Battle Of Ferguson Essay

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17 january 2017 The battle of kings mountain According to ,Randell Jones Ferguson detested these ruffian militiamen whom he regarded as“backwater men,” “barbarians,” and “the dregs of mankind.”Ferguson was also called “bulld0g” during the battle of kings mountain. There a most likely millions of causes, leaders,events and results and it's because this battle is of importance.

Causes of the battle
There are many causes to this battle but i'm just going to tell you two. Cornwallis had Ferguson to go northern carolina. In fact according to Logan, to protect his troops from the guerilla attack Cornwallis had ordered for Ferguson to lead the troops to northern
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And that the fact say that when they were on there way to fight ferguson. And that there were several rifleman that resembles to fight also. They were also a group supported by all the colonels of the units that meet in council very …show more content…
Ferguson is retreating before a concentration, and has sending on a leader named cornwallis for some support. But Revolutionary force had caught up with Ferguson encamped on a steep and wooded side of king's mountain on the day of october 7,1780, so Ferguson suppressed all attempts to surrender until he was shot from his horse and killed. These people were the Tories. The Tories threw down their weapons but the Revolutionaries continued to shoot, in spite of the efforts of their officers to bring about an end to the

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