• Kings Mountain National Military Park NPS website.
  
  • Scheduled events page at KM NMP (NPS) website, limited to events at the park.
• Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail NPS website. A lot of information relating to the Kings Mountain battle and to Kings Mountain National Military Park is found here.
  • Origin and numbers of Patriot troops at Battle of Kings Mountain
  • The Battle in Brief
  • Directions for driving the South Carolina portion of the approximate route taken by the Patriots enroute to the Kings Mountain Battle (from the SC Overmountain Trail NPS page)
• Bookstores: Relating only to KM and the OVNHT.
  • Books/Videos about Kings Mountain battle from the OVNHT website
• Kings Mountain NMP Collection of Artifacts from the Museum Collections webpage. FWIW.

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	Patrick Ferguson
	Isaac Shelby John Sevier William Campbell Benjamin Cleveland James Williams William Chronicle Joseph Winston Joseph McDowell Edward Lacey Frederick Hambright William Graham

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• Scotia Press. The works of Dr. Bobby G. Moss providing accounts of individual participants.
• The Battle of Kings Mountain from the Cleveland Co. NC website.
• The Battle Of King's Mountain including a first person account by Benjamin Sharp of Washington Co. VA. from the Fisher Home Pages
• Kings Mountain monument [68k] from a great page of pictures of Carolinas battle sites from the The Real Unofficial Battleground Page.
• From University of Texas at Austin
  • Troop locations map (PDF)
  • Kings Mountain Campaign map (PDF)
  • Kings Mountain NMP map (PDF)
  • Kings Mountain battle route map [119k]
• Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail from the GORP - Great Outdoor Recreation Pages
• Overmountain Victory Trail Click on green text. From the South Carolina's State Trails Program website.
• From the National Park Foundation
  • Overmountain Victory Trail from the National Parks Foundation.
  • Map of Eastern region national historic trails
• OV NHT map [36k] cropped from NPS National Trails System map [760k] at University of Texas at Austin
• Historical overview from Kings Mountain study site of the University of South Carolina - Aiken.
• From a Tennessee viewpoint:
  
  • The role of Tennesseeans from the TN Department of State website.
  • The Revolution. A 6 sentence summation of TN involvement. From the "Tennessee Handbook". Search for "revolution".
• Sycamore Shoals State Historical Park, Elizabethton TN. Mustering point for march to Kings Mountain.
• Gillespie Gap. Intersection of Blue Ridge Parkway and NC 226. Route taken by Overmountain Men from Sycamore Shoals.
• John Denton, Patriot - Pioneer. Includes an account of the Overmountain Men having to deal with a British-instigated attack by Indians immediately upon their return home.
• KM State Park
• Sights Magazine: KM NMP pictures of "overmountain man", Ferguson and Shelby.
• Kings Mountain Battle from Battles of the American Revolution. Use right-click and 'View' on pictures for larger view.
• Kings Mountain NMP. Good summary of facilities and area. Also info on state park. By Scott Brumley.
• Turning Point in the Wilderness by Tom Wicker.
• Tennessee - A Chronology of Events. KM only RW battle listed!
• From AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L mailing list archives:
  • The unexpurgated version of Ferguson's proclamation to the "Backwater Men" from Ed St.Germain. Sheds some light on later irregular treatment of Ferguson's remains.
  • Nathan Gann credited with first shot felling Ferguson from Bobby G. Carwile. Gives some specifics on treatment of Ferguson's remains.
• An account of the battle from the History of Lincoln County with emphasis on local people. Search for
  The Battle of King's Mountain
  (copy & paste recommended).

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