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King's Mountain Monument
This is a 4 sided monument
1st Side
Killed
Col James Williams
Lt Col James Steen
Maj William Chronicle
Capt William Edmondson
Capt John Mattocks
1st Lt William Blackburn
1st Lt Reece Bowen
1st Lt Robert Edmondson Sr
2nd Lt John Beattie
2nd Lt James Corry
2nd Lt Nathaniel Dryden
2nd Lt Andrew Edmondson
2nd Lt Nathaniel Gist
2nd Lt Humberson Lyon
2nd Lt James Phillips
Private Thomas Bicknell
Private John Boyd
Private John Brown
Private David Duff
Private Preston Goforth
Private Henry Henigar
Private Michael Mahoney
Private Arthur Patterson
Private William Rabb
Private John Smart
Private Daniel Siske
Private William Steele
Private William Watson
Private Unknown
Mortally Wounded
Capt Robert Sevier
1st Lt Thomas McCullough
2nd Lt James Laird
Private Moses Henry
Wounded
Lt Col Frederick Hambright
Maj Micajah Lewis
Maj James Porter
Capt James Dysart
Capt Samuel Espey
Capt William Lenoir
Capt Joel Lewis
Capt Moses Shelby
Capt Minor Smith
1st Lt Robert Edmondson
1st Lt Charles Gordon
1st Lt Samuel Johnson
1st Lt Samuel Newell
1st Lt J M Smith
Private Benoni Banning
Private William Bradley
Private William Bullen
Private John Childers
Private John Chittim
Private William Cox
Private John Fagon
Private Frederick Fisher
Private William Giles
Private ____ Gilleland
Private William Gilmer
Private Israel Hayter
Private Robert Henry
Private Leonard Hyce
Private Charles Kilgore
Private Robert Miller
Private William Moore
Private Patrick Murphy
Private William Robertson
Private John Skeggs
24 Unknown
2nd Side
American Forces
Where Organized and Commander
Washington County, Va ~ Colonel William Campbell
Washington County, NC (Now Tenn.) ~ Colonel John Sevier
Sullivan County, NC (Now Tenn) ~ Colonel Isaac Shelby
Ninety-Six District SC and Rowan County NC ~ Colonel James Williams
Wilkes and Surry Counties, NC ~ Colonel Benjamin Cleveland & Major Joseph Winston
Lincoln County NC ~ Lt Col Frederick Hambright & Major William Chronicle
Burke and Rutherford Counties, NC ~ Major Joseph McDowell
York and Chester Counties, SC ~ Colonel Edward Lacey
(then part of Camden District) ~ Colonel William Hill
Georgia ~ Major William Candler
Reserves
Colonel James Johnston
Note: Colonel Charles McDowell, The Regulator Commander of the Burke
and Rutherford County Regiment, was absent from the battle on a special
mission to General Gates
British Forces
Commanders
Major Patrick Ferguson (K)
Captain Abraham De Peyster
3rd Side
To commemorate the victory
of
King's Mountain
October 7, 1780
Erected by the Government
of the
United States
To the establishment of which
the heroism and patriotism of
those who participated in this
battle so largly contributed.
4th Side
On this field the patriot forces
attacked and totally defeated
and equal force of Tories and
British Regular Troops.
The British Commander, Major
Patrick Ferguson, was killed
and his entire force was captured
after suffering heavy
loss. This brillant victory
marked the turning point of
the American Revolution.
Col. Patrick Ferguson Memorial
Transcription:
To the memory of
Col. Patrick Ferguson
Seventy-First Regiment
Highland Light Infantry
Born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
in 1774
Killed October 7 1780
in action at Kings Mountain
while in command of the
British Troops
A Soldier of Military Distiction
and of honor.
This memorial is from the citizens
of the United States of America in
token of their appreciation of the bonds
of the friendship and peace between them
and the citizens of the British Empire.
Erected October 7 1930
Here Col Ferguson Fell
Oct 7 1780
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