A Devil of a Whipping: The Battle of Cowpens
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It's easy to forget that the British won most of the battles during the American Revolution. The Americans certainly carried the day at Saratoga and Yorktown, but they were beaten again and again by their enemy elsewhere--and often badly. So it's especially odd that the Battle of Cowpens, fought in South Carolina on January 17, 1781, isn't better remembered in American imagination. As author Lawrence E. Babits shows, Cowpens was the Continental troops' greatest tactical moment--and it marked a crucial turning point in the war.
The fight itself was fairly brief, and the outcome lopsided--it was "a devil of a whipping," as American leader Daniel Morgan said at the time. Babits provides a richly detailed account of the battle, including an especially good overview of the weapons and tactics used by troops of the time. An archaeologist by training, Babits approaches Cowpens with the familiar meticulousness of his profession; this is an important piece of scholarship on the military history of the American Revolution. --John J. Miller
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Military History of the West
An exceptionally well-researched and richly detailed treatment of one of the most important battles of the American Revolution.
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A Devil of a Whipping: The Battle of Cowpens
A Devil of a Whipping: The Battle of Cowpens,Lawrence E. Babits,The University of North Carolina Press,080784926X,History,History - Military / War,Military,Military - United States,Military History - Modern,Military Science,U.S. History - Revolution And Confederation (1775-1789),United States - Revolutionary War,American history: c 1500 to c 1800,American history: c 1800 to c 1900,Battles & campaigns,History / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800),South Carolina,USA,c 1700 to c 1800,c 1800 to c 1900
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