Cowpens National Battlefield

Cowpens National Battlefield
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Location	Cherokee County, South Carolina, USA
Nearest city	Gaffney, South Carolina
Coordinates
Area	842 acres (3.41 km2)
Established	March 4, 1929
Visitors	208,936 (in 2005)
Governing body	National Park Service
Cowpens National Battlefield
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Nearest city	Chesnee, South Carolina
Area	178 acres (72.0 ha)
Built	1781
NRHP Reference #	66000072
Added to NRHP	October 15, 1966

Cowpens National Battlefield or Cowpens National Battlefield Park is a unit of the National Park Service just east of Chesnee, South Carolina, and near the state line with North Carolina. It preserves a major battlefield of the American Revolutionary War.

Main Entrance to Cowpens National Battlefield

Brigadier General Daniel Morgan won the Battle of Cowpens, a decisive Revolutionary War victory over British Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton on January 17, 1781. It is considered one of the most memorable victories of Morgan and one of the most memorable defeats of Tarleton.

Established as Cowpens National Battlefield Site March 4, 1929; transferred from the War Department August 10, 1933; redesignated April 11, 1972. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966. Area: 841.56 acres (3.41 km²), Federal: 790.9 acres (3.2 km²), Nonfederal: 50.66 acres (205,010 m²).

The visitor center features a museum with exhibits about the American Revolution and the battle, including a fiber-optic map that illustrates the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution and the battle, a walking tour of the battlefield itself, and the reconstructed log cabin of one Robert Scruggs, who had farmed the land before the establishment of the park.

References

• The National Parks: Index 2001-2003. Washington: U.S. Department of the Interior.

External links

• National Park Service: Cowpens National Battlefield