"Downright Fighting": The Story of Cowpens
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About This Book
Recounts the story behind the defeat, of the British forces under Banastre Tarleton by Daniel Morgan's rebels, that helped turn the tide of the Revolutionary War in the South. The battlefield, a pasture in North Carolina, is now part of the National Park System. Includes brief notes about related battlegrounds and a list of books for further reading.
Chapters (44)
- “Downright Fighting” The Story of Cowpens
- About this book
- National Park Handbooks
- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
- Prologue
- Splendid Antagonists
- Part 1 “Downright Fighting” The Story of Cowpens.
- The Anatomy of Victory
- 1
- Daniel Morgan, Frontiersman
- The War in the South
- 2
- Banastre Tarleton, Gentleman
- 3
- 4
- Arms and Tactics
- 5
- 6
- Tarleton’s Legion
- John Eager Howard, Citizen-soldier
- 7
- Morgan’s Army
- 8
- 9
- Stages of the Battle
- How to read these battle diagrams
- Washington and Tarleton Duel
- 10
- Part 2 Cowpens and the War in the South A Guide to the Battlefield and Related Sites
- Cowpens Battleground
- The Road to Yorktown
- Savannah 1778-79
- Charleston 1780
- Waxhaws 1780
- Camden 1780
- Kings Mountain 1780
- Guilford Courthouse 1781
- Ninety Six 1781
- Eutaw Springs 1781
- Yorktown 1781
- For Further Reading
- Index
- Credits
- National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior
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