Daniel Morgan

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American Revolutionary War veteran Continental Army officer frontiersman general military officer person

Daniel Morgan was a famed American Revolutionary War general and frontiersman best known for his leadership of riflemen and decisive victory at the Battle of Cowpens.

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Revolutionary War veteran → Continental Army officer → frontiersman → general → military officer → person →
allegiance	Thirteen Colonies → United States →
battle	Battle of Cowpens → Battle of Saratoga → Invasion of Quebec (1775) →
birthDate	1736-07-06 →
birthPlace	Hunterdon County, New Jersey → Province of New Jersey →
commanded	American forces at the Battle of Cowpens → Morgan's Riflemen → light infantry corps at Saratoga →
conflict	American Revolutionary War →
countryOfCitizenship	United States → United States of America →
deathDate	1802-07-06 →
deathPlace	Frederick County, Virginia → Winchester, Virginia →
heritage	Welsh descent →
ideology	American patriot →
knownFor	command at the Battle of Cowpens → leadership of riflemen → use of rifle-armed light infantry →
militaryBranch	Continental Army →
militaryStrategy	double envelopment at Cowpens →
militaryUnit	Morgan's Riflemen →
name	Daniel Morgan →
notableAward	thanks of the Continental Congress →
occupation	frontiersman → politician → soldier →
partOf	Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War →
positionHeld	member of the United States House of Representatives →
rank	brigadier general → colonel →
represented	Virginia →
residence	Shenandoah Valley, Virginia → Winchester, Virginia →
used	rifled muskets → sharpshooting tactics →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Cowpens → Saratoga campaign →	commander
Battle of Cowpens →	combatantCommanderFor
Daniel Morgan →	name
Morgan County, West Virginia →	namedAfter
Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War →	notableCommander
Battle of Cowpens →	opponentOf