The American Revolutionary War was not just a struggle for independence, but a global conflict involving Britain, France, Spain, and the nascent United States. Battlefield studies in this category use colonial maps, period military manuals, first-hand letters, and on-site battlefield exploration to understand how guerrilla tactics, formal engagements, and European intervention shaped the war’s course and outcome.
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The Battle of Cowpens, South Carolina, was a relatively small engagement in the American Revolutionary War, but had outsized impact on the trajectory of the war. The American commander, Brigadier-General Dan Morgan, also employed tactical innovations that were adopted for future campaigns.
The Battle of King’s Mountain, although relatively small scale, provides some fascinating insights into how the American Revolution developed in the south. By 1780, with British forces under pressure in the north, the British commander in the Americas, Sir Henry Clinton, decided to take the war to the southern states; partly to spread the American regular forces more thinly, and partly to take advantage of the generally pro-King George stance of much of the south.
The Battle of Trenton on 26 December 1776 was a much-needed victory for General George Washington and the Continental Army. After being driven out of New York and New Jersey during the 1776 campaign, the surprise attack and victory at Trenton was a great boost for the Patriot cause.