American Volunteers
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The American Volunteers was a British provincial unit raised for service during the American Revolutionary War
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This unit was raised in 1779 in New York under the command of Major Patrick Ferguson
. It was sent to Charleston in 1780 and was virtually destroyed at the Battle of King's Mountain.
American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War , the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.The war was the result of the...
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This unit was raised in 1779 in New York under the command of Major Patrick Ferguson
Patrick Ferguson
Major Patrick Ferguson was a Scottish officer in the British Army, early advocate of light infantry and designer of the Ferguson rifle. He is best known for his service in the 1780 military campaign of Charles Cornwallis, in which he aggressively recruited Loyalists and harshly treated Patriot...
. It was sent to Charleston in 1780 and was virtually destroyed at the Battle of King's Mountain.