Patrick Ferguson�is credited by most early historians with having changed the course of the Revolution in the South, and may have even insured that the original number of colonies in these United States of America would be thirteen, not ten. King's Mountain is unique in America's history: This battle�fought by 1,000 plus militiamen�without orders, formal military training, uniforms or provisions, and with no promise of pay�against the supposedly �superior forces� ( 1) of noted English Col.
