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Tide Turi
At Battle
Former Editor O. G. Psge 'Writes
History.
?' Ah If stoma tcuatlorn near Kings
Moiuvain til..; was marked about a
I'vJt c.u vr> :?550 only l?y a modest
ti'Oiuimont now Is the Kings Mountain
L! I l leg round National Park,
commeincvaUng the portentous RevOlu'.onr!
y War bi'tle of Oct .7.'
17su, whkth historians credit with
turning the tide of warfare deftnitdIV
in frwor of the Colonics ami agrinst
ting land.
. mvt l"0:i >*al (Sovernmem several
yenj'a ago, in tH - dark days of the
lirc i' P:!pi -jston. formally tock over
the lnlge tract'of laud and-began rteve.'lo,V"\g
it, tipler the idiirersCi-jn of the
National Park Service.
As the climax of the struggle of
the nntrLctjc sooioties and associ'.ated
, Interests through n long period of
y<oivs. the nark was dedicate*} on the
ti'Otili annh'ci'aary of the battle, Oct.
7. I it .10 by a tremendous celebration
at which Mv pr'ncipnl address waa
delivei fli by Herbert Jloover. then
Presiden t .. Of the United Statoe. A
year-Ic'tr lit was* Accept I'd by the
Cowhimrnt.
Kitue -i' celebration, n'tended
Viv w irv VlimikiimLi of noranna lh?
den*a In the lta'sle have-beau mark'
ed peiDKiMii.il>' after-direful (i*nves
Ura-'ion of all available records
Rowh |md trails bavR been construe
ted. mtuth larW-utapfng lias been don'
ml necessary structures hate bees
hi ill
The scon-1 of fb-? battle ri the n't
row dop of a ridge, about 80 feel
above fhe surrounding, rolling plain
1 1-2 m'llee south of itihe North Cairo
liba-SorMih Oaoiolnfr Hne. In this bat
tle^were -engaged 1,100 loyalist'mil
ilia and BrMfah Rangers under th?
command of Mhjor Patrick Pengusor
of 'tflie English Army. The Amerte-u
f.-rcr tMas uruvposed oil baclrwoods
lisen In several ocotiinRcnta coinmin
|>y Colonels William Campbell
Penjvr.ln Cevelnivfl.''-Isaac Shelby
John Sevier and Janus Williams
TStiV "trTops wave f'tom the C:,",'oi!
n.u. Te > >. C.'-orcIn and Ken
nrjiy' and I t rived ?. th? b^'i'le
pvrun' o r lioni' -rd .hard- fr | ^c
r:hrc.,'-s V ;' > nipaeed In the hunl
Pir 1-VM'gvsou'a oommand.
'oriana I we lecrrhtded 'ftp:
t"*e I-ItIs'v - v'ctnre of the Colcnhlt
n Ktn.es Mountain ron'Ttbuted Targe
ly .to i'Iip Kueve-?a of CrrMeral Na'hari
i i ci'pnntzn osninst I.orr
, (' *"ecall's, British ccmnmnder-In
chief.
In "l"he K'.t-vj. Merit;<a<n h?*'lo 1V
p-'i-ih |(>c^ liv-liu'ed ?i)i> killed, on'
C it'b.e i?ead brl'np Mp}~ir Ferguson
T -wounded (?n?! 664 prisoners. The
A i-.vrt'V'.n lo?'i wfvs'54 killed, IncltKl
f""t Col. Wlll'"r>? nud 62 wounded
FI??ST MONUMENT
The baV.lenrmmd 4 Vat wn? pwm
r-;'i !> marked In 161? vt.^n a ssrftl
a"r''imen( w?<s rriyr?ed\ In 1880 Mill
I- -i ik<-~ ws* renlno-d by a more kri
on?. Early In fhf* centnry
f-. ?'i4r'f,c socle'te* brrwa ?i* ??rVa.'*rptr
fr- a imre adequate marking and Ir
1?06 a Congressional appncprjbt.k*
v.-in AWcd a.n.rt the third monumenl
?-.n novfled fn 1009.
