Inventory and Monitoring at Southern Campaign of the American Revolution Parks

The Southern Campaign was critical in determining the outcome of the American Revolutionary War. After setbacks in the North, the British strategy was to win the conflict by concentrating their forces in the southern states. The strategy depended upon the assumption that many southerners remained loyal to the British. American loyalist support never matched expectations, however, and by 1781 the Southern Strategy failed to prevent British defeat in the war.

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  Cowpens National Battlefield

  This battlefield is a mix of oak-hickory forest bordering open fields and small woodlands, including small streams that cut deep channels.

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  Kings Mountain National Military Park

  The site of a patriot victory, Kings Mountain is a rocky spur of the Blue Ridge Mountains, rising 150 feet above the surrounding area.

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  Ninety Six National Historic Site

  This Revolutionary War site preserves the frontier village of Ninety Six, and includes 25-acre Star Fort Lake.