Cowpens National Battlefield - Gaffney SC
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe
N 35° 08.206 W 081° 49.086
17S E 425470 N 3888516
The visitor center features a museum with exhibits about the American Revolution and the battle of Cowpens. This includes a painting of the frontiersmen shotting at the British Soldiers.
Waymark Code: WM18EW0
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 07/20/2023
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member MikeGolfJ3
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From Wikipedia

"Cowpens National Battlefield is a unit of the National Park Service just east of Chesnee, South Carolina, and near the state line with North Carolina. It preserves a major battlefield of the American Revolutionary War.

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

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 (205,010 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."
Theme:
Cultueral History


Street Address:
4001 Chesnee Highway, Gaffney SC 29341


Food Court: no

Gift Shop: yes

Hours of Operation:
9AM-5PM Daily


Cost: 0.00 (listed in local currency)

Museum Size: Small

Relevant Web Site: [Web Link]

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