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and the Revolutionary War in the South

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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE WEBSITES:

• NPS Rev War site.
• From the NPS Southeastern Archaelogical Center
  • History of the Southeastern U.S. and Caribbean Areas. Search for the War in the South.
  • Southern Campaign of the American Revolution
  • 1995 Research Design for a Metal Detecting Survey and Limited Testing at Cowpens NB to locate Reported British Graves. Search for cowpens.
• Kings Mountain National Military Park - 35 miles northeast
  
• Ninety Six National Historic Site - 90 miles southwest
  
• Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail. Cowpens NB is part of the OVNHT.
• Recreation visits by state, 1998
• Cowpens NB museum collection
• . It is believed that long rifles were the primary weapon used by the the militia line at the Cowpens battle, and were definitely used by the forward (and later flank) skirmishers. The "Continental Line" commanded by John Eager Howard primarily used muskets equipped with bayonets, as did their British opponents. From the George Rogers Clark NHP webpage. Click "back" to return. Top
• Cowpens NB Participation in Air Quality Monitoring
  • Contour Map of Cowpens NB surroundings showing location of ozone monitoring station. This requires Adobe Acrobat Reader available below.
  • List of air monitoring stations in National Parks
  • New Ozone Standards
• NPS units in SC, with map. Also, same for NC.
• Cowpens one of 17 Rev War NPS parks. Search for cowpens
• NPS unit designations. E.g., there are 11 National Battlefields; Cowpens is one of them.
• NPS phone number list
• 5200 attended 4 July 1998 Cowpens NB celebration. 5000 more on nearby roads. Search for cowpens
• List of Rev War actions by state. Recently updated. Report omissions & errors.
• Daniel Morgan at Saratoga:
  • Daniel Morgan at Saratoga. Engraving.
  • Daniel Morgan honored on Saratoga Monument. Search for morgan.
  • Daniel Morgan in Saratoga battles.
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• Search engines for NPS websites:
  • Infoseek. A powerful search engine. Will also work for non-NPS sites.
    NOTE: The search engine is located on an NPS site. If used to search non-NPS sites and if you go to such sites, you will be leaving the NPS webspace. The National Park Service has no control over the content, timeliness or the accuracy of the information provided on these links.
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Each map page has a link back to the main parks page for the state.

• Map of SC State Parks
• List of upstate SC state parks
  

  All the following are accessible from SC Hwy 11 westward and southward from Cowpens NB. Jones Gap State Park and Mountain Bridge Wilderness Area Caesar's Head State Park Table Rock State Park Keeowee-Toxaway State Park Devil's Fork State Park Oconee Station State Park

• Map of NC State Parks

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BOTH CVL-25 AND CG-63
• USS Cowpens brochure from Cowpens NB
• USS Cowpens Veterans Page for crewmembers for both ships. Matthew Siverd, a former CG-63 crewmember, maintains the page to provide ship information for the general public.

  CVL-25

• History of USS Cowpens CVL-25 from the MultiEducators Aircraft Carrier webpage
• Pictures/data on CVL-25 from NavSource Online.
• Website devoted to CVL-25 by T.R. White, son of a Naval Aviator serving aboard her. Lots of pictures and info.

  CG-63

• USS Cowpens CG-63 homepage.
• Navy Vessel Registry for USS Cowpens CG-63
• Ship flag for CG-63 from House Flags of U. S. Navy Ships. "House flags" are created by crewmembers of a ship.
• Navy fact file on CG-63 class ships
• Several great missle launches from CG-63 from Crimedog's Crewmember locator website.

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• Battles at Kings Mountain and Cowpens. Independent (non-NPS) site maintained by our volunteer webmaster. Numerous links related to the Cowpens Battle and the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War.

• Satellite view of Cowpens NB from Microsoft's Terraserver site.

• Musgrove Mill State Historic Site

• Where to Go: The Upcountry

• SC Things to do including historic military sites.

  Cherokee Scenic Highway (SC 11) GreenvilleOnline Jones Gap State Park and Mountain Bridge Wilderness Area Caesar's Head State Park Table Rock State Park Keeowee-Toxaway State Park Devil's Fork State Park Oconee Station State Park

  C-SPAN Store - On January 12, 2002, Drs. Christine Swager and Walter Edgar discussed his new book Partisans and Redcoats: The Southern Conflict that Turned the Tide of the American Revolution. C-SPAN filmed this event and aired it on Book TV.

• Download Adobe Acrobat Reader (free) for use with NPS Cowpens maps.

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