The reenactment of the Battle of Cowpens is staged every January at the national battlefield near Cowpens. Photo by Thomas E. McCarver.
In one of the most dramatic moments of the battle, William Washington, racing ahead of his cavalry, dueled hand-to-hand with Tarleton and two of his officers. Washington’s life was saved only when his young bugler fired his pistol at an Englishman with raised saber. Tarleton and his remaining forces galloped away to Cornwallis’ camp. Stragglers from the battle were overtaken, but Tarleton escaped to tell the awful news to Cornwallis.
Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson) rallies the American militia against the redcoats at the battle of Cowpens in The Patriot.
Tarleton
Daniel Morgan
William Washington
Nathaniel Greene (SSBN-636) Underway, March 29, 1965, for 21st Polaris shot
Edward Terhune Wilbur #11
Watercolor, 1969
Navy Art Collection
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Surrender of Cornwallis--Washington: "And we'll have the hat; see here, hand it over now."
You can tell Clinton I'll quit smoking when he quits fibbing.