Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Military Affairs
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Category : Moores Creek National Battlefield (N.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 16
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National Military Park at Battle Field of Moores Creek, N. C.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Military Affairs
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Category : Moores Creek National Battlefield (N.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 16
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Category : Moores Creek National Battlefield (N.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 16
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National Military Park at Battle Field of Moores Creek, N.C.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Military Affairs
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Category : Moore's Creek Bridge, N.C., Battle of, 1776
Languages : en
Pages : 16
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Category : Moore's Creek Bridge, N.C., Battle of, 1776
Languages : en
Pages : 16
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To Establish a National Military Park at the Battle Field of Moores Creek
Author: United States. Congress. House
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Category : Moores Creek National Battlefield (N.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 5
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Category : Moores Creek National Battlefield (N.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 5
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Moores Creek National Battlefield
Author: Michael A. Capps
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Category : Moores Creek National Battlefield (N.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 156
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Category : Moores Creek National Battlefield (N.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 156
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Moores Creek National Battlefield, North Carolina
Moores Creek National Military Park, North Carolina
Author: Edmund B. Rogers
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Category : Moores Creek National Battlefield (N.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 6
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Category : Moores Creek National Battlefield (N.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 6
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Foundation Document Overview
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National Military Park, National Park-Battlefield Site, and National Monument Regulation, Ocober 6, 1931
Author: United States. Quartermaster General of the Army. War Department
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Languages : en
Pages : 112
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Languages : en
Pages : 112
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National Military Park, National Park, Battlefield Site and National Monument Regulations
Author: United States. Army. Quartermaster Corps
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Category : Battlefields
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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Category : Battlefields
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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A Devil of a Whipping
Author: Lawrence E. Babits
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807887668
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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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 the participants 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.
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807887668
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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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 the participants 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.