# AMERICAN HISTORY: THE BATTLE OF KINGS MOUNTAIN (PT 1)   1780  WHEN COUNTRY BOYS KICKED REDCOAT  TAILS

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Podcast: [1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/1001-heroes-legends-histories-mysteries-podcast-440432)
Published: 2026-06-24T20:00:00+00:00
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1 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Show Notes – THE BATTLE OF KINGS MOUNTAIN Episode Summary In this episode, we revisit one of the most decisive — and often overlooked — turning points of the American Revolution: The Battle of Kings Mountain, fought on October 7th, 1780. This was the battle where frontier farmers, hunters, and backwoodsmen — men with no uniforms, no formal training, and no central command — rose up to defeat a British-led force in a stunning, overwhelming victory. It was a battle fought not by professional soldiers, but by ordinary Americans who refused to bow to tyranny. Thomas Jefferson later called it "the turning of the tide of success." And historians today still point to Kings Mountain as the moment when the British southern campaign began to unravel. This is the story of how a group of rugged frontiersmen — the "Overmountain Men" — marched across the Appalachians to confront a threat to their homes, their families, and their freedom… and in doing so, changed the course of the war. Background: A Nation on the Brink By late 1780, the American Revolution was in deep trouble. Charleston had fallen. Camden had been lost. The Continental Army in the South was shattered. British General Charles Cornwallis believed the southern colonies were ripe for the taking. To secure the frontier, he dispatched Major Patrick Ferguson — a skilled officer and inventor of the Ferguson rifle — to recruit Loyalists and crush Patriot resistance. Ferguson issued a warning to the mountain settlers: If they did not lay down their arms, he would "march over the mountains, hang their leaders, and lay waste to their country with fire and sword." It was a threat that would cost him everything. The Overmountain Men Rise The settlers of the Appalachian frontier — men…

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