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A Cowpens press release ref authors to participate in forum on 13 Jan.:
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Cowpens Forum to Feature Noted Authors
Emphasis:  American Revolution in the South
January 13, 2001
3:00 p.m.
Cowpens National Battlefield Visitor Center

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE				(864)461-2828
  Authors, John Buchanan, Walter Edgar, Gregory Massey and Christine
Swager have all written books that contribute to telling the stories of
the role Southern states played in the American Revolution.  They will
be joining each other in discussing their particular focus on the war
and their writings during the Forum at Cowpens National Battlefield on
January 13th..

	John Buchanan's book, The Road To Guilford Courthouse, is about the
British campaign of 1780-1781.  He states in his book that "the tactical
masterpiece of the War of the Revolution occurred in the South, and a
battle "long, bloody and obstinate" that went far in deciding the great
issue at stake.  We will also witness in the southern Back Country a
little known but savage civil war far exceeding anything in the North."
Mr. Buchanan worked as the archivist at Cornell University and later the
chief registrar at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.  He and his wife live
in New York City where he continues to write and publish.

	Walter Edgar's book,  South Carolina, A History, is the first
comprehensive history of the state to be published in nearly fifty
years.  Beginning with the first exploration by the Spanish who came to
shore near modern day Beaufort and ending with the end of the twentieth
century, his book is a wealth of information in an easy to read format.
Dr. Edgar is the Claude Henry Neuffer Professor of Southern Studies at
the University of South Carolina and the author or editor of more than a
dozen books about the Palmetto State.

	Gregory D. Massey's book, John Laurens and the American Revolution,
tells the story of the son of the Henry Laurens who was president of the
Continental Congress.  John Laurens distinguished himself as one of the
most zealous, self-sacrificing participants in the American Revolution
and how devoted his entire adult life to securing American Independence.
Unlike other prominent southerners, Laurens believed that blacks shared
a similiar nature with whites, and he formulated a plan to free slaves
in return for their service in the Continental Army.  Dr. Massey is an
associate professor of history at Fred-Hardeman University in Henderson,
Tennessee.

	Christine Swager's book, Black Crows and White Cockades, was written
for students at the specific request of educators across South Carolina.
However, it is an interesting read for anyone wanting to learn more
about the era of the American Revolution in South Carolina. Christine
grew up in Nova Scotia and therefore comes to the Forum with a British
viewpoint about how the colonists were able to secure their freedom from
the British.  She lives with husband Bob, in Santee, South Carolina
where she continues to write.

	For more information about this and other activities at the
battlefield, call (864)461-2828 or visit the website at:
http://www.nps.gov/cowp/indepth.

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Note: in addition to the above, Dr. Larry Babits (author or "Devil of a
Whipping") and Dr. Bobby G. Moss (author of numerous rosters of
RevWar patriots/loyalists in Carolinas) will be present on Sunday 14
Jan 2001.

Some will be interested in the first-ever presentation of my efforts to
plot all known RevWar battle/skirmish/significant sites *world-wide*.
These locations will be projected on-screen overlaid on a variety of
maps (1773 SC, 1825 Mills Atlas, 1:250,000 topo, roadmaps, etc.).
Some can never be found, some are disputed, but I have plotted what
I have been able to find on all but 330 of the some 2900 sites which
I have found in various lists and books.  More than any other listing,
I have used
http://www.281.com/robertson/battles/17752.htm
Since only a fraction of the sites can be displayed, the program is
flexible and will respond to the interests of the audience.

Participants in the Cowpens Battle came from SC, NC, GA, VA, MD,
DE, NJ, NY and the UK.  The survivors settled in many of the
states existing prior to 1840.


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