NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD
This is called the battle of Cowpens since the area was used for grazing cattle.
The British were on a roll in the Southern colonies until they met Daniel Morgan at Cowpens. Here is a great summary from American Battlefield Trust.
Morgan forms his defense into three separate lines: the first of skirmishers; the second of militia, and the third and last line consisting of the better-trained Continental Army units. He orders some trained men to be in the first two lines and to shoot British officers first, so when the British get through the lines the Royal Army will be leaderless and disorganized. As the British advance, Morgan commands his militia in the second line to fire two volleys and then immediately retire to the rear of the line to fight in reserve behind the line of Continentals. This maneuver gives the impression that the Americans are fleeing, while at the same time concealing the third line, which can fire on British troops as they assault the hill. The arrangement works. The British suffer heavy casualties in the initial attacks. By the time they reach the third American line, they have fallen apart.
Morgan follows up with a bayonet charge and sends the cavalry to meet Tarleton. The cavalry is led by William Washington who was second cousin, first removed to THE Washington.
Tarleton offered “no quarter” to opposing forces and was alleged to kill surrendering Continental troops. His defeat at Cowpens was a humiliating loss for an “elite” British officer. This loss led to Cornwallis’s defeat in the South, the surrender at Yorktown and American Independence.
This is the Green River Road, the main route for opposing armies during the battle.
I am a giant! The average height of a soldier at this time was 5 feet, 5 inches.
THANKS FOR VISTING, STEVE