Ceremony marks final resting place of British soldiers killed in 1781
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May 28, 2012
By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer [email protected]
Three unknown British soldiers were finally given a memorial service Saturday near the gravesite where historians believe they were buried after the Battle of Cowpens. The soldiers were wounded when Gen. Daniel Morgan routed British troops in the Jan. 17, 1781, battle in a turning point for the Revolutionary War. The soldiers were brought to a cattle drivers rest stop […]
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