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n. - Battle in the American Revolution.

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Usage examples (38)
  • The name Cowpens, according to Irving, comes from the old designation of Hannah's
  • Colonel Ferguson encamped the first night at the noted place called the Cowpens, about twenty miles from Gilbertstown.
  • Tarleton came up with Morgan on the 17th of January, 1781, at a grazing-ground known as the Cowpens, not far from King's Mountain.
  • British force under Tarleton was attacked January 17, 1781, at a place called the Cowpens, and not only defeated, but almost destroyed.
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