Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Spring 3-24-2017
Quick Facts
- Edgar said the 17 Carolina backcountry battles —15 of which were victories for the patriots — helped lead to the ultimate American victory at Yorktown, Virginia, on Oct. 17, 1781.
- He noted that the historic Battle of Cowpens in Spartanburg County in January of that year was the “only pitched battle in the American Revolution where British troops ran from the field.”
Recommended Citation
Winthrop University, "S.C. Historian Walter Edgar Entertains and Informs Large Crowd at Winthrop on March 22" (2017). Winthrop News 2017. 57.
https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/winthropnews2017/57
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