"The second line comprised the two battalions of Foot Guards, the Light Infantry, and the Grenadiers… Tarleton's Light Dragoons formed the final reserve." ("The Battle of Guilford Courthouse 1781.")
Without much of a choice, due to the terrai Continue Reading...
Morgan's skirmishers kept firing as they withdrew to join the second line of militiamen. Tarleton's main infantry and cannons then attacked Morgan's second line. (Buchanan 321-322).
Morgan's second line fired a volley into Tarleton's infantry line, Continue Reading...
Battle of Cowpens
The British Are Not Coming: How the Read Coats Lost the Battle of Cowpens
The Battle of Cowpens is considered by many historians to be a critical battle, which to a large extent shaped the outcome of the American Revolutionary War Continue Reading...