Episode 3 of 8
Overmountain Men Muster at Sycamore Shoals
- When
- September 25, 1780
- Where
- Sycamore Shoals muster site
- Part of
- Battle of Kings Mountain
Roughly 1,100 frontier volunteers mustered at Sycamore Shoals on September 25, 1780, to march against Ferguson.
About 1,100 volunteers from southwest Virginia and present-day northeast Tennessee, known as Overmountain Men for having settled west of the Appalachian ridgeline, mustered at Sycamore Shoals on September 25, 1780. Their leaders included Benjamin Cleveland, James Johnston, William Campbell, John Sevier, Joseph McDowell, and Isaac Shelby, who had rallied to attack Ferguson and his forces.
Sources
- Battle of Kings Mountain Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-23
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