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Overmountain Men

The Overmountain Men and the Victory at Kings Mountain, 1780

In the autumn of 1780, a thousand frontier riflemen crossed the Blue Ridge and destroyed a Loyalist army in about an hour, upending British plans in the South.

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Kings Mountain, 1780: The Overmountain Men Who Turned the Southern War

After a threat from a British major, frontier riflemen crossed the Blue Ridge and wiped out his Loyalist force in about an hour, reviving the Patriot cause in the Carolinas.