Cowpens National Battlefield

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Cowpens National Battlefield
IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape)

Location	Cherokee County, South Carolina, USA
Nearest city	Gaffney, South Carolina
Coordinates	35°08′12″N 81°49′05″W / 35.13667°N 81.81806°W / 35.13667; -81.81806Coordinates: 35°08′12″N 81°49′05″W / 35.13667°N 81.81806°W / 35.13667; -81.81806
Area	842 acres (3.41 km²)
Established	March 4, 1929
Visitors	208,936 (in 2005)
Governing body	National Park Service

Cowpens National Battlefield or Cowpens National Battlefield Park is a unit of the National Park Service just east of Chesnee, South Carolina, not far from the North Carolina state line.

Main Entrance to Cowpens National Battlefield

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

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 (205,000 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.

[edit] References

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

[edit] External links

National Park Service: Cowpens National Battlefield

Protected Areas of South Carolina

Federal

National Parks	Congaree National Park

National Historic Parks, Sites & Monuments	Charles Pinckney National Historic Site • Fort Sumter National Monument • Ninety Six National Historic Site

National Military Parks and Battlefields	Cowpens National Battlefield • Kings Mountain National Military Park

National Trails	Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail

National Forests	Francis Marion • Sumter

National Wildlife Refuges	Cape Romain • Carolina Sandhills • Ernest F. Hollings ACE Basin • Pinckney Island • Santee • Savannah • Tybee • Waccamaw

National Estuarine Research Reserves	ACE Basin • North Inlet-Winyah Bay

Wilderness Areas	Cape Romain • Congaree • Ellicott Rock • Hell Hole Bay • Little Wambaw Swamp • Wambaw Creek • Wambaw Swamp

Wild and Scenic Rivers	Chattooga River

State

State Parks	Andrew Jackson • Baker Creek • Barnwell • Caesars Head • Cheraw • Chester • Colleton • Devils Fork • Edisto Beach • Givhans Ferry • Goodale • Hickory Knob • Hunting Island • Huntington Beach • Jones Gap • Kings Mountain • Lake Warren • Landsford Canal • Lee • Little Pee Dee • Myrtle Beach • Oconee • Paris Mountain • Poinsett • Santee • Sesquicentennial • Table Rock

State Historic Sites	Charles Towne Landing • Colonial Dorchester • Hampton Plantation • Musgrove Mill • Oconee Station • Redcliffe Plantation • Rivers Bridge • Rose Hill Plantation

State Recreation & Natural Areas	Aiken State Natural Area • Calhoun Falls State Recreation Area • Croft State Natural Area • Dreher Island State Recreation Area • Hamilton Branch State Recreation Area • Keowee-Toxaway State Natural Area • Lake Greenwood State Recreation Area • Lake Hartwell State Recreation Area • Lake Wateree State Recreation Area • Lee State Natural Area • Sadlers Creek State Recreation Area • Woods Bay State Natural Area

State Forests	Harbison • Manchester • Poe Creek • Sand Hills • Wee Tee

Wildlife Management Areas	Bear Island Wildlife Management Area • Belfast Wildlife Management Area • Bonneau Ferry Wildlife Management Area • Campbell's Crossroads Wildlife Management Area • Crackerneck Wildlife Preserve • Donnelley Wildlife Management Area • Draper Wildlife Management Area • Edisto River Wildlife Management Area • Fant's Grove Wildlife Management Area • Gray Court Wildlife Management Area • Hickory Top Wildlife Management Area • James Ross Wildlife Reservation • Jim Timmerman Natural Resources Area • Keowee Wildlife Management Area • Mason Wildlife Preserve • McBee Wildlife Management Area • McConnells Tract Wildlife Management • Palachucola Wildlife Management Area • Pee Dee Wildlife Management Area • Samworth Wildlife Management Area • Santee-Delta Wildlife Management Area • Thurmond Wildlife Management Area • Turkey Creek Wildlife Management Area • Turtle Island Wildlife Management Area • Webb Wildlife Center/Preserve • Woodbury Wildlife Management Area • Worth Mountain Wildlife Management Area

v d e U.S. National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina

Lists by county	Abbeville Aiken Allendale Anderson Bamberg Barnwell Beaufort Berkeley Calhoun Charleston Cherokee Chester Chesterfield Clarendon Colleton Darlington Dillon Dorchester Edgefield Fairfield Florence Georgetown Greenville Greenwood Hampton Horry Jasper Kershaw Lancaster Laurens Lee Lexington Marion Marlboro McCormick Newberry Oconee Orangeburg Pickens Richland Saluda Spartanburg Sumter Union Williamsburg York

Lists by city	Charleston Columbia Greenville North Charleston Rock Hill

Other lists	Bridges National Historic Landmarks

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