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BATTLE OF OOWPENS.
Glorious Kvent in Revolutionary |i
Sti'U?sle.
January 17th is the anniversary of
the battle of Cowpens, which was one i
of the most important battles fought i
during the Revolutionary war. The :
winning of this battle, together with :
the battle of King's Mountain, made
possible the victory at Yorktown, <
which resulted in the surrender of
Lord Cornwallis, thus breaking the ;
power of the English government on
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tanburg erected a monument on Mor- i
gan Sq,uare in that city, to commem- .
orate the victory; in this they were
assisted by the thirteen original
States. ^Thjs monument was unveiled
in 1881. The Daughters of the
American Revolution of Gaffney and
Spartanburg are the custodians of
the battlefield, and from time to time
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they have had celebrations there. It
is about twelve miles from Gaffney to
the scene of the battle and the people
who live in the neighborhood are
descendants of some of those who
fought there and it is a pleasure for
them to recount what has been hand-**
ed down to them of actual happen-T
ings which took place while the battle
was being' fought:
It is extremely interesting from a
variety of standpoints to recall at
this time some of the circumstances 1
attending the victory at Cowpens.
The world is so used to the termin- ;
ology of a world war that details of
one of the greatest battles of the
Revolution seem quaint and toylike, 5
and yet in its significance to the
" United States the battle of Cowpens
is comparable to the significance of
the victory of Verdun for France. 1
There are twelve times as many
men at Camp Wadsworth as were engaged
on both sides at the Battle of (
Cowpens.
Up to the time of the battle, which 1
took place in 1781, the* British had
been entirely victorious in the South
and Cornwallis had established him- '
self at Ninety-six, and was allowing 1
^ his men to abuse and harry the peo- 1
pie at will. He hoped to increase '
Tory sentiment, which had at first '
been so strong that the continental
armies had had almost no support (
in the South by the arrogance of vie- ]
tory. In those days an army had to j
j live largely off the country and the c
sentiment of the people was an im- v
portant factor. But Cornwallis, in- ^
stead of adding sentiment in favor {
of England, destroyed all loyalty and r
volunteers for the continental armies a
and the co-operation heartened Amer- j
leans to begin again. ;
* The immediate ocpasion of the battle
was this: General Daniel Morgan
had been placed in command of the *
11th Virginia infantry, and had been 1
joined by several other bodies of ?
troops who had small success. Corn- c
wallis became apprehensive of his 3
post at Ninety-six and despatched 1
Tarleton with' 1,000 regulars to do 1
away with'Morgan. (
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iViorgan naa sugiiuy over ovv men, two-thirds
of whom were militia, and 1
some of them were greep. However, *
he was able to plan his resistance ?
v and arranged his troops. Col. Pick- j
ens, with the Southern militia, form- jjj
ed the first line. These were to t<
form the right of the second line, "
three hundred yards behind, if forced *
to retreat. The second line" was the
light infantry, including /Morgan's
riflemen, under Lieut. Col. Howard, *
Lieut. Col. Wm. Washington, whe^ v
commanded the cavalry and 45 0
militiamen, was some distance in the h
rear. This arrangement was extremely
wise.
Tarleton attacked with confidence,
his men rushing forward with shouts
and hot musketry fire. Morgan ordered
his men to wait until the en,emy
was within 40 to 50 yards, and
then to fire. The men were cool and
obeyed, but were unable to withf
' stand the onslaught. The second line
then met the British and retreated
also, after an obstinate fight.
( Just then, Washington charged, and
Howard, rallying his men, charged
with fixed bayonets. Nothing could
exceed the astonishment and con- *
fusion of the British, says an eminent j
historian, and they fled or surrender- ]
or? inorlnviAiiolv Thoir Irillori anH 1
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captured amounted to nearly as many 3
as all the American force, while 1
Morgan lost only 12 men with 60 wounded.
(
The qualities of bravery, coolness J
and generalship exhibited by the j
American forces were praised all
over the country, and Morgan was '
voted a gold medal and the thanks of ]
hie fnnntrv hv cnri (rrpse Hio nthpr
commanders also receiving rewards. 1
The battle of King's .Mountain a
little later, and the battle of Guil- ,
ford court house, which, though not a
victory, operated like one, soon fore- .
ed Cornwallis into Virginia and to
Yorktown, where he surrendered.
It is interesting to note that it was
intrepid and unyielding bayonet
fighting that turned the tide at Cowpens.
Another detail interesting be- t
cause it is so archaic, was that the 1
FK.Xn: AFTKK VKTORV.
Prussian War -Minister Says He Will
Fight it Out.
"I do not know the Americans nor
do 1 know what they are capable of
doing in this war." said General von
Stein, Prussian minister of war, in an
interview in a recent issue of the
Budapesti Hirlap. The general is
quoted, however, as declaring that
the central powers were well prepared
for meeting America.
The war minister said he did not
regard air fighting as a decisive facT-I
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American plans in this connection.
"But," he said, "much depends upon
what the American engineers can do.
and still more depends upon whether
efficient, experienced crews can be
obtained by them."
Speaking of the present situation.
General von Stein said:
"All humanity desires peace., and
naturally so do I. As a soldier I
know only one possibility for ending
the war, and that is victory. Every
renunciation is only a sign of weakness
and an acknowledgement of defeat.
He who renounces the fruits
of his success on the battlefield puts
the enemy in a position to consider
himself a victor and helps him in his
plans of destruction. There is no
sign of a desire for an understanding
on the part of our enemies. Their entire
attidude shows their only aim
still is to push us from our place in
the sun.
"In reality a military decision has
already been obtained. When our enemies
recognize that they cannot drive
us off the occupied territory, they
will thereby admit that they have
been defeated."
General von Stein asserted that the
"moving and decisive power is the individual
man," and he declared the
Germans were not afraid of the wonders
of technical science.
"There are for instance," he kaid,
"the tanks which made their first
appearance in t^e Somme battle. At
first we naturally did not know how,
to destroy them. My soldiers even
climbed on top of them and tried to
blow them open with hand grenades.
But we soon learned that there was
>nly one deadly weapon against them
namely, our guns."
British counted greatly on the help
>f two field pieces, known as "grasstoppers."
These were captured by
he Americans. They had first been
aken from Burgoyne at Saratoga,
etaken by the British at Camden,
ind now fell into the hands of the
Americans agaitf.?Gaffney Ledger.
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Total 19 mills
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