" THE BATTLE OF KIN08
MOUNTAIN
Former Editor of the Kings Moun
ttin Hera'd. Q. G. Page, who is rec
ofjrVrad as an authority on the Bat
f? of Kings Mountain, published I
Katory on this Important event, sec
the following is reprinted from H b)
permission:
"The Birthplace Of Liberty
H wfcs In the Jifttla of Ktagi
M.~orr*-32n the .?beN<r wh'Th we mln
rr-.iny w?.a really bom. Long fcfctf I
fV irt In tihr hoeomw of those God
fhat'jg me !*ho struck' the decislvi
bl.rw at this point-. but rn '.Va run on
4rvn 5t looped from hiding Unto i
r-^v-found freedom. The bnMle *>
K'nas MouwTdn was fought October
? 1780. a i'd wan dorlerelt by no Ism
authority flhan Thomas Jefferson U
hree been the turning point of th<
American Revolution. .fust at th<
thne when this Southland was dren
eled tn freedom's blood, oommfngle*
with that of tyranny, and the cauai
ft liberty Iwv iprostrste and swelter
irg! In sr-re, this might)' conflict wcu
Maped. Ff.rgu,v>n was eltlfn and hV
forces slaughtered.. Not a man let
fo tell the dory; what metre not ldl
?yl ware oaptwred. This broke th<
kuikkMiUi nf iha RrkMi efwl an hear
enrd the bravo Amartauta,'
*w? mm to quest of God thai
?oId the* titer present forward am
frtlowqf ?P tfaetr vflotory wMh dm
tfmwi iittllein until the aurrendef
of Ma BrhWt at Yortutown, a yea
?el ?reive daya later.
Ak ?a*V<iaM to h?W (mm*
g ii?ii 4Uat ware hall?rat by tfM
blood or our forebear* vrt? hatha
tW? now?at?Ma to treat?u'a bloo
fe; - that |ba Ma Mood might b? drat?
tm tba tyrpontoal bawd at boa<ti
hat would bold ? to poUUcal am
' ?llgldno aiavwy forever. am th
bloodl of dnr noble Mmeteri mlxe
wHt that of em tr?t <m u? ?
alt avd floored together to to lat
eb. Ml?r, nvettjtoKe that H?rvea n
JCk-ad a? that there bad bo? i
aatfcni bora where too living Ooap?
uauld tow* rightof-arar to the heart
?* m? ant that tte tyrant' grt
l/N _ * ?W. k t
itoiakMtotitotototMttdyBlllMiikM^ib???tot?ta
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led Again
Of King
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Artist's sket<
fM lossed from the throat of th
!ovr;j of liberty. As the result of th
' ;{? iterations to follow wrere jrurei
' teed the right to be born free, t
worship as they please, with non
te molest or cause to fear.
' Leading Up To The Sattle
In the battle of Kings Mounts!
the opposing forces sere about <
' qually o'vlded, as compiled by Dn
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"jP**r. eleven nunarea cn f.'cn sen
. The British forces, composed of Lo;
" I ollvc-a and 'Tories, were voder con
, mbtvi of Colonel Patrick Ferguso
' j aud were stationed along ttata rldg
i or aim. of Kings Mountain. So we
1 j rderset? was Colcnel Ferguson wit
1 bis sltuatfion that he mode the boaa
'j Fiat ",God Almighty and all the re1
' I cla out of hell" could not move bin
j Realizing that he w,-? being pursue
V the Amen'can forces, collected a
C'owpens. and fearing that he mtgt
be outnumbered and cverpowerei
pnd being desirous of making a clea
uu job of the affair, he set*'- to Con
[, vallis. who was encamped at Cha;
Irite. nsKhg fc!m to send Tprleto
k ;n1 hit forces to his aid. As th
, American forces learned from stra
1 |g!'-s niovg 'Oii w?y. Ferguson wo
: ,ir- ' '*ei effort '9 gain rei
Icrcements in order that n. glorlou
i \ icfory might be won for Ills Maje;
"jty. the King, nnd that he might ad
^j'-'irels to his own crown. But Prov
' | e'erve whom h? had so recent 1
j ch allenged, took ..s hand, as He a
' ways takes a hand i'a every war. an
: I th - waters of (STwba river wei
sr. swollen that Cornwallls could nc
' succor his subordinate.
