The Patriots were aided by spy Joseph Kerr who informed those that had marched from Sycamore Shoals, including Isaac Shelby and John Sevier, that the British commander had relocated from Gilbert Town to the battle site. Benjamin Cleveland, William Campbell, Joseph McDowell, and James Williams also commanded units for the Americans, leading to this conflict's alternate name, the Battle of the Colonels. The lone British com
The Patriots were aided by spy Joseph Kerr who informed those that had marched from Sycamore Shoals, including Isaac Shelby and John Sevier, that the British commander had relocated from Gilbert Town to the battle site. Benjamin Cleveland, William Campbell, Joseph McDowell, and James Williams also commanded units for the Americans, leading to this conflict's alternate name, the Battle of the Colonels. The lone British commander was a Scotsman nicknamed "Bulldog" and famous for inventing a rifle, Patrick Ferguson. Reversing the British triumph two months earlier at Camden, FTP, name this October 1780 battle in South Carolina, named for a large and regal hill.
The Patriots were aided by spy Joseph Kerr who informed those that had marched from Sycamore Shoals, including Isaac Shelby and John Sevier, that the British commander had relocated from Gilbert Town to the battle site.
Battle of {Kings Mountain} (or Battle of the Colonels before mentioned)