Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-05

marker will be dedicated to the IRE
spected enemy" Sir Ronald Lindsay,
British Ambassador. has been invited
to unven the stone.
Death Blow to Campaign.
The battle of Kings Mountain, al
though an isolated engagement par
ticipated In by relatively small numbers
of men, dealt death blew to the plans
of CORVALLIS for an extensive campaign
In the South-a campaign that began
auspiciously for the British in Georgia
and Alabama. The blow swerved Corn
wallis into new policy of battle that
ended in his surrender at Yorktown.
Over the mountain, far to the North
west. in the valleys of the Holston, No
lachucky and Wautauga Rivers and
within the borders of North Carolina,
were thriving settlements. Ferguson
had captured two men from that region
and in an attempt to intimidate their
people he paroled the two captives and
ordered them to tell their people that
III they did not desist from their oppo-
sitlon to the British, and take protec-
ton under his standard, he would
march his army over the mountains.
nang their leaders, and lay waste the
possibly had forgotten this, but the
patriots whose territory he invaded
mad not and they were not slow in
appealing to these far-away settlements
for aid.
Quickly they came. From the valley
OF the Holston came Shelby; from wau-
tauga Valley came Sewer, and from
washington, their neighboring county
IN Virginia, came Campbell. They
marched at the tap of the drum, each
Leading corps of men. These were
joined on the way by Winston and
Cleveland, each with a corps of men
from the counties of Surry and Wilkes
and then by Mcdonald from Quaker
Meadows on the Catawba, with a CORDS.
Agree on Plan of Attack.
The officers agreed upon a plan Of
attack, reported to their men for their
e e and it was heartily
agreed to by all. The numbers on each
side were about equal The patriots
knew they held no craven foe at bev,
CoI. ferguson was an officer of great
renoWn. He had served with the North
British Dragons in the cannaigo
against the Germans. Three wears be
hao served In America and was regard
ca as the best rife shot in the British
army. With a genius for war. he had
also genius for invention. To compete
VIII tne SKIN OF the American marks
flrst year OF the Revolution. he inventaJ
the f1rst successful breech-loadinp rife
hls Dragons were picked men and he
Ilao taKen infinite pains to perfect his
men IN training and discipline. They
were armed with breech-loadinr rifle
musket and bayonet. --e'
Inc mountain was exceedingly steen
II was almost like storminp a batterv
Inc Americans were armed with oniv
muzzle-Ioading rifles and muskets and
tney mad no bayonets.
Inc americans divided the whole
command into columns. each column
having a leader. The columns Joined
formed circle around the whole noun
Jam. AS the columns scaled the noun
taln, each was drawn to the center of
the circle, and, in that Way. trapned
the enemy. On the first onset Col,
Campbells men attempted to rapidly
ascend the mountain. They were met
by the British regulars with fixed
bayonets and forced to retreat. They
soon rallied, drove the enemy back in
Turn ana poured a deadly fire upon a
part OF the enemy posted on the sum-
NIT OF the mountain. Three times
Campbell's column was driven down
the mountain, and each time thev
rallied and advanced again. In the
meantime Shelby was pressing the
enemy on the opposite end of the
mountain, so hard that Ferguson's
Provincials went to the aid of forces
there. The enemy were also pressed
by the right wing of the Americans.
Mountain Top in Flames.
The battle ragged all around the noun
| tain, and the mountain was covered
with flame and smoke. The scene has
been graphically described as follows:
THE shouts of the soldiers, the peals
of rifles and muskets, the loud COM
mands of officers, with the every now
and then, shrill screech of Ferguson's
silver whistle, high above the din and
confusion of battle, intermingled with
the groans of the wounded In every part
Of the line" all tended to uproar and
confusion. The British made a firm
stand, but after while they were forced
/ to retire along the crest OF the noun