The following article is based on the research of South Carolina State Representative Sam Manning and was published in the Spartanburg Herald-Journal on January 17, 1981, the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Cowpens.
The Spartan Regiment, as reorganized in the summer of 1780 was a volunteer organization whose officers and men served without pay and without provisions. Their one desire was to throw off the yoke of British tyranny and to achieve freedom and independence. Continue reading