Battle+of+Cowpens


 * THE BATTLE OF COWPENS**

** Battle of Cowpens**
 * January 17th 1781
 * **Combatants**: Americans against British and loyalist americans
 * **Winner:** The Americans overwhelmingly
 * The British lost 39 officers and 60 soldiers killed. 829 were captured. 12 Americans were killed and 60 wounded. The Americans captured the British baggage and the colours of the 7th Foot.
 * Size of the armies: The Americans had around 1,000 The British had around 1,100
 * **Uniforms, arms and equipment:** The British wore red coats and headgear of bearskin caps, leather caps or tricorne hats depending on whether the troops were grenadiers, light infantry or battalion company men. The two regiments of light dragoons serving in America, the 16th and 17th, wore red coats and leather crested helmets

• History of the British Army by Sir John Fortescue • The War of the Revolution by Christopher Ward
 * References:**
 * [[image:http://www.britishbattles.com/images/amazon/redcoats-rebels.jpg width="61" height="90" caption="Redcoats and Rebels - The American Revolution through British Eyes" link="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0393322939/britishbatt04-21"]] ||  || [|Redcoats and Rebels: The American Revolution through British Eyes...] ||   ||
 * [[image:http://www.britishbattles.com/images/185728657X.02.jpg width="58" height="90" caption="cover" link="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/185728657X/britishbatt04-21"]] ||  || [|The War for Independence and the Transformation of American Society (Warfare and History)] ||^   ||
 * [[image:http://www.britishbattles.com/images/0812218329.01.jpg width="60" height="90" caption="cover" link="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0812218329/britishbatt04-21"]] ||  || [|The Cowpens-Guilford Courthouse Campaign] ||^   ||
 * [[image:http://www.britishbattles.com/images/0812218329.01.jpg width="60" height="90" caption="cover" link="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0812218329/britishbatt04-21"]] ||  || [|The Cowpens-Guilford Courthouse Campaign] ||^   ||
 * [[image:http://www.britishbattles.com/images/0812218329.01.jpg width="60" height="90" caption="cover" link="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0812218329/britishbatt04-21"]] ||  || [|The Cowpens-Guilford Courthouse Campaign] ||^   ||