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The Battle of Cowpens was a military engagement during the American Revolutionary War fought on January 17, 1781, near the town of Cowpens, South Carolina. American Patriot forces, estimated at 2,000 militia and regulars under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan , faced 1,000 British troops under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton .
Cowpens National Battlefield is a unit of the National Park Service just east of Chesnee, South Carolina, and near the state line with North Carolina. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It preserves a major battlefield of the American Revolutionary War.
The battle site is preserved at Cowpens National Battlefield, located 9 miles (14 km) north of town in Cherokee County, near the town of Chesnee. Two ships of the U.S. Navy have been named USS Cowpens in honor of the battle. The Cowpens Depot, built in 1896, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. [9]
Battle of Trois-Rivières: June 8, 1776: Quebec: British victory: Americans forced to evacuate Quebec [26] Battle of Sullivan's Island: June 28, 1776: South Carolina: American victory: British attack on Charleston is repulsed [27] Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet: June 29, 1776: New Jersey: American victory [28] Battle of Gwynn's Island: July 8–10 ...
Several American victories, such as the Battle of Ramseur's Mill, the Battle of Cowpens, and the Battle of Kings Mountain, also served to weaken the overall British military strength. The culminating engagement, the siege of Yorktown , ended with the surrender of British Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis on October 19, 1781.
The monument commemorates the centennial of the victory at the Revolutionary War Battle of Cowpens and its hero, General Daniel Morgan. The statue stands on a columnar granite shaft on an octagonal base designed by noted Charleston architect, Edward Brickell White. In 1960, the monument was moved about 100 yards across Morgan Square to its east ...
Location County Description 1: Cowpens National Battlefield: March 4, 1929: Gaffney: Cherokee: Site of Battle of Cowpens in 1781 2: Fort Sumter National Monument: April 28, 1948: Charleston: Charleston: First shots of the American Civil War were fired on January 9, 1861, and the Battle of Fort Sumter raged from April 12 to April 13. 3: Kings ...
Cowpens, South Carolina: January 17, 1781: At the Battle of Cowpens, Brig. General Daniel Morgan gave Pickens command of the militia, which played a pivotal role in the battle. On the evening of January 16, Morgan personally instructed the militia to hold its ground and then retreat.