Military victories were essential in helping America win its independence from Britain. Early successes gave the Patriots ...

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This army had never defeated the British in open battle. That was about to change. General Daniel Morgan put out the call for militias to gather at The Cowpens, a well-known crossroads and ...

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COWPENS — The Battle of Cowpens might have been fought almost 250 years ago, but a warship named after it just recently stopped sailing the seas. The U.S. Navy retired the Cowpens, a Ticonderoga ...

Jac Ullman, mentioned the historic Revolutionary War battle for which the ship was named. “A guiding principle in the last chapter onboard, has been to honor the legacy of Cowpens,” said Ullman.

The Cowpens was launched in March 1989 in Charleston, S.C. It is the second warship to be named after the Battle of Cowpens, a Revolutionary War battle in which colonial soldiers defeated ...

CHARLESTON, S.C., May 27. -- The revolutionary battlefield in Spartanburg County, this State, of Cowpens, was the scene of a big celebration to-day. Congressman Amos J. Cummings of New York made ...

The Cowpens was launched in March 1989 in Charleston, S.C. It is the second warship to be named after the Battle of Cowpens, a Revolutionary War battle in which colonial soldiers defeated British ...

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“It was on the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Cowpens that a monument was put up of Daniel Morgan and it was rededicated to being Morgan Square,” said Prestino Friedrich. Whether you’re ...

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