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The Battle of Cowpens: A Documented Narrative and Troop Movement Maps
The Battle of Cowpens A Documented Narrative and Troop Movement Maps Author:Edwin C. Bearss In mid-December 1780, General Nathanael Greene made a military decision that led to a decisive baffle in our nation's struggle for independence. This bloody conflict would hearten the Patriots and cast a pall of gloom over the British army and their Tory sympa-thizers. Facing a superior British force under General Cornwallis, Greene divided his ... more »army, sending Brigadier General Daniel Morgan west of the Catawba River. Cornwallis' favorite cavalry officer, Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton, followed Mor-gan. Bearss recounts the complex strategies that led to one of the great baffles of the American Revolu-tion. When the opposing forces clashed on a lightly wooded field on a bitter Wednesday morning, Janu-ary 17, 1781, Morgan carried the day with his astute military tactics and bold leadership. The victory tar-nished Tarleton's command and weakened the British presence in the South. This book details the troop movements and strategies of a baffle that would fore-shadow the Patriot victory at Yorktown.« less