American Volunteers
# American Volunteers

The American Volunteers were a British Loyalist unit during the American Revolutionary War.

## Company formed

British Army Major Patrick Ferguson raised the "American Volunteers" in 1779 in the Province of New York.

## Campaigns

In 1780, the Volunteers were sent to the Siege of Charleston. On 2 May 1780 they captured the redoubt at Haddrell's Point. The Battle of King's Mountain resulted in the death of Major Ferguson and the unit's virtual annihilation.

