Talk:Battle of Kings Mountain

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1 Site of the battle
2 Move Battle of King's Mountain to Battle of Kings Mountain
3 Overmountain Men redirect?
4 Assessment
5 Deleted Link
6 Patriot versus Frontiersman

[edit] Site of the battle

I reverted an anonymous edit that adjusted the site of the battle to Blacksburg, South Carolina. Blacksburg SC and King's Mountain NC have both tried for years to gain fame as the site of the battle. Both are about the same distance away (4 to 5 miles), and neither existed at the time it was fought. I hope this doesn't become a revert war. I chose the NC site since the name matches, and it matches the mailing address of the National Battlefield Park. Besides the name seems more appropriate. Another piece of trivia, the state line goes right through the battlefield. Just wanted to explain the revert. Lou I 20:12, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)

The mailing address of the Kings Mountain National Military Park is 2625 Park Rd., Blacksburg, SC 29702. -- Fingers-of-Pyrex 19:44, 2005 May 11 (UTC)

[edit] Move Battle of King's Mountain to Battle of Kings Mountain

The official name of the national military park is Kings Mountain National Military Park (no apostrophe in Kings). I propose to ask an administrator to move Battle of King's Mountain to Battle of Kings Mountain if there is no dissent by June 11, 2005. -- Fingers-of-Pyrex 19:48, 2005 May 11 (UTC)

[edit] Overmountain Men redirect?

I don't think Overmountain Men should be redirected to this battle, they appeared in other battles too, like Battle of Cowpens and also in The Wataugans. --Awiseman 19:40, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

I created this as its own article. --AW 22:12, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Assessment

Good article so far. Carom 03:36, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deleted Link

I deleted the link to http://www.redcoat.me.uk since the site is far from objective. I don't imagine the likes of "The rebel's strategy of attacking Loyalists, tarring and feathering them etc. to force them to resign their posts could have provided a role model for Hitler in the 1930's..." qualifies as recommended reading. 76.177.181.37 (talk) 04:07, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Patriot versus Frontiersman

A few months ago wholesale changes of the use of Patriot were made by an IP editor with no explanation. I have restored the use of the common (especially when contrasted as it is in this article with Loyalists) term instead of the ambiguous term "frontiersman". Tom (North Shoreman) (talk) 12:11, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I agree with that. I'm no great fan of the "Patriot" term, but frontiersman is an even worse one. Some of the loyalists could have been described as 'frontiersmen as well - it's way too ambiguous. Lord Cornwallis (talk) 14:34, 4 June 2008 (UTC)