![Lieutenant Colonel John Edgar Howard slashes his way into the British line, which reels under the pressure. The British were hasty in their attacks and came to regret it.](https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/M212001-lg-760x568.jpg)
Battle of Cowpens
Duel in the Backwoods
By James K. SwisherRichard Hovenden of His Majesty’s British Legion Dragoons cautiously urged his tired horse through a parklike expanse of tall trees that marked the entrance to a South Carolina country crossroads junction called locally “Hannah’s Cowpens.” Read more