Southern Campaign
Published on Nov 29, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
KINGS MOUNTAIN
- Kings mountain and cow pens helped turn the tide of the war
- British commander lord Cornwallis dispatched a force of more than 1,200 loyalists
- Leading the loyalist was major Patrick Ferguson the only British soldier
- Ferguson died at this battle, being shot at least 7 times.
- The patriots won.
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BATTLE OF COW PENS
- The battle of cow pens took place on January 17th 1781
- This battle became known as the turning point of the war
- Patriots won this battle with their leader Daniel Morgan
- They went against tarleton
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BATTLE OF CHARLESTON
- Americans suffer their worst defeat
- Major general Benjamin Lincoln surrenders to British Lieutenant General sir Henry Clinton
- The British captured 3,000 patriots
- The guerrilla warfare strategies made the British surrender at Yorktown on October 19,1781
BUFORDS MASSACRE
- Buford's massacre took place on May 29,1780
- 350 Virginians under command of colonel Abraham Buford were overtaken by colonel banastre tarleton
- In the action 115 Americans were killed 151 were wounded and 53 were taken
- There is now a monument over the battleground
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SOUTHERN CAMPAIGN
- Was the central area of operations in North America in the second half of the American Revolutionary War
- The southern campaign began with British concern over the course of the war in the north
- Failure at Saratoga, fear of French intervention, and over-all failure to bring the rebels to heel persuaded British military to turn their attention to the south
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BATTLE OF YORKTOWN
- George Washington led the Americans whole lord Cornwallis led the British
- The battle was fought on October 9th 1781. The battle ended in victory for the Americans
- On October 19th the British laid down their arms and surrendered.
- After this, the American Revolutionary War was virtually over
