Book Description
Follows the course of an important Revolutionary War battle and profiles Brigadier General Daniel Morgan and other figures using both prose and verse.
Author : Christine Swager
Publisher : Hub City Press
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 21,5 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 9781891885310
Follows the course of an important Revolutionary War battle and profiles Brigadier General Daniel Morgan and other figures using both prose and verse.
Author : Lawrence E. Babits
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 26,24 MB
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0807887668
The battle of Cowpens was a crucial turning point in the Revolutionary War in the South and stands as perhaps the finest American tactical demonstration of the entire war. On 17 January 1781, Daniel Morgan's force of Continental troops and militia routed British regulars and Loyalists under the command of Banastre Tarleton. The victory at Cowpens helped put the British army on the road to the Yorktown surrender and, ultimately, cleared the way for American independence. Here, Lawrence Babits provides a brand-new interpretation of this pivotal South Carolina battle. Whereas previous accounts relied on often inaccurate histories and a small sampling of participant narratives, Babits uses veterans' sworn pension statements, long-forgotten published accounts, and a thorough knowledge of weaponry, tactics, and the art of moving men across the landscape. He identifies where individuals were on the battlefield, when they were there, and what they saw--creating an absorbing common soldier's version of the conflict. His minute-by-minute account of the fighting explains what happened and why and, in the process, refutes much of the mythology that has clouded our picture of the battle. Babits put the events at Cowpens into a sequence that makes sense given the landscape, the drill manual, the time frame, and participants' accounts. He presents an accurate accounting of the numbers involved and the battle's length. Using veterans' statements and an analysis of wounds, he shows how actions by North Carolina militia and American cavalry affected the battle at critical times. And, by fitting together clues from a number of incomplete and disparate narratives, he answers questions the participants themselves could not, such as why South Carolina militiamen ran toward dragoons they feared and what caused the "mistaken order" on the Continental right flank.
Author : Ed Gilbert
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 34,92 MB
Release : 2016-09-22
Category : History
ISBN : 1472822382
This is a blistering account of the battle of Cowpens, a short, sharp conflict which marked a crucial turning point in the American Revolution. With Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton and the British troops in hot pursuit, Daniel Morgan, leading a small force of 700 Continentals and militia, chose the Cowpens as the battlefield in which to make a stand. The two forces clashed for barely more than 45 minutes, yet this brief battle shaped the outcome of the War in the South and decisively influenced the conflict as a whole. The authors provide a shrewd analysis of what was perhaps the finest tactical performance of the entire war. Bird's-eye views, vivid illustrations and detailed maps illuminate the dynamism of this clash between two of the most famous commanders of the War of Independence.
Author : Lawrence E. Babits
Publisher : The Overmountain Press
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 28,13 MB
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : 9780932807793
With superb maps and text including extensive quotation of the soldiers, this guide reveals the strategies and maneuvers of the battle.
Author : Melissa Walker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 48,86 MB
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 041589560X
Through government documents, autobiographies, correspondence, this book presents a look at the Southern backcountry that engendered its role in the Revolutionary War; with attention to political, social, and military history.
Author : Thomas J. Fleming
Publisher : National Park Service Division of Publications
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 31,9 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Recounts the story behind the defeat, of the British forces under Banastre Tarleton by Daniel Morgan's rebels, that helped turn the tide of the Revolutionary War in the South. The battlefield, a pasture in North Carolina, is now part of the National Park System. Includes brief notes about related battlegrounds and a list of books for further reading.
Author : Burke Davis
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 11,78 MB
Release : 1962
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812218329
On January 17, 1781, near Cowpens, a drover's camp on the old Cherokee trading trail in Carolina territory, Continental troops and horsemen under the direction of Daniel Morgan inflicted a stunning defeat on a crack British detachment led by the ruthless Banastre Tarleton, commander of Lord Cornwallis's cavalry. Although Tarleton fled the battlefield to avoid capture, the American victory effectively destroyed the light corps of the British army in the South. Stung by the loss, Cornwallis ordered a deliberate and dogged chase of the American rebels, a campaign that meandered through the wilderness and small communities of the Carolinas. After months of retreating, the Continental army under the command of Nathanael Greene, a Rhode Island Quaker, chose to confront the British army near Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina. Although they fought with tenacity, the Americans were forced to retreat, but Cornwallis's army had suffered casualties too heavy to pursue the Continentals and instead fell back to the port city of Wilmington. Discouraged by the guerrilla tactics, Cornwallis moved north, to his final defeat at Yorktown. In The Cowpens-Guilford Courthouse Campaign, Burke Davis provides an engaging account of the key battles in the American South, demonstrating that it was here that the strength of the Continental army's resistance to superior British forces laid the foundations for the final American victory.
Author : John Moncure
Publisher : Military Bookshop
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 46,65 MB
Release : 2013-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782664451
Author : Melissa A. Walker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 13,57 MB
Release : 2013-02-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1136176098
The American South is so identified with the Civil War that people often forget that the key battles from the final years of the American Revolution were fought in Southern states. The Southern backcountry was the center of the fight for independence, but backcountry devotion to the Patriot cause was slow in coming. Decades of animosity between coastal elites and backcountry settlers who did not enjoy accurate representation in the assemblies meant a complex political and social milieu throughout this turbulent time. The Battles of Kings Mountain and Cowpens brings to light the world of the Southern backcountry that engendered its role in the Revolutionary War. With careful attention to political, social, and military history, Walker concentrates on the communities and events not typically covered in books on the Revolutionary War. Through government documents, autobiographies, correspondence, and diaries, The Battles of Kings Mountain and Cowpens gives students of the Revolution an important new perspective on the role of the South in the resolution of the fighting.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Interior and Insular Affairs
Publisher :
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 49,26 MB
Release : 1972
Category : National parks and reserves
ISBN :