Cowpens National Battlefield

We ate lunch in Gaffney and then headed over to Cowpens to check things out. Originally, I had planned that we would visit Kings Mountain one day and save Cowpens for the other. However, rain is forecast for tomorrow and quite a bit of it. As a result we decided to explore Cowpens today.

We checked out a large monument just outside the visitor center

and the exhibits inside the visitor center before we headed outside for a walk along the 1.25 mile long Battlefield Trail.

The scene here was not as impressive as at Kings Mountain, but it was still a nice walk. Sierra was pretty tired by this time and so she was in a slightly cranky mood. Sure enough, Sierra fell asleep in the backpack.

There aren't many monuments on the battlefield here, but there were some interpretive signs to describe the action

and a small monument built by the Washington Light Infantry way back in 1856.

It was a quick visit, but an enjoyable one.