
A Devil of a Whipping
The Battle of Cowpens
Lawrence E. Babits(Author)
The University of North Carolina Press
Published on 26. February 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-8078-4926-2 (ISBN)
Description
The real-life battle and heroes that inspired The Patriot On January 17, 1781, in a pasture near present-day Spartanburg, South Carolina, Daniel Morgan's army of Continental troops and militia routed an elite British force under the command of the notorious Banastre Tarleton. Using documentary and archaeological evidence to reconstruct the fighting at Cowpens, now a national battlefield, Lawrence Babits provides a riveting, minute-by-minute account of the clash that turned the tide of the Revolutionary War in the South and helped lead to the final defeat of the British at Yorktown.
Reviews / Votes
"An exceptionally well-researched and richly detailed treatment of one of the most important battles of the American Revolution." - Military History of the West "One of Babits's purposes was the hope that the Cowpens veterans would not be forgotten. The masterful work that he has produced goes far towards achieving that purpose." - Journal of Southern History"More details
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Chapel Hill
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
442 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8078-4926-2 (9780807849262)
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E-Book
02/2011
The University of North Carolina Press
€17.49
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Person
Lawrence E. Babits is professor of maritime history and nautical archaeology at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina.