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Cowpens, Battle of the

Battle of the American Revolution, fought in South Carolina on 17 January 1781, when an American force of 1,000 men under General Daniel Morgan inflicted a stinging defeat on a slightly larger British force under Colonel Banastre Tarleton. The British lost about 600 men, the Americans 72.


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