A British Sniper could have killed Washington but he didn't shoot him because Washington had his back to him as he rode by. The British Sniper thought it wouldn't have been honorable to shoot him in the back.
Meanwhile, the outnumbered and outclassed Americans used Guerrilla War tactics to pick off the regimented British Troops, something that was considered outside the boundaries of War in Civilized Society.
While we talk of the Battles, any little thing could have changed the course of History.
I believe that sniper was a man called Major Patrick Ferguson, who amongst his other talents, was a skilled inventor who invented one of the earliest breech loading rifles. He died leading a unit of American loyalists at the battle of King’s Mountain. Unfortunately, his chivalry was not returned by the Patriots who had defeated him, andthey reportedly desiccated and urinated on his body before dumping his body in a ditch.