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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. COWVC_180209_001.JPG: Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
2. COWVC_180209_011.JPG: Carolina Thread Trail
3. COWVC_180209_014.JPG: Surrender of Charleston May 12, 1780
4. COWVC_180209_017.JPG: Surrender of Savannah Dec. 29, 1778
5. COWVC_180209_020.JPG: Battle of Kettle Creek Feb. 14, 1779
6. COWVC_180209_023.JPG: Battle of Camden Aug. 16, 1780
7. COWVC_180209_026.JPG: Battle of Kings Mountain Oct. 7, 1780
8. COWVC_180209_028.JPG: Battle of Musgrove Mill Aug. 19, 1780
9. COWVC_180209_031.JPG: U.S. Memorial Monument This monument was dedicated in 1932 in recognition of all the men who fought at the Battle of Cowpens.
10. COWVC_180209_037.JPG: American Forces Brigadier General Daniel Morgan, Virginia Commandant Major Edward Giles, Maryland State Regiment, A.D.C. Baron de Glasbeech, Volunteer, A.D.C. Continental Troops The Light Infantry, Maryland Line, Continental Establishment 290 men Lieutenant Colonel John Eager Howard, Maryland Commandant Benjamin Brookes, Maryland, Captain and Brigade Major Captain Robert Kirkwood, Delaware Maryland Capt. Richard Anderson Capt. Henry Dobson Lieut. James Ewing Lieut. Gassaway Watkins Lieut. Samuel Hanson Ensign Walter Dyer Ensign Smith Virginia Lieutenant Barnes Lieutenant Miller Ensign King Third Regiment, Light Dragoons 80 men Lieutenant Colonel William Washington Virginia, Commandant Major Richard Gall, Virginia Captain William Barrett, North Carolina Lieutenant Henry Bell, Virginia Cornet James Simons, South Carolina Lieutenant Thomas Anderson Maryland, Volunteer Militia Troops Colonel Andrew Pickens South Carolina Commandant Major James Jackson Georgia, Brigade Major Virginia 200 men Captain Tate Captain Buchanan Captain Gilmore Ensign Combs Ensign McCorkill Ensign Wilson Georgia 100 men Maj. John Cunningham Capt. Samuel Hammond Capt. George Walton Capt. Joshua Inman North Carolina 140 men Maj. Joseph McDowell South Carolina 115 men Colonel Thomas Brandon Colonel John Thomas, Jr. Colonel Joseph Hays South Carolina Horsemen 45 men Colonel James McCall, Commandant Total Americans 970 men
11. COWVC_180209_043.JPG: The Congress of the United States has caused this Monument to be erected on the site of the Battle of Cowpens as a testimonial to the valor and in appreciation of the services of the American Troops on this field in behalf of The Independence of their country.
12. COWVC_180209_045.JPG: British Forces Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton Commandant Tarleton's Legion: 550 men 7th Regiment Maj. Newmarsh: 200 men 1st Battalion of the 71st Regiment of Maj. McArthur: 200 men Detachment of the 17th Regiment of Dragoons: 50 men Detachment of the Royal Artillery: 500 men Total British: 1050 men
13. COWVC_180209_048.JPG: On this field American Troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan won a signal victory over a British Force Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton January 17, 1781.
14. COWVC_180209_052.JPG: Siege of Ninety Six May 22 - June 18, 1781
15. COWVC_180209_055.JPG: Battle of Guilford Courthouse Mar. 15, 1781
16. COWVC_180209_058.JPG: Surrender of Yorktown Oct. 19, 1781
17. COWVC_180209_076.JPG: The Battle of Cowpens Join our side! This youth country needs you! Secure and defend your personal freedoms! Fight for the right to choose your own leaders! Stop paying taxes to England! Defend your home and State against British occupation! Join our side! Defend your Mother Country Help suppress this treasonous revolt! Protect your legal government Fight for your KING Become a freeman if you are a slave
18. COWVC_180209_086.JPG: Daniel Morgan
19. COWVC_180209_089.JPG: Daniel Morgan
20. COWVC_180209_094.JPG: Militiaman
21. COWVC_180209_101.JPG: Continentals
22. COWVC_180209_106.JPG: "We gave Tarleton a devil of a whipping" -- Gen. Daniel Morgan
23. COWVC_180209_117.JPG: 71st Highlanders
24. COWVC_180209_128.JPG: 16th Light Infantry
25. COWVC_180209_132.JPG: "The event is glorious... The brilliancy and success with which it was fought does the highest honor to the American arms..." -- Gen. Nathanael Greene to Gen. George Washington
26. COWVC_180209_133.JPG: "The defeat of the British must be ascribed either to the bravery or good conduct of the Americans..." -- Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton
27. COWVC_180209_136.JPG: "... the attack was premature, confused, and irregular." -- Lt. Roderick Mackenzie, Strictures on Lt. Col. Tarleton
28. COWVC_180209_137.JPG: "The late affair has almost broke my heart... I was never more surrounded with difficulty and distress, but practice in the school of adversity has strengthened me..." -- Letter from Lord Cornwallis to Lord Rawdon, January 21, 1781
29. COWVC_180209_139.JPG: "The disaster of the 17th of January cannot be imputed to any defect in my conduct, as the detachment was certainly superior to the force against which it was sent..." -- Lord Cornwallis
30. COWVC_180209_141.JPG: "The fire on both sides... produced much slaughter" -- Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton
31. COWVC_180209_142.JPG: "It is impossible to forsee all the consequences that this unexpected and extraordinary event may produce..." -- Lord Cornwallis to Lt. Col. Lord Rawdon
32. COWVC_180209_143.JPG: American Dragoons
33. COWVC_180209_147.JPG: Continental Soldiers
34. COWVC_180209_153.JPG: Militia
35. COWVC_180209_158.JPG: The British Regulars
36. COWVC_180209_160.JPG: The Battle of Cowpens
37. COWVC_180209_163.JPG: The Loyalist Provincials
38. COWVC_180209_168.JPG: Patriot Army
39. COWVC_180209_176.JPG: British Three-pounded Cannon
40. COWVC_180209_180.JPG: Royal Artillery
41. COWVC_180209_191.JPG: Reproduction Pickens Sword
42. COWVC_180209_197.JPG: (1) In this painting the Americans have just fired. The British are stunned. Many have been killed or wounded.
43. COWVC_180209_199.JPG: (2) Their ranks are disordered since they had broken formation to pursue the Americans. Colonel Howard has ordered his men to charge with the bayonet.
44. COWVC_180209_203.JPG: (3) The militia under Colonel Pickens, reformed since the earlier fighting, are striking the British left flank.
45. COWVC_180209_206.JPG: (4) William Washington's dragoons are sweeping toward the British right flank.
46. COWVC_180209_209.JPG: (5) A perfectly timed double envelopment is being executed; the American victory is at hand.
47. COWVC_180209_225.JPG: H. Charles McBarron Jr. H. Charles McBarron Jr. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hugh Charles McBarron Jr. (1902–1992), an American commercial artist, is considered by many to have been the "dean of military illustrators."
48. COWVC_180209_235.JPG: British Army
49. COWVC_180209_267.JPG: Banastre Tarleton
50. COWVC_180209_271.JPG: Banastre Tarleton
51. COWVC_180210_10.JPG: The backroom that controls the animated battle plan
Wikipedia Description: Battle of Cowpens
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The Battle of Cowpens was fought on January 17, 1781, during the Southern campaign of the American Revolutionary War and was an overwhelming victory by American Revolutionary forces under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan. It was a turning point in the reconquest of South Carolina from the British, and went down in history as the great American tactical masterpiece of the war.
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