Last updated: June 26, 2022
Place
The Continental Army at Cowpens
NPS Photo / Mike Puckett
This line consisted of Continentals from Maryland and Delaware as well as militia from Virginia and North Carolina. Seasoned veterans under Lt. Col. John Eager Howard of Maryland, they had served at least one year and were Morgan's most reliable troops. Many served for the duration of the war. They were trained, paid, and uniformed by the Continental Congress.
The footprints on the ground approximate the position of one man in the Continental Army. The height of the common soldier was 5'-5"
Lt. Col. John Eager Howard’s battalion of Maryland and Delaware Continentals fought courageously at Cowpens and afterward. Nathanael Greene called Howard. “as good an officer as the world affords.” The Maryland unit was one of the few regiments to fight in both northern and southern campaigns. By war’s end the Delaware Continentals were considered one of the elite light infantry units of the Southern Army.
The footprints on the ground approximate the position of one man in the Continental Army. The height of the common soldier was 5'-5"
Lt. Col. John Eager Howard’s battalion of Maryland and Delaware Continentals fought courageously at Cowpens and afterward. Nathanael Greene called Howard. “as good an officer as the world affords.” The Maryland unit was one of the few regiments to fight in both northern and southern campaigns. By war’s end the Delaware Continentals were considered one of the elite light infantry units of the Southern Army.