Before They Were Heroes at King's Mountain (Virginia Edition)

The Battle of Kings Mountain was the turning point of the American Revolution. After more than five years of fighting, the British invaded the southern colonies expecting to amass an army of Loyalists. Instead, they were met by backcountry militiamen from today's east Tennessee and southwest Virginia, who marched over the mountains and defeated Ferguson's detachment at King's Mountain, destroying a third of Lord Cornwallis's army.