The American forces were con
I nosed of the over-mountain men wh
I had assembled ft Sycomom Shoal
or the Wr'anga rtvrc. nnd the WhAv
. if Kcr'h Carolina pitA Oecrgr'x wli
i had' jo'ivvt forces at Cowpon* fc
t 'he pui-pose of loursuhig and gettfn
t F^iwuson. As the Airrwlums purs1
t ?d tho Rultlsh from Cowpens the
for id the rop-ilat'oo of the flH'tfl
settled couu'ry mcoh divided. 8ano
veer pronounced Torkw sud aids
v h t.he? Bn'tlsh on every ocdscdoa
Stimo wero wowcfmtlottalj' oppose
- - ? war srd followed the lines e
i j 1. resistance feefrlf either Wh1
I or Tory as the exigencies of th
f crcsnkm rabdit. demand. Other
wvr? larvers of 'i.berly and share
a 1th Patrick Henry In fata noble aei
tlmeat to "Give me liberty. or c?v
r me death.' Hits nlam offered ervee
I assistance and fell in with the pn
- suejrs fti?f. as many ToTea had ioi
i ed the forces of Ferguson - -Legm
tell us that even Jitter the firing h
i gun men from the netghborhrcd g
f thsred their old muske?s ?m5 bun
r. eJ to the fray, some on one sld
i some on tfee other, neirhbor pftt?
>' apuVial nei|j!Hbor. I-N1 'ins csoe i
?[ciir;3 wihero two brothers went In
? the- bVrtle on the different tsidee ar
p' both were killed.
1 As Colonel Ferrwon strutted
6 bout on the ridge aisi defied the A
*- ' mlffhtv bM mfM# nmKfthlv (f iMtPftl
I of rhe netrnew of the enemy. m
cherished hope that mfafortoomaai
| weald reach la time far the flfti
j ttw? Amerlcna were hasten to
rive ahead of PVntooaonfs lefstMi
mcnts. and from rhanhn alone tl
v.ay aWnlng Information of tho Brl
i??h camp )nad lay of the land. V
nuh word at "fall' enteral tot*> 41
cmripoaltloa or calcaUtiona of Can
bell and Ida (ha Merer was tho wa
erp of tho andleMt Romans tki
"Cfcrtbase Mot ho destroyed aaO
oeaanleaa aaU detoemdned than Wi
(tat of tho Americana to catch R
destroy Ferguson.
Hathi aoenrcd tho onset local*
cf tho the Anntaaaa ?h
Uss than * mOs away. dhuMti
and left n tow ntn ? Mf> of tl
horses, fertnied two tinea of mdW
Intending e? entirety aartonnd Fan
sen. Ookmst Clerrsladd lad the If
etMlM op on the west side of tl
in(iMala and OOfcM* Cam?fc>i| h
i & '
ITNTAIN HWAU). KINO* MOV N'T AIM
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st Red Co
s Mountaii
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Q^EM .? %* L|^: 8y 4# M
raFLP9Hv^vf ^7 - '* * ' * i^n
ECn^v S ^r ? l
; ^vil
:hing of the Ba ttle of Kinjrs
p < a i >t!tet with the opening entirely,
?; too Mitatl to aAn'-t of retreat.
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i- p -LO.dfrs to their leader*, aa tohl
n I If. *" l rx-vtng ? *?*? ? ?> worth PL
e ho old momtmew we begin wttb
Campbell and follow around * with I
Verier, Jlt?Dowell. W hasten. if am-1
bright: Clovel nd: isc.y, Williams.1
and baidk to Shelby, who was facing
C.ur.pbell,
v The Battle Rages?Ferguson
" Falls ? Battle Ended ?
American Victory
_ While. It is not definitely known
e - ho fired" the first shot. H Is a. genu
entity accepted fact that the Amerl
^ | tans began the hostilities. The fight|
';"s bjgan about three o'clock and
continued for an hour md a quarter..
