MILITARY · HISTORICAL MARKER
The Muster Grounds
Abingdon, Virginia
Historical Marker Database · Duane and Tracy Marsteller
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Here in September 1780, 400 men heeded the call to muster by Colonels Arthur and William Campbell. These overmountain men of the Virginia Militia later fought and died at the Battle of Kings Mountain, South Carolina on 7 October 1780.
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