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SG(C.781.010
27 Feb 1781:41,42 (1/9)
General Morgan's letter to Gen. Greene. Camp. Cane-Creek,
Jan. 19, 1781.
Dear Sir, . . . [description of action at Cowpens, 1 1/2
columns]
The enemy's list was 10 commissioned officers, and upwards
100 rank and file killed, 200 wounded, 29 commissioned
officers, and above 500 privates, prisoners, which fell into
our hands with two pieces of artillery, two standards, eight
hundred muskets, one traveling forge, thirty-five baggage
wagons, seventy Negros, and upwards of one hundred dragoon
horses, with all their music. They destroyed most of their
baggage, which was immense. . . [3 more paragraphs, signed]
Daniel Morgan
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