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Patrick Ferguson (1744 – 7 October 1780) was a Scottish officer in the British Army, an early advocate of light infantry and the designer of the Ferguson rifle. He is best known for his service in the 1780 military campaign of Charles Cornwallis during the American Revolutionary War in the Carolinas, in which he played a great ...
Patrick Ferguson (* 1744 in Pitfour, Aberdeenshire; † 7. Oktober 1780 in Kings Mountain, North Carolina) war ein britischer Waffenkonstrukteur und Offizier
Learn about Patrick Ferguson, a Scottish officer who served in the British army during the American Revolution. He invented the Ferguson rifle, led a raid in New Jersey, and was killed at the Battle of King's Mountain.
Patrick Ferguson (born 1744, Pitfours, Aberdeenshire, Scot.—died Oct. 7, 1780, Kings Mountain, S.C., U.S.) was a British soldier, marksman, and inventor of the Ferguson flintlock rifle. Ferguson served in the British army from 1759.
26. März 2024 · Learn about Patrick Ferguson, a Scottish-born officer in the British Army who invented the Ferguson Rifle and fought in the American Revolutionary War. Find out how he was killed at the Battle of Kings Mountain in 1780.
- Randal Rust
8. Dez. 2022 · Major Patrick ‘Bulldog’ Ferguson was one of the most fierce, and fiercely hated, British commanders of the Revolutionary War. But when he tried to subdue Patriot activity in the Appalachian ...
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- American Battlefield Trust
23. Juli 2019 · Learn about Patrick Ferguson, a Scottish officer who fought in the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary War. He was a pioneer of light infantry and a loyalist leader who was killed at the Battle of King's Mountain in 1780.
