Kings Mountain and Cowpens

Our Victory Was Complete

Robert W. Brown Jr.

• Publisher: The History Press
• Year: 2009
• Print ISBN:
  9781596298293
• eBook ISBN:
  9781614234982
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Early American History
• Index: History

From the rocky slopes of Kings Mountain to the plains of Hannah's Cowpens, the Carolina backcountry hosted two of the Revolutionary War's most critical battles On October 7, 1780, the Battle of Kings Mountain utilized guerilla techniques - American Over Mountain Men wearing buckskin and hunting shirts and armed with hunting rifles attacked Loyalist troops from behind trees, resulting in an overwhelming Patriot victory. In January of the next year, the Battle of Cowpens saw a different strategy but a similar outcome: with brilliant military precision, Continental Regulars, dragoons, and Patriot militia executed the war's only successful double envelopment maneuver to defeat the British. Using firsthand accounts and careful analysis of the best classic and modern scholarship on the subject, historian Robert Brown demonstrates how the combination of both battles facilitated the downfall of General Charles Cornwallis and led to the Patriot victory in America.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• 1. The Beginning
• 2. Balance of Forces
• 3. Turning the Tide in the North
• 4. Civil War, Terrain, Weapons and Revolutionary Tactics
• 5. The South Carolina Campaign
• 6. Prelude to Kings Mountain
• 7. The Battle of Kings Mountain
• 8. Aftermath of Kings Mountain
• 9. The Winter of 1780–1781
• 10. Prelude to Cowpens
• 11. Double Envelopment at Cowpens
• 12. Aftermath of Cowpens
• 13. Race to the Dan
• 14. Conclusion
• Notes
• Bibliography