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About the Battle
The Battle that took place on top of Kings Mountain was a lighting fast ambush style assault made by one highly mobile militia force against another. It took place on October 7th, 1780 at 3pm, during a moment of clearing after a morning of heavy rain. 8-10 Patriot Militia Units spread out and surrounded the entire ridge called Kings Mountain which was then located in the border country between North and South Carolina. Major Patrick Ferguson, the only British soldier present at the battle, was encamped  at the very top with over a thousand Loyalist Militia and redcoated Provincials. They were surrounded at the time they heard the first shot, and while Ferguson and his officers held their interior lines for almost an hour, the battle ended in a massacre that even the Patriot Colonels were unable to prevent. Almost 300 Loyalists were killed, and over 160 wounded, while the Patriots suffered less than a hundred casualties, only 28 killed. British reinforcements could have arrived at any moment, Lord Charles Cornwallis was as close as Charlotte, then called Charlotte Town, but they didn't. Still their presence caused the Patriots to spare no time hastily covering the bodies and moving their prisoners north, toward the safety of Hillsborough. ​ Lord Cornwallis' plan to subdue the North and South Carolina Backcountry had unintentionally galvanized it into action, and organized a motivated and capable civilian army.  The Battle of Kings Mountain was the moment the American South signed onto the Declaration of Independence, militias from every Southern State were present at this battle. It is the story that connects us all and makes us Americans, and a victory that truly shaped the places we call home.
About the author
Robert Inman
Playwright
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Novelist, screenwriter and playwright Robert Inman is a native of Elba, Alabama where he began his writing career in junior high school with his hometown weekly newspaper. He left a 31-year career in television journalism in 1996 to devote full time to creative writing.
Inman's sixth novel, Villages, will be published in April, 2025 by Livingston Press and available through bookstores and online. He is also the author of The Governor's Lady, (2013, John F. Blair Publishers); and Home Fires Burning (1987), Old Dogs and Children (1991), Dairy Queen Days (1997), and Captain Saturday (2002), published by Little, Brown and Company All are available in e-book editions.
Three of his novels were chosen as "Booksense 76" feature recommendations by independent book dealers nationwide. Three received the “Outstanding Fiction Award” from the Alabama Library Association.
Down Home Press published a collection of his non-fiction work, Coming Home: Life, Love and All Things Southern, in October, 2000.
Inman is the author of eight stage plays. His latest, Liberty Mountain, a story of the Revolutionary War battle of Kings Mountain, is performed every summer in Kings Mountain, NC. His other plays are Crossroads (musical comedy, 2003); The Christmas Bus (holiday, 2003); Dairy Queen Days (comedy/drama, 2005); The Christmas Bus: The Musical (holiday musical, 2006); Welcome To Mitford (drama, 2007); A High Country Christmas (holiday, 2008); and The Drama Club (drama, 2009). Inman wrote the book, lyrics and music for the two musical productions. All are published by Dramatic Publishing Company and are being produced by theatres nationwide.
Novello Festival Press published an illustrated book version of The Christmas Bus in 2006.
He has written screenplays for six motion pictures for television, two of which have been “Hallmark Hall of Fame” presentations. His script for The Summer of Ben Tyler, a Hallmark production, won the Writers’ Guild of America Award as the best original television screenplay of 1997. His other Hallmark feature was Home Fires Burning, an adaptation of his novel.
Inman is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of The University of Alabama with Bachelor of Arts (Communications) and Master of Fine Arts (Creative Writing) degrees. He is a member of the Authors Guild, Writers Guild of America, Dramatists Guild, PEN American Center, North Carolina Writers Conference, North Carolina Writers Network, Alabama Writers Forum, and Sons of the American Revolution.
Inman and his wife, Paulette, live in Franklin, Tennessee. They have two daughters: Larkin Ferris of Wilmington, NC; and Lee Farabaugh of Franklin.
Visit his website: www.Robert-Inman.com
