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Daniel Morgan (c. 1736 – July 6, 1802) was an American pioneer, soldier, and politician from Virginia. One of the most respected battlefield tacticians of the American Revolutionary War of 1775–1783, he later commanded troops during the suppression of the Whiskey Rebellion of 1791–1794.
The Battle of Cowpens was a military engagement during the American Revolutionary War fought on January 17, 1781, near the town of Cowpens, South Carolina.American Patriot forces, estimated at 2,000 militia and regulars under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan faced 1,000 British troops under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton.
Soldier's Rest is a historic farmhouse located in Berryville, Clarke County, Virginia.It was constructed about 1780 [3] for the family of William Morton. The property was later owned, and expanded upon, by Daniel Morgan, a general in the American Revolution.
Morgan's Riflemen were a key model for the fictional unit portrayed in the movie The Patriot, by Mel Gibson. [7] In Empire: Total War, Morgan's Riflemen was a unique unit to the United States via DLC. [citation needed] In the seventh season of the television series Outlander, Jamie Fraser is recruited by Daniel Morgan to join the Riflemen.
The life of General Daniel Morgan of the Virginia Line of the army of the United States. New York: Derby & Jackson, pp. 53–54 (Proceedings of the Frederick County, Virginia, Committee, June 22, 1775; and Morgan's commission, June 22, 1775), 118 (Morgan's commission, November 12, 1776). OCLC 6238492. Hazard, Samuel, ed. (1856).
The 11th Virginia Regiment was a Continental Army regiment that fought in the American Revolutionary War.. Authorized by the Second Continental Congress on 16 September 1776, it was organized on 3 February 1777 and consisted of four companies from the Virginia counties of Loudoun, Frederick, Prince William, and Amelia; Captain Daniel Morgan's Independent Rifle Company from Fauquier County; and ...
On 3 February, Greene joined Daniel Morgan's Continentals at Trading Ford on the Yadkin River, and on 7 February, Lighthorse Harry Lee rendezvoused with the rebel army at Guilford Courthouse. By 9 February, Greene commanded 2036 men, 1426 of whom were regular infantry, whereas Cornwallis had about 2440 men, 2000 of whom were regulars.
During the summer of 1780, a group of Overmountain Men led by Isaac Shelby joined up with Colonel Charles McDowell to raid Loyalist outposts in the Piedmont mountain region of northwestern South Carolina. The Overmountain Men captured Fort Thickety on the Pacolet River and aided in the Patriot victory at the Battle of Musgrove Mill. With the ...