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Events on Saturday 7 October 1780 1
1780Battle of Kings MountainPatriot militia destroy a Loyalist forcePatriot frontier militia surrounded and defeated a Loyalist detachment under Patrick Ferguson on a ridge in South Carolina. Ferguson was killed and most of his command killed or captured. The victory checked Cornwallis's advance into North Carolina.