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In October 1780, Kings Mountain was covered by a mature hardwood forest of oaks, hickories, and chestnuts, with massive trunks spaced much farther apart than in the woods seen there today and with far less underbrush. Accounts from both Whig and Tory participants say the forest allowed them to see enemies at long distances and move rapidly beneath the canopy, while Alexander Chesney, a South Carolina loyalist, said the wood sheltered the Americans and enabled them to fight in their favorite manner against a superior force. At the time of the battle, the top of the mountain was bare, open ground.
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Smyrna, South Carolina · United States
