{"id":454,"date":"2016-05-14T07:00:38","date_gmt":"2016-05-14T11:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=416"},"modified":"2022-05-17T07:33:32","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T11:33:32","slug":"the-battle-of-kings-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=454","title":{"rendered":"The Battle of Kings Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 1780, the Patriot cause was suffering from losses across the colonies. Then, a British commander threatened to cross the Appalachians and lay waste to the settlements established in what is now East Tennessee, and that changed everything. 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