70TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION HOUSE DOCUMENT No. 328
HISTORICAL STATEMENTS CONCERNING THE BATTLE OF KINGS MOUNTAIN AND THE BATTLE OF THE COWPENS SOUTH CAROLINA
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON 1928
[NOTE: This bound publication of the Historical Section of the Army War College (a predecessor to the US Army Center of Military History) is housed in the Center's library under the call number E 241.C17.B32. It has been reproduced as is with only minor modifications required to conform to the needs of Hypertext Markup Language. Maps and photographs are the best available copies. A table of contents has been added for ease of use. Insertions and typographical corrections for this edition are indicated in italicized print in angle brackets.]
HOUSE RESOLUTION No. 230 PRESENTED BY MR. STEVENSON Resolved, That the historical statements concerning the Battle of the Cowpens, South Carolina, of January 17, 1781, and the Battle of Kings Mountain, South Carolina, October 7, 1780, both prepared by the Historical Section of the Army War College, be printed, with illustrations, as a document.
WILLIAM TYLER PAGE,
Clerk.
iii LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, April 21,1928. Hon. WILLIAM F. STEVENSON,
House of Representatives.
DEAR MR. STEVENSON: In compliance with the request contained in your letter of March 20, 1928, I am pleased to inclose herewith a historical statement concerning the Battle of the Cowpens, South Carolina, of January 17,1781, prepared by the Historical Section of the Army War College.
Very sincerely, DWIGHT L. DAVIS,
Secretary of War.
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