Historical Eye of the Tiger: Clemson vs. Appalachian State

The Overmountain Men Return to S.C. to Collect a King’s Ransom On October 7, 1780, Patriot militiamen from across the Appalachian Mountains’ Great Blue Ridge converged on King’s Mountain, South Carolina, where they surrounded and savagely defeated a British Loyalist militia force under the universally despised Major Patrick Ferguson. This victory by the “Overmountain Men” proved a major turning point in the American War for Independence, as it galvanized Patriot support among the citizens of…

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Historical Eye of the Tiger: Clemson vs. Appalachian State
Source: SB Nation