Daniel Morgan was known as the best horseman, the fastest runner, the
fiercest fighter and the strongest wrestler. On a bitter cold day in
January 1781, at an upcountry cattle pasture known as the cow pens, the
cantankerous brigadier general led an army of militiamen, Continental
soldiers and cavalry in a stunning defeat of the British. Told in both
narrative and verse, the Cowpens story is a classic war story from
beginning to end. Come to the Cow Pens!, illustrated with numerous maps
by John Robertson, includes an introduction by South Carolina's leading
historian, Dr. Walter Edgar. Beginning with the settlement of the
backcountry by thousands of Scots-Irish immigrants and continuing
through the horrors of the brutal war in the Carolina backcountry.