Cowpens National Battlefield Boy/Explorer/Girl Scout Historic Trail Patch Test
The first set of questions can be answered from the listening stations, exhibits, and interpretive panels throughout the Visitor Center. The second half of this test can be answered on the interpretive trail behind the Visitor Center. Please be sure to read over the questions before attempting to complete the test. Good luck!
Museum Section
1. Which side offers to halt taxes if you were to join their side in the Revolutionary War? ___________________________
2. True or False. The Battle of Cowpens currently has two commissioned ships named in its honor on active duty.
3. Where was British soldier William Lawrence when the Battle of Cowpens began? _______________________________
4. How many rifle and musket balls are in the Patriot Army exhibit? ____________________________________________
5. True or False. The "wormer" is used to remove worms from the cannon after overnight travel.
6. Complete the following sentences: The Continentals, ______________ _____________________, in this battle were mainly from ______________________ and _______________________. The regimental facings of the Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Virginia troops were _________________________.
7. List three of the five aspects that make the Battle of Cowpens painting by Charles McBarron significant.
8. Describe how Tarleton's Legion of dragoons may have looked on the day of the Battle of Cowpens.
9. Name two pieces in the British Army exhibit that were used by a doctor. ______________________ _______________________
10. Who loaned the three-pound cannon ball believed to have been fired at the Battle of Cowpens?___________________ ____________________
11. True or False. There are toys in the drawers under the battlefield mural that you can play with.
12. What was the loyalist narrator's last statement on the British side listening station?
13. What was the purpose and where did the members of the militia come from?
14. What invaluable role did women play in the Revolutionary War?
Battlefield Trail Section
1. What were the standard issue weapons for the Cavalry and Dragoons at the Battle of Cowpens? ___________________ and ____________________
2. Along with 700 British prisoners, what were some of the other "spoils" or "trophies" of war that General Morgan's army captured from the British?
3. True or False. The British broke ranks and rushed forward because the Continentals were out of ammunition.
4. How did the sharpshooters contribute to the victory at Cowpens?
5. List three tactical advantages General Morgan exploited at the Battle of Cowpens.
6. What was Nathanael Greene's objective to General Morgan in his 1780 orders?
7. How did Benson Lossing find Cowpens battlefield in 1849?
8. Who was in command of the Continental Army at Cowpens?
9. True or False. The British Legion were British citizens who came to America in support of the King.
10. When was the Washington Light Infantry monument erected?
11. Who won the "Race for the Grasshopper"?
12. Who saved Lieutenant Colonel William Washington from death during the sword fight on the Green River Road?
13. What happened to the militiamen and some veterans of the Battle of Cowpens?
14. Name the states that Morgan's flying army came from.
15. What other military figure also executed a successful "double envelopment" besides General Morgan? 16. What time did the British arrive at the battlefield?
Boy/Explorer/Girl Scouts must walk/hike the battlefield trail, and either the environmental trail or the auto loop road in addition to answering all questions on the form. Hint! Extra credit answers can be found on the exhibits on the auto loop road.