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Near Gaffney in Cherokee County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

The Cavalry (Dragoons) at Cowpens

 
 
The Cavalry at cowpens Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Stanley and Terrie Howard, October 25, 2008
1. The Cavalry at cowpens Marker
Inscription. The open forests proved well-suited for cavalry action. Fast-moving, hard-hitting mounted troops called Light Dragoons bolstered the 18th century infantry.

At least seventy South Carolina and Georgia mounted militiamen, armed with pistols and sabers issued for use in this campaign, augmented the veteran eighty plus-man American Dragoons of Lt. Col. William Washington. Posted in a swale nearby, they were hidden from the British.
 
Erected by Cowpens National Battlefield - National Park Service - U.S. Department of the Interior.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary.
 
Location. 35° 8.125′ N, 81° 48.88′ W. Marker is near Gaffney, South Carolina, in Cherokee County. Marker can be reached from Chesnee Highway (Route 11). Located on Cowpens National Battlefield Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Gaffney SC 29341, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. The Continental Army at Cowpens (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Race to the Dan River (about 500 feet away); Washington Light Infantry Monument (about 500 feet away); a different marker also named Washington Light Infantry Monument (about 500 feet away);
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Spirit up the People (about 500 feet away); Double Envelopment (about 600 feet away); Morgan's Flying Army (about 700 feet away); A Race for the Grasshopper (about 800 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gaffney.
 
Also see . . .  Battle of Cowpens. National Park Service page. (Submitted on October 27, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.) 
 
The Cavalry (Dragoons) at Cowpens Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Brandon Fletcher, April 4, 2014
2. The Cavalry (Dragoons) at Cowpens Marker
Marker on Cowpens National Battlefield image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bill Coughlin, August 5, 2010
3. Marker on Cowpens National Battlefield
The Cavalry (Dragoons) at Cowpens Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bill Coughlin, August 5, 2010
4. The Cavalry (Dragoons) at Cowpens Marker
Cavalry Dragoons Clash at Reenactment image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bill Coughlin, June 15, 2013
5. Cavalry Dragoons Clash at Reenactment
Gulielmo Washington Legionis Equitpræfecto<br>–<br>Comitia Americana image. Click for full size.
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6. Gulielmo Washington Legionis Equitpræfecto

Comitia Americana

Quod
Parva Militum Manu
Strenue Prospectus Hostes
Virtutis Ingenitæ
Præclarum Specimen Dedit
In Pugna Ad Cowpens
XVII Jan. MDCCLXXXI

“To William Washington, Lieutenant of the Cavalry,
The American Congress”

“Since he pursued the enemy diligently with a small band of soldiers, he gave a signal example of native courage at the Battle of Cowpens , January 17, 1781”

Silver Medal awarded by Congress to William Washington for his valor at Cowpens. – from B. Lossing, ed. Harpers’ Cyclopedia of American History, 1893.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 14, 2020. It was originally submitted on October 27, 2008, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,215 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos:   1. submitted on October 27, 2008, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina.   2. submitted on September 12, 2015, by Brandon Fletcher of Chattanooga, Tennessee.   3, 4. submitted on August 5, 2010, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.   5. submitted on June 16, 2013, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.   6. submitted on March 20, 2019, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.

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