History Center 4117 260216 Michael Lynch
Maryville College · February 20, 2026
Historian Michael Lynch delivered a Maryville College Witherspoon Lecture on the Overmountain Men and their role in the Southern campaign of the American Revolution, explaining why frontier conditions, the homestead ethic, and weak authority shaped their mobilization and limits. He answered audience questions about loyalist support, Reverend Samuel Doak, and British-Native coordination.
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