Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-07
-FOUR STATES CELEBRATE
Shafts Unveiled on Battlefield and
at Fort Watauga, Tenn.
STORY OF FERGUsON'S DEFEAT
English Commanders Troops Scat
tered by MISUNDERSTANDING
Wounded and Buried There.

CHARLOTTE n. c., October 7.-"kings
Mountain day" the anniversary of the
battle of Kings Mountain, n C.. in which
900 mountain men, won great victory
over the British forces. numbering 12no.
October = 17SO. during the struggle of the
united colonies for their Independence
from Great Britain is being fittingly COM
memorated today.
On the battlefield monument which
has been erected by the United States
government at cost of $4,000 was
dedicated with appropriate ceremonies
At Fort Watauga, near Johnson City,
| Tenn, the point from which the men
under Campbell. Shelby and Sewer start
ed for Kings Mountain. the Daughters OF
the American Revolution dedicated an
other monument, Bishop +. f. Hoss of
the Methodist Episcopal Church South
being the principal orator of the day.
The beautiful monument. the construc-
ton of which has been in charge of Capt.
f. Nj. Adams. is located on the spot
where tre fighting was hardest Nearby
Is a granite tablet marking the spot where
Gen. Patrick Fergus on, the British COM
mander. fell mortally wounded. a short
distance away is the grave of Gen. + err
guson. on which has been placed plac-
ard inviting each visitor to contribute a
(
| heaped upon the grave as monument
Four Governors Make Addresses.
The prog. am of the unwilling exercises
included addresses by Cows. Ansel of
! South Carolina. kitchin of North Caro-
lima, Patterson of Tennessee and Brown
Of Georgia. President Henry w. Snyder
of Wofford College, Representative D. E.
Finley of South Carolina E. Y. Webb of
I a n1i pfac n IL
ell of the South Carolina University also
took part in the exercises.
The battle of Kings Mountain will be
refought tomorrow morning by the COM
bined forces of the National Guard of
North Carolina and South Carolina under
! the supe vision and direction of Gen. J. G.
Boyd. adjutant general of South Carolina.
During the exercises today the Kings
Mountain centennial lyric, written for the
occasion by Mrs. Clara Dargan Maclean,
was read.
Story of the Battle.
Gen Ferguson. commanding detachment
of British soldiers, had sent word to Col.
James Sewer and his. "over-themountain
men that he intended to drive them from
their homes. On the afternoon of Sep
TENDER 30 $780, $50 pioneers o. east Ten
nessee. southwest Virginia, western North
Carolina and South Carolina assembled
at Sycamore Shoals. Four hundred of
the Virginia troops were commanded by
Col. Campbell, $40 from the Watauga set
tlement by Col: James Sewer. and 24o by
Col Shelby. Col. Campbell having the
largest force he was placed in command
of the entire army.
After spending a few days in camp at
Sycamore Shoals the command took up
the march for Kings Mountain. 225 miles
distant, and the evening of September
Is reached Broad river, thirty miles from
their objective point.
At o'clock the following morning 80
men commanded by Col. Campbell re-
sumed the last stage of the march. hav
ing been increased to that number by the
addition of citizens of the country
through which the march lay. At
3 pm. October the command reached
and surrounded Kings mountain, on
which Ferguson had taken his last stand.
and in one hour and five minutes the red
coats were either destroyed captured.
Ferguson was shot down by a Wearer Of
jeans Dreeches and n coonskin cap.