... Major General Nathanael Greene ordered Daniel Morgan to take an army and march into western South Carolina to try to gather the drained state. Then Cornwallis sent Tarleton and his group of men to take down Morgan's rally. In Morgan's retreat he encountered the Broad River and he knew that he would lose about half ... of his army if he tried to cross it. He found a place called The Cowpens and made a stand in the middle of the pasture with Tarleton only about five miles behind him. Daniel Morgan made a battle plan at spur of the moment that used the soldiers the best he could without ha...

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... they did was yell all the time. It's so annoying and funny at the same time. They need special attention at all times. The second school we visited was Tarleton State University. Tarleton wasn't my ideal school at first. I thought it was real boring and there wasn't anything to do in this small town. The agriculture program was great though and I really ... ...

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... of war into the lives of her fictional characters. Among men and boys war was a popular subject, but among the women it was not. When Scarlett was chatting with the Tarleton twins they brought up war excitedly and she exclaimed, "Why there isn't going to be any war!" as though it was certain(7). At a large picnic on a neighboring plantation, Twelve Oaks ... ...

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... the impact of the war and its aftermath. The ruggedness and strength of north Georgia's red hills are in the characters: Gerald O"Hara, his wife Ellen, Mammy, the Wilkes, the Tarleton twins, and a host of others, white and black, forming a rich picture of Southern life. Margaret Mitchell is clear-eyed and well informed. She knows the South and its history well ... ...

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