Fighting in the South

Battle of Cowpens

Sir Henry Clinton

Sir Henry Clinton•Becomes Commander-in-chief

of British Army in 1778.•Plan is to go to southern backcountry where more loyalists were.•If British Troops went South, loyalists will follow them

British Win Key Cities

•British win three key cities in 1778 Savannah, Georgia Charleston, South Carolina Camden, South Carolina

Fight moves to Backcountry

•Fight becomes Patriot vs. Loyalists in Carolina backcountry

•Both sides burn farms, kill civilians, and torture prisoners.

•By 1780, British and Loyalists get particularly cruel

•More and more settlers begin to side with Britain

King’s Mountain, South Carolina, 1780

•Loyalists were on top of King’s Mountain•900 Patriots rush up the hill barefoot and swinging from tree to tree•They shoot the British leader and take over mountain

King’s Mountain

For the BritishGeneral

Cornwallis

Americans

Nathanael Greene

Daniel Morgan

•Nathanial Greene becomes American Leader in South in 1780.•Fought British on ground•He knew the area.

Why are these good strategies?

Cowpen’s South Carolina•General Morgan won Battle of

Cowpens located in South Carolina in 1781.•He ordered his men into two lines. One in front and one in rear. After two volleys, the front soldiers retreated. British army ran after them and ran right into the army lined up in rear.

Battle of Cowpens

Just because you would want to know…..

•Dragoons on both sides fought in this battle!!

Guerilla Warfare and the Swamp Fox

Francis MarionThe Swamp Fox

•Slept by day and traveled at night•The used guerilla or hit and run tactics to harass the British.

Benedict Arnold becomes a traitor

Benedict Arnold•Turns traitor in

1780 by turning over plans of West Point to british.

•Do you remember why he turned into a traitor?

Benedict Arnold

•He gets away from Americans and commands British troops.•He captures and burns down Richmond, VA•He never gets caught despite sizable amount of money on his head!

•Cornwallis planned to conquer Virginia. •American troops under Lafayette kept Cornwallis from succeeding. •Cornwallis was ordered to send part of his army to New York.

Battle of Yorktown

•Instead, he retreated to Yorktown peninsula.

•American and French army trapped Cornwallis on the peninsula.

•French fleet kept Cornwallis from escaping by sea.

•The British lost the Battle of Yorktown. They surrendered.

•American and French armies laid siege to Cornwallis’s army, surrounded and blockaded the enemy position.