Cowpens National Battlefield
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Brigadier General Daniel Morgan won the Battle of Cowpens, a decisive Revolutionary War victory over British Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton on January 17, 1781. It is considered one of Morgan's most memorable victories and one of Tarleton's most memorable defeats.
Established as Cowpens National Battlefield Site March 4, 1929; transferred from the War Department August 10, 1933; redesignated April 11, 1972. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966.[3] Area: 841.56 acres (3.41 km2), Federal: Script error: No such module "convert"., Nonfederal: Script error: No such module "convert"..
The visitor center features a museum with exhibits about the American Revolution and the battle, including a fiber-optic map that illustrates the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution and the battle, a walking tour of the battlefield itself, and the reconstructed log cabin of one Robert Scruggs, who had farmed the land before the establishment of the park.
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- The National Parks: Index 2001-2003. Washington: U.S. Department of the Interior.
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- Parks on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
- American Revolutionary War sites
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- National battlefields and military parks of the United States
- Museums in Cherokee County, South Carolina
- Protected areas established in 1929
- American Revolutionary War museums in South Carolina
- National Park Service areas in South Carolina
- Parks in South Carolina
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- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Cherokee County, South Carolina
- American Revolution on the National Register of Historic Places
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