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11 September 1777, at the Battle of Brandywine, Patrick Ferguson, a British rifle corps commander, chose to not shoot an American officer in the back. That officer was General George Washington.

British Major Patrick Ferguson led a Loyalist militia in the Southern Campaign fighting the Patriot “Over Mountain Men” at the Battle of Kings Mountain in South Carolina.

The Over Mountain Men were well supplied with over five hundred pounds of gunpowder, made and delivered by Gunpowder Maker of the Revolution, Mary McKeehan Patton.

The Over Mountain Men defeated Major Ferguson and his recruited loyalists.

A marker was placed at Ferguson’s gravesite by the U.S. government.

https://www.nps.gov/kimo/index.htm

https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/mary-mckeehan-patton/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV9PoWQVga0

November 10, 1975

50 years ago, the American freighter, Edmund Fitzgerald sank during a severe storm in Lake Superior.

The boat was swamped from the near hurricane winds and waves, sinking in Canadian waters.

The entire crew of 29 was lost.

https://michiganadvance.com/2025/11/10/in-the-gales-of-november-michigan-remembers-the-sinking-of-the-edmund-fitzgerald-50-years-later/

(son) Edmund Bacon Fitzgerald (1926-2013) Wisconsin Business Executive. (Milwaukee Braves Board Member, co-founder of the Milwaukee Brewers)

(father) The SS Edmund Fitzgerald was named for the chairman of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, Edmund Fitzgerald (1895-1986).

(grandfather) William E. Fitzgerald (1859-1901) was a famous shipbuilder.

The lake freighter, SS Arthur M. Anderson, was the last in contact with the Edmund Fitzgerald and was the first rescue ship on the scene to search for survivors. The SS Arthur M. Anderson was named for the director of U.S. Steel and vice chairman of J.P. Morgan & Co., Arthur Marvin Anderson.