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Coordinates: 35°04′10″N 81°52′34″W 35.069453000000003, -81.875969999999995

Cowpens National Battlefield

• Location & Contact Information
  • Address: 4001 Chesnee Hwy Chesnee SC USA 29323
  • Telephone Number: +1-864-461-2828
  • Official Website: [1]
• Overview

Cowpens National Battlefield is a unit of the National Park Service just east of 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.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|acrekm2|1, Nonfederal: 50.66 acresThe 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.^[1]

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