Ferguson began hfs defense with fixrd
bayonets, but fount) the old squirrel
guns of the motintatneers too
1 ' i<ikiV jsnd accurate for that method;
/.%? warfare and soon toop up his,
' I rifle. ,
n(
i-j lnd aireodv become known to
r- American forces that Ferguson;
u! himself, wore a checke'i shArt ot
e . drsterover h's uniform, which disg
i t'.on. pfter discovered, made hlmj
s.un easy mark. His death was ttoet
n ; niiun thing the Americans had hoped!
is | "> s~con"T)1leh. ;sr-d Hambn'ght had <
* ' listifd c-'crs i<s follows in his Penn-|
d|f.ylvauJ3 German recent: "Well, poya
I. ' .... ? ..... ?1a* msH msH ik. ?U I
a- yt 6(1 j JU sec www iiivii ,????v ?'?u k'M i
y! shirt on over his clothes, you k?ow|
1* | who him is. and mack him mit your
d rifles.'
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>t' F rem, bp'op; n great?iv
elovp Man.. were placed! at the
r'iv?wivant-,~? of having to shoot
s* downward and In gr^we danger of
l? killing their pwn men. white the
American*, being at a lower level
'B were sMe to shoct ovrtr the headh of
? their eomradh** and *wtth mnch bet>r
Ler atat. TTroy. too. had huge trees
8 under which to take abetter, two of
which nonr stand on yonder slope.
r
ly As 'ho battle raged1 Ferguson.
ie mounted on his galfent steed snfl
id blowing Ms shrill saver whistle, lip1.1
Pfcd errl ?nrr>jJ, from one point to
A | another nud summered all his pen*rf
j em to encourage sod rally his thtng
Ring nolo*. Finally he Was sighted
ie by several Americana, anpsrently si
rs the same time. and six bullets were
d "red Into Ma body and he fell to
a- the ground dead. It is sr<M that the
e trocrfnhn fst-H a vct-FliWe Yolcayfo
f of Anoka an tins while the earth was
r- rapidly bsftsg tVitcred w*. h dead boda
toe and tfrmcW with blood. After
id -Ferguson fell. Colonel DePe>ster. the
e next In rank, assumed command of
s- the British forced, but Wdiin about
I- ftfteeo mlnrrtes dlspalred and raised
p. the White flag.
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When tto smoke of battle bad
tot .'in-r-ed wwav and ?he <V?ad were nam
, bered It was found that M AmerlI
car* had fallen while 300 British
were slain.
j What or the Brltt'eh remained altve
u were tSkeo prisoners and not a maa
^ escape! to tell the tale. The prisonl
res were kept in camp that night on
, the battlefield and were the next da?
r matched back over Rutherford conn^
iy and other territory wMch they
w tad so recently plundered and where
H. many of ttw had lived prior le
q JoMng Hiomealves to fentuson a
_ few days beforeit la eatd that rasn>
' of them www Identified by residents
* as being nan Sag the marauders and
M
u A moond of racial on the eaatera
i* fcfiMde marks the wot where the
he% of Fergueow was burled. Leg*
end haa It that the bodies of the
* dead aoMTers were rolled Into boles
* with greet dMBoatty anrnag tho rooks
? only to be wakitohsd eat by wolmk
A sad rooted out by wild hoc* sad dele
Tcured
?e Ike battle of Kings Mountain was
M not only the haraftag feint of the Rev
ft but one^cd the dectalwr baft
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Mountain
Tttmessee; McL>o.yi:1I. Cleveland.
H..mbrighi aci WtL^-.om i.om North
(arolfna: Wrl ini8 and Lacy, frctn
cUUl UUkia.
About a mile from the ba'.llct'ield
un the road to the tewn . of King*
Mcuntstn, stunts an old bouac which
na.iks the rpot where a widow nam
ft) (Dover, mil he.- daughter. lived at
.he time of the battle. Colonel llatnbrlght
was wounded, in the conflict
and w?i taken n by thesfe people
ivbd nursed back to health, lie aftervoids
returned ar.ii married the
younger lady and made his home
with them.
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Kings Mountain was pot so nam
e otcanso the. Kind's troops encamp J
here, but was known by that
name long bete re. It dfcrlved Cits
name from a man named King, who
lived down on King* creek, 'which
also took his name. The possessive
ftrm of "Ring's" was long ago dropped
by common consent and the pini
al form "Kings' eilopf ed instead.
The town of Kings Mountain, N. C.
took its name from the mountain. II
l\>d i'? btiif.nnlng Master Monday,
!S7o, when W. A. Mauney and J.. S..
Mauney came to this community
and started up business. It Is new a
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