Tarleton and Washington reportedly met on the field. Unable to overcome the portly, powerful Washington, Tarleton shot his horse and rode away.

No. Thank you!

New subscriber! This was awesome work!

Excellent video, well done, like the length of it.

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Just another reason America won its independence

The British could not be bothered. As far as benefits vs returns, they took the biggest piece of the pie (at the time) with Canada and cut their losses to concentrate on Europe. With an extended supply line, limited resources and multiple fronts to fight with the French, it made perfect sense. It’s very easy to forget (with hindsight sight) that America was a side line distraction at the time. That was the winning strategy for the Americans. It’s the same tactic deployed by every gorilla strategy. It definitely worked. Let’s not pretend it’s anything else. It took another 150+ years and 2 world wars to change the shift of power we see today.

The Texans benefited from Santa Anna’s leadership blunders on two key occasions. He threw away hundreds of men at the Alamo by not waiting 1 day (!!!) for the heavy artillery, and at San Jacinto, he camped on ground that was poor for defense and failed to post sentries, which allowed the Texans to advance towards his camp undetected. It’s hard to believe that someone could be so tactless right on the verge of achieving victory.

I grew up not too far from Cowpens. It’s always an awesome reminder how a small patch of local land was the site of the beginning of the downfall of British forces.

No mention of King's Mountain, which set the stage for Cowpens? Disappointing.

This is one of my favorite battles in American history!

Mel Gibson doing work for freedom.

"remember the Alamo!".

Immediately subscribed! Great video and thank you for not dragging it out into a long ordeal just to extend video runtime.

DROPPIN D20s! do it! share your stories. I would love to know where the entropy of the dice played it's hand.

The skill and coordination to turn and fire a volley on the whole line at point blank after everyone has already engaged and reformed multiple times. Curious if it was the plan all along, retreat and reform as many times as it takes to get the british to fully commit before sucker punching hard and turning them.

is this the battle that was portrayed at the end of "The Patriot"?

Always remember kids take advantage of terrain and tactics. Make sure that when the enemy finally engages with you, they are absolutely bone tired.😂

Great video! I know some like longer videos but this was perfect for me!

Small detail the militia were told to pick off officers and then retreat on purpose....

This video is as good as HistoryMarche! Outstanding Work!

My 7x great grandfather William Voyles was there.

The Problem with Santa Ana isn't that he got Lazy is where he got Lazy Had he set camp outside of Vince's Bridge Houston is Essentially trapped in an Island and But Kudos to Houston for taking the Initiative cause who ever attacked first would have won

Tarleton may have been an officer but he was no gentleman!

Nice video. thanks

I like the length of the video

Should be noted that Tarleton’s troops were sent straight into the fight after a long march to cowpens. Morgan’s troops however were rested as they spent the night on the battlefield. I’ve also read that the 3 pound grasshopper field pieces were never brought into action because of the speed of the British advance. As a side note there were so many British dead that the locals had trouble finding space to bury them appropriately. There are several buried in my family’s cemetery in Union County near Cherokee County.

The opening music sounds like the falling metal pipe soud effect.

USA!!

Daniel Morgan deserves a state named after him. Classic feign retreat, I believe it's also called a Mongolian f you

Moving boxes on a map? I think I’ll stare at this for hours.

That's about 30 min from my house! It's cooler place to visit!

Great work that was very engaging

One important thing that you left out. The militia, known to break when facing British regulars, especially at charges, were expected by the British to collapse against heavy opposition. This was factored into the American Commander's plan. He told the first line "give me two volleys, then run up the hill to the second line". The second line was also to fire only a couple of volleys, and then immediately race back towards the line of regulars. It was planned to draw the British in deeper, and exhausted in the uphill fight. The American Commander knew the terrain well. It was by design that he led them into his trap.

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Please do a video on the battle of Guilford Courthouse where the British Pyrrhic victory caused Cornwallis to abandon the Carolinas and retreat to Yorktown which resulted in Britain’s ultimate defeat and America’s victory

Is there any information on why Taralton (sp) didn't commit the Highlanders?

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high quality! keep em coming

This video reminds me of War Hawk’s Civil War video style.

Wow this gets the blood stirring! Just wow. Almost - not quite but just about a Thermopylae!

I thought the militia was told to shoot 2 or 3 times and then retreat since they would’ve fled anyway. Then they were backed up to a swamp and had to fight or die. All of the above?

Brave men on both sides.

The Cannae of the Revolution

Morgan took a page out of the exploits of Hannibal Barca, who used a similar withdrawal to draw the Romans into a killing pocket.

the battle at the end of the movie the patriot

I really like this video, especially because it’s about my ancestor I am a descendent of Daniel Morgan on my mother side. My full name is Kevin Daniel Morgan pruitt. My mother was so proud of the fact that we are descendants of his that she put his name in mine.

They kinda didnt explain it correctly. BOTH British flanks were turned, creating a double emvelopment. This ractic is taught at west point to this day, specifically the battle at Cowpens. Also, American cavalry was hidden in the tree line on the American right flank, totally suprising Tarleton.

Green and morgan were like lee and jackson very humble men, but fierce fighters, they never took accolade.

The similarity with the Epic History's videos is self-evident.