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Part of American Revolutionary War

Battle of Cowpens

January 17, 1781 · Cowpens

Result American victory

Daniel Morgan's Americans rout Tarleton's British force in South Carolina.

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American

British

United States Morgan's force
Great Britain Tarleton's force
Daniel Morgan Brigadier General, commanded the American force
Banastre Tarleton Lieutenant Colonel, commanded the British force

Strength and losses

Strength
1,887–1,912
Killed
25
Wounded
124
Strength
1,150
Casualties
929
Killed
110
Wounded
229
Missing
629
Guns
2
Guns lost
2
Guns captured
2

Units

Continental Army Aaron Burr Lieutenant Colonel Aaron Ogden Abraham Buford Alexander Hamilton General Alexander McDougall Major General Anthony Wayne Artemas Ward Major General Arthur St. Clair Benjamin Lincoln Major General Casimir Pulaski General Christopher Greene Colonel Daniel Morgan General Edward Hand George Clinton George Mathews Green Clay Henry Dearborn General Henry Knox Major General Henry Lee III Horatio Gates Hugh Mercer Brigadier General Israel Putnam General James Clinton Major General James McHenry James Monroe Major James Wilkinson James Winchester James Wood Jean François Hamtramck Colonel Johann de Kalb Major General John Armstrong Jr. General John Brooks Colonel John Francis Mercer Colonel John Glover John Hardin Colonel John Hoskins Stone John Marshall John Stark Major General John Sullivan Major General John Thomas Major General Joseph Bloomfield Joseph Warren Major General Josiah Harmar Josiah Tattnall (politician) Lachlan McIntosh Brigadier General Levin Winder Marquis de Lafayette Morgan Lewis Nathan Hale Colonel Nathanael Greene Major General Peleg Wadsworth General Peter Gansevoort Major General Philip Schuyler General Pierse Long Colonel Richard Butler Robert Magaw Colonel Samuel Smith Seth Warner Colonel Tadeusz Kościuszko Lieutenant General Thomas Knowlton Timothy Pickering General William Barton William Bradford William Darke William Eaton General William Maxwell Brigadier General William Moultrie Major General William Prescott Colonel William Sanford Pennington Major William Whipple William Woodford Brigadier General George Washington 1775–1783 William Alexander 1775–present Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben 1778–1783 Morgan's flying army 1st Maryland Regiment
British Legion (Tarleton)

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