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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Blackstock's, battle at. (search)
Blackstock's, battle at.
In 1780 General Sumter collected a small force near Charlotte.. N. C., and with these returned to South Carolina.
(See fishing Creek.) For many weeks he annoyed the British and Tories very much.
Cornwallis. who called him the Carolina Gamecock, tried hard to catch him. Tarleton, Wemyss.
and others were sent out for the purpose.
On the night of Nov. 12 Major Wemyss, at the head of a British detachment, fell upon him near the Broad River, but was repulsed.
Eight days afterwards he was encamped at Blackstock's plantation, on the Tyger River, in Union District, where he was joined by some Georgians under Colonels Clarke and Twiggs.
There he was attacked by Tarleton, when a severe battle ensued (Nov. 20). The British were repulsed with a loss in killed and wounded of about 300, while the Americans lost only three killed and five wounded. General Sumter was among the latter, and was detained from the field several mouths.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Greene , Nathanael 1742 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), King's Mountain , battle on (search)
King's Mountain, battle on
Maj. Patrick Ferguson was sent by Lord Cornwallis to embody the Tory militia among the mountains west of the Broad River.
Many profligate men joined his standard, and he crossed the river at the Cherokee Ford, Oct. 1, 1780, and encamped among the hills of King's Mountain, near the line between North and South Carolina, with 1,500 men. Several corps of Whig militia, under Colonels Shelby, Sevier, Campbell, and others, united to oppose Ferguson, and on Oct. 7 they fell upon his camp among a cluster of high, wooded, gravelly hills of King's Mountain.
A severe engagement ensued, and the British forces were totally defeated.
Ferguson was slain, and 300 of his men were killed or wounded.
The spoils of victory were 800 prisoners and 1,500 stand of arms.
The loss of the Americans was twenty men. The event was to Cornwallis what the defeat of the British near Bennington was to Burgoyne.
Among the prisoners were some of the most cruel Tories of the western
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), North Carolina, State of (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Southern army, the Continental (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sumter , Thomas 1734 -1832 (search)