Cowpens is located in SC a very short distance from the NC line close to Gaffney, South Carolina. This battlefield - in addition to its importance to the ending of the Revolutionary War is maintained largely as it looked in January of 1781 when it was fought. Here General Morgan defeated the larger British force under Banastre Tarleton. Morgan arrayed his forces in a clever three line approach and lured the British into each line when they thought they had routed the whole of the Colonial army. The real value for the American forces besides a significant moral boost - one of the few times the Americans defeated a larger force, was the fact that Cornwallis lost 800 men out of a force of 1100 and reduced the forces that Washington would face at Yorktown.
This photo is taken in the direction of the British advance with the second line of the American troops just beyond the trees in the middle of the photo.
If you have visited Charleston, SC and noticed a beautiful old building with the sign, Charleston Light Infantry, this is their monument that was placed here in 1856.
