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<p> [[Soldier]] and inventor of the breech-loading gun, born at Pitfour, Aberdeenshire; served in the English army in [[Germany]] and Tobago; brought out his new rifle in 1766, which was tried with success in the American War of Independence; rose to be a major, and fell at the battle of King's Mountains, in South Carolina (1744-1780). </p> | <p> [[Soldier]] and inventor of the breech-loading gun, born at Pitfour, Aberdeenshire; served in the English army in [[Germany]] and Tobago; brought out his new rifle in 1766, which was tried with success in the American War of Independence; rose to be a major, and fell at the battle of King's Mountains, in South Carolina (1744-1780). </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_73100"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/ferguson,+patrick Patrick Ferguson from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_73100"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/ferguson,+patrick Patrick Ferguson from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:21, 15 October 2021
Patrick Ferguson [1]
Soldier and inventor of the breech-loading gun, born at Pitfour, Aberdeenshire; served in the English army in Germany and Tobago; brought out his new rifle in 1766, which was tried with success in the American War of Independence; rose to be a major, and fell at the battle of King's Mountains, in South Carolina (1744-1780).
