Tag Archives: Banastre Tarleton

Mercer’s Grenadier Militia

Posted on August 5, 2015 by ECW Guest Post

This is part two in the series by guest historian Drew Gruber. For part one, click here. On the morning of October 3, 1781, British Colonels Tarleton and Thomas Dundas led another expedition north towards Gloucester Courthouse and away from … Continue reading →

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The Other German

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Phill Greenwalt

Baron Frederich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand Steuben or Frederich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin von Steuben or more simply Baron von Steuben, may be the most recognizable German to serve with the American army during the American Revolution.* His merits, pedigree, … Continue reading →

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Cowpens: Defense in Depth

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Bert Dunkerly

  On a cold January morning 234 years ago, one of the most stunning events in American military history took place in a cattle pasture.   Cowpens, South Carolina, was an overwhelming American victory, at a time when one was desperately … Continue reading →

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Looking Back to Cowpens: William J. Hardee and the Battle of Averasboro

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Daniel Davis

After abandoning Fayetteville, North Carolina to Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman’s army group, Lieutenant General William J. Hardee withdrew his corps north of the city. Hardee had ordered the Clarendon Bridge over the Cape Fear River destroyed, removing the possibility of … Continue reading →

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