Point of Divergence (Ferguson's Shot)

This is a timeline in which, the Scottish sharpshooter Patrick Ferguson takes the shot to kill General George Washington of the Continental Army. With this, the new "American Republic" begins showing signs of strain, Generals Charles Lee and Nathaniel Greene are considered Washington's successors however, they differ in how the believe they should fight the war. With Lee offering a more traditional and European style of warfare, while Greene believed they should use the knowledge of the terrain to their advantage a term which he would use as Disreputable Warfare.

Lee eventually gains the support of the Continental Congress, and most of the army. He begins to push south from the Patriot positions at Brandywine, where Washington was killed. Charles Lee who was not with Washington's army at the time would soon near Pennsylvania where he would begin to order a march to North Carolina where he would meet up with Patriot reinforcements. When he arrived in North Carolina he had been caught by surprise as the British Army that had defeated Washington at Brandywine had arrived prior to them.

The Area known as Rocky Mount served as the battlefield for that day, on November 15th, 1777 The rebel forces under General Charles Lee surrendered to British Forces under Thomas GAge.