• From NPS Southeast Archaelogical Center, 'more or less':
  • American Revolution: the War in the South. Search for 'revolution'. Quote: The southern campaign broke the will of the British to continue the war. From 'History of the Southeastern U.S. and Caribbean Areas'
  • Southern Campaign of the American Revolution
• Search pages for any/all National Parks websites. The way to find something on the NPS pages.:
  • Search NPS.GOV.
  • Another NPS.GOV search.
  • National Parks.
• Buying Books from the NPS site bookstores:. This is not as simple as it used to be, but it can still be done remotely with a little patience. Call the parks directly as you did before, ask for the bookstore, and learn if the book or books are available at the park bookstore. Be sure to ask for the item number and the exact price.
  Kings Mountain NMP: 864-936-7921
  Cowpens NB: 864-461-2828
  You may then buy the books with a credit card by calling:
  (877) 628-7275

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• The Price of Loyalty & Dark Days.
  The Battle at Kings Mountain is covered in Dark Days. Viewer comment.
• The South Regained & A Harvest of Victory Cowpens and Guilford Courthouse are covered in The South Regained. Viewer comment.
• A similar series geared toward K-8, including coverage of the RW (but not in the South) is Early America

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• Road to Guilford Courthouse by John Buchanon:
• Amazon.com. You will learn amazing facts such as that the Battle at Cowpens was a technical victory for the British! [See Kirkus review].
• The Carolina Backcountry on the Eve of the Revolution by Charles Woodmason, the most complete first person account of life on the frontier.
• The First Salute by Barbara W. Tuchman. This book covers the RW from a perspective remarkable for its breadth and depth. Of 12 chapters, the campaign in the South rates a full chapter, and it immediately follows(!) a chapter titled "The Low Point of the Revolution". That'll do.
  • Amazon.com One review and numerous reader comments, some quite good.
  • Danny Yee
  • Alison Chaiken Hewickoasisonline . Search for "Salute".
  • A 2-liner from DJ, a Brit djdavidj.demon . For balance.
  • Stuart Wier. Search for "salute". "a big disappointment and should be avoided" as descriptive of fighting sail. Valid point, IMO.

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• 1st Annual Kings Mountain Forum held 29 August 1998
  
  • Unofficial synopsis of the presentations prepared by an attendee. From the AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L mailing list archives.
  • Unsolicited responses to this posting.
• 218th Anniversary of Kings Mountain Battle. 7 Oct 1998. John Buchanon, author of Road to Guilford Courthouse, was keynote speaker. Errata.
• One Battle May Give Us America: Lord Cornwallis in the South by Howard Burnham, 10 Oct 1998 at KM NMP.

• Cornwallis. British general for both Kings Mountain and Cowpens, present at neither battle.
  • Cornwallis, by Janie B. Cheaney with picture from following site.
  • General Charles Cornwallis from the American Revolution Homepage.
  • Portrait of Cornwallis from Archiving Early America.
  • Cornwallis, Charles, 1st Marquis Cornwallis from Encarta Encyclopedia.
  • Picture of Cornwallis from MG Charles Cornwallis
  • Cornwallis pictures
  • His servant a Patriot spy from Roles of African Americans in the American Revolution
  • Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess from Columbia Encyclopedia
  • Cornwallis comes to Charlotte
  • Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown from PBS site.
  • Trombull portrait of surrender at Yorktown from which Cornwallis was absent!
  • Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown. Same painting in capitol rotunda.
  • John Trumbull: Artist Of The Revolution . More about Trumbull and the painting.
  • "Surrender of Cornwallis" Capitol Rotunda Frieze.
  • Letter of surrender at Yorktown
  • From the diary of Ebenezer Denny, 1781 describes events leading up to surrender at Yorktown.
  • Cornwallis House in which Cornwallis resided at Winnsboro.
  • Cornwallis Headquarters, old engraving of building used as Cornwallis' HG in Charlotte.
  • Cornwallis Papers and Documents
  

• Nathanael Greene. Patriot general for Battle at Cowpens, not present at the battle.
  • Nathanael Greene, by Janie B. Cheaney
  • Nathanael Greene And The American Revolution by Matthew Baltz.
  • General Nathanael Greene from the Valley Forge Historical Society.
  • Major General Nathanael Greene by Michael David Kennedy.
  • Nathanael Greene home in Rhode Island.
  • Nathanael Greene Papers
  • Resources on Nathanael Greene. USAMHI
  • Nathanael Greene and the Supply of the Continental Army From the Quartermaster Review May-June 1950
  • Nathanael Greene portrait from Archiving Early America.
  • A Freemason.
  • Statue in Statuary Hall.
  • Statue of Nathanael Greene at Guilford Courthouse park from Revolutionary War on The Real Unofficial Battleground Page. Other great Carolinas RW pictures there.
  • General Nathaniel Greene: The Forgotten Hero Opinion Paper by John S. Wargo LTC, U.S. Army(Retired)

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• From the California Sons of the Revolution webpage.
  • American Revolution battles, 1780
  • American Revolution battles, 1781
• Timeline of the Revolution An exclusive from PBS: No Patriot victories in the South in 1780-81!
• An Unlikely Victory, 1777 to 1783 from "The History Place" shows the effect of KM (unnamed).
• Chronological List Of Battles, Actions, &C. from the War for American Independence Page.
• The War in the South, 1778-1781 by Valley Oak Elementary School students in Davis CA,USA. Great job! Don't miss this one. Compare with PBS site, above! Also, see their Moore's Creek Bridge. Their Overview page
• Timeline from "The Philadelphia Campaign 1777. Good coverage of KM and Cowpens.
• Colonial America Time Line 982-1791. Includes KM and Cowpens.
• The American Revolution Chronology. Lists 23 items including 5 in the Carolinas! from Historical Tidbits by Tom Shoberg, tshobergpittstate
• Comprehensive Timeline. In the world at large.
• Time-Line of The Revolutionary War by Norris Taylor.

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• Scotia Press. The works of Dr. Bobby G. Moss providing accounts of individual participants.
• I. The Cowpens from Many Were Sore Chased And Some Cut Down - Fighting Cornwallis with the Rockbridge Militia by Odell McGuire
• Carolina campaign from Columbia Encyclopedia
• The Race to the Dan.
• Colonel, Lord Cornwallis' Company, re-enactment group for 33rd Foot, not present at CP, but with good info on uniforms, links, etc.
• National park economic data for 1994 from the Thoreau Institute. Includes both KM NMP and the OV NHT. A look at parks from an entirely different viewpoint. In that year there were 229,000 visitors at KM NMP who stayed an average of 61+ minutes at a taxpayer cost of $1.93/visit.
• Rutherford County, N.C. And American Independence. "...a slight modification of a talk given to the students of Chase High School on their Pioneer Day on October 3, 1997, the 217th. anniversary of the day that the Over The Mountain Men reached Cane Creek in pursuit of Ferguson" by Homer Arnold, bharnoldblueridge
• South Carolina's Revolutionary Heritage. General, but relevant comments on impact of RW on the region, and impact of the region on the RW.
• From: American Revolutionary War (ARW) In the South, compiled by Paul R. Sarrett:
  American Revolution War In South, Part V. Includes Battle at Kings Mountain and Cowpens.
• War of American Independence from the U.S. Army Center of Military History.

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