American Volunteers

The American Volunteers were a British Loyalist unit during the American Revolutionary War.

American Volunteers
The Loyalist "American Volunteers", were led by British Army commander, Major Patrick Ferguson, into the 1780 Battle of Kings Mountain, in which, Ferguson was shot dead, from his horse, by Patriot "Overmountain Men" and the American Volunteers were virtually annihilated, as a fighting force, in the most disastrous, British-Loyalist defeat, of the war, in an engraving, by artist, Alonzo Chappel.
Active	1779-1780
Country	Great Britain
Allegiance	British Army
Branch	British provincial unit
Type	infantry (auxiliary troops)
Size	company (150)
Garrison/HQ	Long Island, Province of New York
Engagements	American Revolutionary War Siege of Charleston (1780) Battle of Monck's Corner Battle of King's Mountain (1780)
Commanders
Notable commanders	Major Patrick Ferguson

Company formed

British Army Major Patrick Ferguson raised the "American Volunteers" in 1779 in the Province of New York.

Campaigns

In 1780, the Volunteers were sent to the Siege of Charleston.^[1] On 2 May 1780 they captured the redoubt at Haddrell's Point. The Battle of King's Mountain resulted in the death of Major Ferguson and the unit's virtual annihilation.

References

1. Buchanan, John (1997). The Road to Guilford Courthouse. New York: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 60–63. ISBN 9780471327165.

External links

• Index to American Volunteers History - The On-Line Institute for Advanced Loyalist Studies