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CJ-B.781.007
22 Feb 1781:23 (261)
Philadelphia, February 10. [Letter from Greene to Congress
explaining letter which follows containing news of American
successes at Cowpens]
Camp, near Cain-Creek, Jan. 19, 1781. [1 1/2 columns
describing battle at Cowpens]
The enemy were entirely routed, and the pursuit continued
upwards of twenty miles. Our loss was inconsiderable, not
having more than twelve killed and sixty wounded. The
enemy's loss was ten commissioned officers, and upwards of
one hundred rank and file killed, two hundred wounded,
twenty-nine commissioned officers, and above five hundred
privates prisoners, which fell into our hands, with two
pieces of artillery, two standards, eight hundred muskets,
one travelling forge, thirty-five baggage waggons, seventy
negroes, and upwards of one hundred dragoon horses, with all
their music. . .
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