists. The American force had a number of
officers of similar rank: Colonels Shelby,
Campbell, McDowell, Sevier, Williams, Lacey,
Cleveland, Hambright and Winston.

8. Armies
• Numbers are uncertain but there seem to have
been around 1,000 on each side.

9. Winner
• The Patriots won. The Loyalist force was
annihilated.

10. Casualties
• The Loyalists suffered 300 dead and wounded
and some 700 captured. The Patriots took 90
casualties.

11. Results
• The defeat forced Cornwallis to abandon his
plans to invade North Carolina and retreat South.

12. The End