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NHG-P.781.001
26 Feb 1781:22 (25/1269)
Philadelphia, February 10. . . [28 lines, letter 24 January
1781 Greene to Congress explaining letter which follows
containing news of American successes at Cowpens followed by
Danial Morgan's report of battle]
Camp, near Cain-Creek, January 19, 1781. . . [1 1/2 columns,
description of battle at Cowpens] The enemy were entirely
routed, and the pursuit continued upwards of twenty miles.
Our loss was inconsiderable, not having more than twelve
killed and sixty wounded. The enemy's loss was ten
commissioned officers, & upwards of one hundred rank and
file killed, two hundred wounded, twenty-nine commissioned
officers, and above five hundred privates prisoners, which
fell into our hands, with two pieces of artillery, two
standards, eight hundred muskets, one travelling forge,
thirty-five baggage waggons, seventy negroes, and upwards of
one hundred dragoon horses, with all their music. . .
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