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Old Letter Sheds Light On Ferguson Washington Encounter
A 1776 letter by British Major Patrick Ferguson surfaces in London records, detailing his near miss with Washington at Monmouth and a dramatic confrontation during the Virginia campaign. The account, recounted by Maj. Reginald Hargreaves, portrays Ferguson as a skilled officer who narrowly avoided fatal engagement and later fell at King’s Mountain with Loyalist forces.
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