click image for close-up After the revolutionary war, the Continental Congress awarded General Daniel Morgan a gold plaque for his victory at the Battle of Cowpens, which took place in January ...

COWPENS — The Battle of Cowpens might have been fought almost 250 years ago, but a warship named after it just recently stopped sailing the seas. The U.S. Navy retired the Cowpens, a Ticonderoga ...

The Cowpens was launched in March 1989 in Charleston, S.C. It is the second warship to be named after the Battle of Cowpens, a Revolutionary War battle in which colonial soldiers defeated ...

The battle that ensued is known historically as the Battle of the Bulge. The courage and fortitude of the American Soldier was tested against great adversity. Nevertheless, the quality of his ...

The Cowpens was launched in March 1989 in Charleston, S.C. It is the second warship to be named after the Battle of Cowpens, a Revolutionary War battle in which colonial soldiers defeated British ...

Metal arrowheads found in Germany’s Tollense Valley shed light on who may have fought in the ancient conflict around 1250 B.C ...

The social and economic catastrophe left in the ashes of World War I ignited an intellectual and political struggle that would last most of the twentieth century - a battle between the powers of ...

Explore the key events of the Battle of Britain with clips from over ... The resilience of Churchill and the British people A summary of the 6 months from Germany's advance through Europe, to ...

Bannockburn. If there is a fact every Scot knows, it is who won the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314; although it did not bring outright victory in the war, which lay 14 years in the future and would ...

Jac Ullman, mentioned the historic Revolutionary War battle for which the ship was named. “A guiding principle in the last chapter onboard, has been to honor the legacy of Cowpens,” said Ullman.