Cowpens-Guilford Courthouse Campaign

Name: Cowpens-Guilford Courthouse Campaign
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ISBN: 9780812218329

ISBN-10: 0812218329

ISBN-13: 9780812218329

Edition: 2002 (Reprint)

Authors: Burke Davis

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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…

Book details

List price: $21.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication date: 8/19/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Prelude



Cowpens, January 17, 1781



The Chase Begins



Cowan's Ford



One More River



The Ground Is Chosen



Guilford Courthouse, March 15, 1781



Epilogue



The Lessons


Postscript


Bibliography


Index