Event Dime

Broken Links in the Chain: Critical Battles in the Carolina Backcountry

When:

June 30, 2026 · 6:00 PM

Where:

Asheville Museum of History at the Historic Smith-McDowell House, NC

Source:

NC State Parks – Events

A study of 6 small battles in the Carolina backcountry in 1780-81 that have been largely overlooked by modern historians of the American Revolution. Without Patriot victories at these six battles, the outcome of the American Revolution may well have ended in British/Loyalist victories. Arguably, major battles such as King’s Mountain, Cowpens, the Race for the Dan, Guilford Court House, and Yorktown might never have occurred. The outcome of the American Revolution had its birth in the Carolin