Park Revisit, Cowpens National Battlefield Chesnee, SC

This was one of the first parks we visited with our Grandsons.  I originally visited this park back in 1990 as a part of a summer school course as a history major in College when I went back to school- 

My original visit to this park was October 22, 2009.  The park is located outside of the town of Chesnee, about 10 miles off I-85.

Cowpens was the site of a major battle during the Revolutionary War, and part of the "Southern Campaign" of the British strategy to win the war. 

That strategy faile at Yorktown, which we will visit.  We'll also see Kings Mountain on this trip. 

As it turns out, the Americans won decisively here at Cowpens:

The Only Double Envelopment in the American Revolution

“…our success was complete…”
  -- Daniel Morgan to Nathanael Greene, January 19, 1781

A pasturing area at the time of the battle, this Revolutionary War site commemorates the place where Daniel Morgan and his army turned the flanks of Banastre Tarleton's British army. This classic military tactic, known as a double envelopment, was one of only a few in history.

Here is the website for the NPS for Cowpens:
http://www.nps.gov/cowp/index.htm

And here is a Wiki Page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cowpens

Daniel Morgan was one of the big heros of the War- 

Tarleton, the looser, on the other hand, was out of place here, according to the movie.

Here are some other related photos of the park: 

Must have been a heck of a fight!

This is the Visitors Center from the air

This was an example of rank and file fighting, a silly way to fight a war. 

The Congressional delegation from SC does a good job, there have been two ships named the USS Cowpens, the latest is a guided missle frigate:

I was able to get a nice new pin from the park, a hiking medallion as well, and the three stamps for this site, including the 25th and the Overmountain Victory Trail stamp as well.