点评:Since we spent a lot longer than originally anticipated at Kings Mountain National Military Park, we arrived later in the day, around 4:30 p.m. While this park is FREE to enter and park, its hours are daily from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., so it was nearly closing time. As a result, we missed the opportunity to see the 18-minute film, "Cowpens: A Battle Remembered."
We only spent about five minutes getting our Passport cancellation stamps and briefly looking at the museum exhibits. The Auto Loop Road, a 3.8 mile, one-way road around the perimeter of the battlefield with wayside exhibits, closed at 4:30 p.m., so we did not have time to tour it.
This was a major, defining battle of the American Revolution. British Commander General Cornwallis's defeat here forced him to give up his effort to take South Carolina. The Maryland Men, known as the "Maryland Line," were the backbone of the American army at Cowpens. They fought under a brilliant Maryland commander, Lieutenant Colonel John Eager Howard, who helped orchestrate the victory that ruined Cornwallis's plans. In fact, the Battle of Cowpens on January 17, 1781, set off an unbroken chain of events that directly resulted in General Cornwallis surrendering at Yorktown just nine months later.
翻译:由于我们在金斯山国家军事公园停留的时间远远超出了预期,抵达时已是当天下午4点半左右。虽然该公园免费开放且可免费停车,但其开放时间为每天上午9点到下午5点,此时几乎到了闭园时间。因此,我们错失了观看那部时长18分钟的影片《考彭斯:一场值得铭记的战役》的机会。
我们只花了大约5分钟时间获取护照上的注销印章,并简要参观了博物馆的展品。자동环形路是一条全长3.8英里的单向道路,沿着战场的边缘蜿蜒而行,沿途设有多处展览点。不过该路在下午4:30便关闭了,因此我们没能有时间去游览。
这是美国独立战争中的一场关键性战役。英军指挥官康沃利斯将军在此役中惨败,被迫放弃了夺取南卡罗来纳州的企图。那些被称为“马里兰军团”的马里兰士兵,则是美军在考彭斯战役中的中坚力量。他们在一位才华出众的马里兰指挥官的率领下浴血奋战。约翰·伊格尔·霍华德中校协助促成了那场摧毁康沃利斯计划的胜利。事实上,1781年1月17日的考彭斯战役引发了一连串连锁事件,直接导致康沃利斯将军在九个月后于约克镇投降。