Tuesday, April 9, 2024
7:00 P.M.
Laurens County Museum
Magnolia Room
116 South Public Square
Laurens, South Carolina 29360
Free admission
Donations appreciated
The Southern Backcountry was center of the fight for independence during the American Revolutionary War. The British mistook the repositioning of the Americans as a retreat and ran into an unexpected and concentrated rifle fire along with a cavalry charge. The Battle of Cowpens (January 17, 1781), along with the earlier Battle of Kings Mountain, were two American victories that defeated General Cornwallis's forces in South Carolina, causing him to abandon the state, and with it, he also abandoned the British “Southern Strategy”. The Battle of Cowpens lasted less than an hour but had a huge impact on the War. The Americans would win the Revolutionary War ten months later when the British Army surrendered at Yorktown.
Do make your plans to come and hear Mr. Ashmore tell the rest of the story.
"Washington's Immortals: The Untold Story of an Elite Regiment Who Changed the Course of the Revolution", is a book written by Patrick K. O'Donnell that details the history of the First Maryland Regiment during the American Revolutionary War.