A list of the Commissioned Officers in the Action of the 17th of January 1781. (Battle of Cowpens)
Of the Light Infantry
John Howard, Lieut, Colonel Commandant
Benjamin Brooks, Captain and Maj. of Brigade Captain Robt. Kirkwood, - - - - Delaware Captain Anderson ------- Maryland
Captain Dobson --------
Lieut. Ewing ---------
Lieut. Watkins --------
Lieut. Hanson --------
Lieut Barnes --------- Virginia
Lieut. Miller."""""
Ensign King ---------
Ensign Dyer --------- Maryland
Ensign Smith ---------
Lieut. Anderson -------- Delaware
Of the 3rd Regiment of Light Dragoons
Lt. Cole William Washington --- Virginia
Major Richard Cole -----
Capt. Barrett --------
Lieut. Bell -------- "") Simons -------- Carolina
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Skipwith Revolutionary War Collection, Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries
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