• Azaleas bloom in the lower parking lot at the Cowpens National Battlefield Visitor Center.

    Cowpens

    National Battlefield South Carolina

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  • May 21 Closures and Delays

    The Loop Road will be closed periodically to vehicular traffic today while the contractor applies striping. Some overlooks will be closed for sealing. Expect delays entering and exiting the park where sealant is being applied to one lane.

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Activity 3

1. January 17, 1781
2. Old Wagoner
3. on the battlefield
4. 23
5. Tory raiders destroyed his property and frightened his family.
6. Dick Pickens
7. Maryland, My Maryland
8. Mighty Moo
9. The Herd
10. Mr. Turner

Activity 4

1. C
2. F
3. B
4. G
5. A
6. H
7. D
8. I
9. E
10. J

Activity 7

1. b
2. a
3. b
4. b
5. a

Did You Know?

camp followers

In the Revolutionary War, some women, known as camp followers, went with their husbands to the battlefields to tend to such chores as cooking, mending, laundry, and nursing the sick and wounded.  Sometimes unmarried women performed these duties for a small wage and half rations.