In 1780 where did the Patriots suffer their worst defeat of the war?
The Battle of Kings Mountain was a military engagement between Patriot and Loyalist militias in South Carolina during the Southern Campaign of the American Revolutionary War resulting in a decisive victory for the Patriots .The battle took place on October 7 1780 9 miles (14 km) south of the present-day town of Kings Mountain North Carolina.In what is now rural Cherokee County South ...
The Battle of Ramsour's Mill took place on June 20 1780 in present-day Lincolnton North Carolina during the British campaign to gain control of the southern colonies in the American Revolutionary War. The number of fighters on each side of the battle is still an issue of contention but Loyalist militiamen outnumbered Patriot militia and had captured a group of Patriots who they were planning to hang on …
The Battle of Camden was a major victory for the British in the Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War. On August 16 1780 British forces under Lieutenant General Charles Lord Cornwallis routed the numerically superior U.S. forces led by Major General Horatio Gates about four miles north of Camden South Carolina thus strengthening the British hold on the Carolinas …
Cherokee–American wars - Wikipedia
Battle of Camden - Wikipedia
Cherokee–American wars - Wikipedia
Reinforced by Clinton his troops captured Charleston in May 1780 inflicting the most serious Patriot defeat of the war; over 5 000 prisoners were taken and the Continental Army in …
Benedict Arnold (14 January 1741 [O.S. 3 January 1740] – 14 June 1801) was an American military officer who served during the Revolutionary War .He fought with distinction for the American Continental Army rising to the rank of major general before defecting to the British side of the ...
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