the battle of king's mountain was a victory for james johnston militia.
the battle of king's mountain was a victory for james johnston militia.
for which militia was the battle of king's mountain a victory?
james johnston
cornwallis, buoyed by the victory at camden, then prepared to advance north into north carolina while militia activity, led by thomas sumter and francis marion, continued to harass the troops he left in south carolina. he detached patrick ferguson, his inspector of militia, to raise a company of militia in the hills of north and south carolina and cover his left flank. ferguson was zealous in execution of this assignment, raising nearly 1,100 men. however, he angered many colonists by issuing threats to "lay their country waste with fire and sword" if they continued their opposition, and a patriot militia arose to oppose him. while ferguson recruited, cornwallis moved his army to charlotte, north carolina, skirmishing with patriot forces left there to harass his advance. ferguson's loyalists and the patriot militia, led by a coalition of commanders, clashed at kings mountain in early october, two weeks after cornwallis arrived in charlotte. the battle was a disaster: ferguson was killed, and nearly his entire force was killed or captured. kings mountain was only about from charlotte, within cornwallis's range to assist. the defeat, combined with other failures to raise loyalist militia and ongoing patriot activity in south carolina, prompted cornwallis to retreat to winnsboro, south carolina, where he set up a winter camp. attempts to capture either marion or sumter were repeatedly frustrated. to reinforce his army, he ordered major general alexander leslie, stationed at portsmouth, virginia, to abandon that outpost and join him in south carolina.
cornwallis in north america
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bullet::::- confederate guards regiment, militia









































bullet::::- continental regiment, militia









































bullet::::- irish regiment, militia









































bullet::::- la fourche regiment, militia









































bullet::::- orleans fire regiment, militia









































bullet::::- orleans guards regiment, militia









































bullet::::- pointe coupee light infantry, militia









































bullet::::- pointe coupee regiment, militia









































bullet::::- st. james regiment, militia









































bullet::::- st. martin's regiment, militia









































bullet::::- terrebonne regiment, militia









































bullet::::- vermillion regiment, militia









































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bullet::::- battalion british fusileers, militia









































bullet::::- battalion french volunteers, militia









































bullet::::- beauregard battalion, militia









































bullet::::- bragg's battalion, militia









































bullet::::- british guard battalion, militia









































bullet::::- jackson rifle battalion, militia
list of louisiana confederate civil war units