Hi, Debra -- Thanks for sharing this with us. I have one question and a couple of comments. The question is, did the Watauga Settlements really have maple syrup to mix with their corn? I'm sure there are maple trees in TN, but I've never heard of the syrup being used by the pioneers. The comments are, most stories about this battle call the losers "British," although, as this history points out, most of them were also Carolinians, but Loyalists -- the first civil war? Another is that when the "British" troops put their bayonets in place, it was a mixed blessing. They had to stick the back end of it in the barrel, plugging it. A bayonet charge usually caused the opponents to fall back (see Little Round Top during the Civil War), but when the Americans stopped retreating, they could reload and fire their rifles. The British had to stop and remove their bayonets before they could reload, and by then, many were dead. To a Civil War buff, the casualties seem very light for such a close encounter, but compared to, say, Gettysburg, so does Normandy. Thanks again, Debra! Tom Robertson Escondido, CA