General Daniel Morgan defeats the British at the Battle of Cowpens in South Carolina. A major turning point in the Southern theater, the Continental Army reclaimed South Carolina and forced the British, led by General Cornwallis, north, where he eventually met two Continental armies at Yorktown.
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