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
theparticipants 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.
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