Battle of Kings Mountain

October 7, 1780 · Kings Mountain National Military Park, SC

Result American victory

Decisive Patriot militia victory in the Southern campaign. The Loyalist militia force under Major Patrick Ferguson was destroyed on the ridge; the defeat forced Cornwallis to abandon his planned invasion of North Carolina.

On the map Contemporaries

American

British

United States Patriot militia

Great Britain Loyalist militia under Patrick Ferguson

William Campbell military commander Benjamin Cleveland military commander

Isaac Shelby military commander

John Sevier military commander

Patrick Ferguson military commander

Abraham de Peyster military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 910
Killed: 28
Wounded: 62

Strength: 1,125
Killed: 157
Wounded: 163
Captured: 668