A history of the United States . n at the Cowpens, 1781;made a raid in Virginia, 1781; returned to England and served many years iaParliament; knighted (Sir Banastre Tarleton), 1818. §225] AMEKICAN SUCCESSES IN THE SOUTH. 169 soon found that patriots had arisen on every side. Enterpris-ing hunters and backwoodsmen had come from all parts ofthe North and West,as well as from theneighboring regions,until nearly threethousand were in thepath of his at everystep, he was finallyobliged to look for away of retreat. Hismessengers to Corn-wallis and his scoutswere everywhere shotdown
A history of the United States . n at the Cowpens, 1781;made a raid in Virginia, 1781; returned to England and served many years iaParliament; knighted (Sir Banastre Tarleton), 1818. §225] AMEKICAN SUCCESSES IN THE SOUTH. 169 soon found that patriots had arisen on every side. Enterpris-ing hunters and backwoodsmen had come from all parts ofthe North and West,as well as from theneighboring regions,until nearly threethousand were in thepath of his at everystep, he was finallyobliged to look for away of retreat. Hismessengers to Corn-wallis and his scoutswere everywhere shotdown as fast as theywere sent out. Hisforce was finallybrought to bay on thetnji of Kings Moun-tain, where after des-perate fighting it WHScompelled to surren-der, October 7. As aresult of this battle,in which Ferguson waskilled and nearly fourhundred men were lost, Cornwallis was obliged to fall backto Winnsborough. 225. Victory at Cowpens. — Against the force of Tarleton,Greene sent General Daniel Morgan,^ who had already shown. COLONKL 1A1;LKT, but rejoined the army in 1780 as brigadiergeneral; gained victory at Cowpens; was congressman from Virginia in 1797. 170 THE CAMPAIGNS OF 1780 AND 1781. [§225 great ability at Quebec, at Trenton, and at Saratoga. Theforces of Tarleton and Morgan were about equal. Tlie Amer-ican commander chose, as a spot for the battle, an open plainwhere cattle had been herded, called the Cowpens. The
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