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Woodcuts of the gold medal Congress awarded Morgan for his victory at Cowpens. The original medal is lost.
Morgan’s fine stone house, which he named “Saratoga,” still stands near Winchester, Virginia.
The War in the South
NORTH CAROLINANew Bern•Edenton•Brunswick•Gilbert Town•SOUTH CAROLINAGeorgetown•GEORGIAAugusta•Moores Creek 27 Feb 1776Sullivans Island 28 June 1776Kettle Creek 14 Feb 1779Brier Creek 3 March 1779Lenuds Ferry 6 May 1780Waxhaws 29 May 1780Williamson Plantation 12 July 1780Kings Mountain 7 Oct 1780Ninety Six•Besieged by Greene May-June 1781;evacuated by the British July 1781Hobkirks Hill 25 Apr 1781Charleston•Captured by the British 12 May 1780Eutaw Springs 8 Sept 1781Fort WatsonHIGH HILLS OF SANTEECornwallis routs Gates at Camden and advances into North CarolinaCamden•Hanging Rock 6 Aug 1780Camden 16 Aug 1780Fishing Creek 18 Aug 1780Great Savannah 20 Aug 1780Charlotte•Greene divides his army sending Morgan to the west and the main army into winter quarters at Cheraw Hills. 20-26 Dec 1780Cheraw Hills•Greene’s winter quarters 1780-1781Grindal ShoalsMorgan’s camp 25 Dec 1780 to 14 Jan 1781Cornwallis turns back after Ferguson’s defeat at Kings Mountain and goes into winter quarters at Winnsborough.Winnsborough•Cornwallis’s winter quarters 1780-1781TarletonMusgroves Mill 18 Aug 1780Fishdam Ford 9 Nov 1780Blackstocks 20 Nov 1780Hammonds Store 28 Dec 1780Easterwood ShoalsCowpens 17 Jan 1781Hamiltons FordCornwallis pursues Morgan.Morgan’s line of retreat after Cownpens.Green River RoadIsland FordBeatties FordIsland FordRamsour’s MillCornwallis burns his baggage. 24 Jan 1781Salisbury•Salem•Guilford Courthouse•Cheraw Hills•Coxs MillGreene races for the Dan River with Cornwallis in pursuit.Boyds FerryGreene crosses the Dan River and is resupplied and reinforced. 13 Feb 1781Cornwallis halts south of the Dan River.Hillsborough•Guilford Courthouse 15 March 1781Ramseys Mill•Greene breaks off pursuit of Cornwallis after Guilford.Cross Creek•Elizabethtown•Cornwallis retreats to WilmingtonWilmington•Cornwallis marches into Virginia April-May 1781Halifax•Petersburg•Richmond•Williamsburg•Yorktown•Cornwallis surrenders 19 Oct 1781