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How a Revolutionary War battle in SC helped name two Navy ships, a festival and a book
When Revolutionary War troops fought the Battle of Cowpens in 1781, the name only made sense: The area, now near Spartanburg, was dotted with literal cow pens. In the more than 240 years since then, that name has come to connect a small Upstate town with two Naval ships, an annual festival and, most recently, […] The post How a Revolutionary War battle in SC helped name two Navy ships, a festival and a book appeared first on SC Daily Gazette.
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