volbreaker
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Here is what Cornwallis did to change the course of the Revolution and, hence, the WORLD:
"After winning a decisive victory at the Battle of Camden in August 1780, British General Charles Cornwallis invaded North Carolina, and sent Major Patrick Ferguson into the mountains to root out the Patriot irregulars and protect the region's loyalists. Ferguson quickly routed McDowell's badly-outnumbered force, and McDowell retreated across the mountains to the Washington District. Ferguson pardoned a captured frontiersmen named Samuel Phillips (a cousin to Isaac Shelby) so that Phillips could carry a message to the Overmountain settlements. In the message, Ferguson warned the Overmountain Men that if they didn't lay down their arms, he would "march his army over the mountains, hang their leaders, and lay waste the country with fire and sword."
The Overmountain Men snuck over the hills and, at Kings Mountain, laid waste to the Tory Army. Years later came the the Alamo, Sergeant York and thousands in between and after. We are a hospitable bunch. What's ours is yours.......UNTIL SNEAK UP HERE IN THE DARK AND YOU PAINT OUR EFFING ROCK!!!!!!!!! Cornwallis "painted our rock", man!!
Saor Patrol Rocky Top MPS Bad Säckingen 2011 - YouTube
"After winning a decisive victory at the Battle of Camden in August 1780, British General Charles Cornwallis invaded North Carolina, and sent Major Patrick Ferguson into the mountains to root out the Patriot irregulars and protect the region's loyalists. Ferguson quickly routed McDowell's badly-outnumbered force, and McDowell retreated across the mountains to the Washington District. Ferguson pardoned a captured frontiersmen named Samuel Phillips (a cousin to Isaac Shelby) so that Phillips could carry a message to the Overmountain settlements. In the message, Ferguson warned the Overmountain Men that if they didn't lay down their arms, he would "march his army over the mountains, hang their leaders, and lay waste the country with fire and sword."
The Overmountain Men snuck over the hills and, at Kings Mountain, laid waste to the Tory Army. Years later came the the Alamo, Sergeant York and thousands in between and after. We are a hospitable bunch. What's ours is yours.......UNTIL SNEAK UP HERE IN THE DARK AND YOU PAINT OUR EFFING ROCK!!!!!!!!! Cornwallis "painted our rock", man!!
Saor Patrol Rocky Top MPS Bad Säckingen 2011 - YouTube
