From the January 2023 American Battlefield Trust calendar.
JANUARY 2, 1777
** Second Battle of Trenton, New Jersey.
JANUARY 3, 1777
** Battle of Princeton, New Jersey
JANUARY10, 1776
** Thomas Paine anonymously publishes"Common Sense."
JANUARY 17, 1781
** Battle of Cowpens, South Carolina
--Cooter
In the spring of 1778, Andrew Pickens became the colonel of a regiment of South Carolina militia which he later led to victory at the Battle of Kettle Creek. In 1780, he became a prisoner when the British captured Charleston and he accepted a parole, agreeing to sit out the war.
Later that year, he returned to the war when Loyalists burned his home.
On January 17, 1781, he commanded a brigade of South Carolina militia at the Battle of Cowpens, a decisive victory for the Patriots. After the battle, he was promoted to rank of brigadier general. He was later wounded at the Battle of Eutaw Springs in September.
In 1782, he was elected to the South Carolina General Assembly in 1782 and went on to serve with them for a decade.
He purchased land on the Seneca River and constructed Hopewell Plantation, which would become a frequent site of negotiations with Native Americans.
From 1783 to 1795, Pickens represented South Carolina in the United States House of Representatives. On August 17, 1817, he passed away at the age of 77, several months after his son Andrew Pickens Jr. was sworn in as the Governor of South Carolina. He is buried near Pendleton, South Carolina.
--Cooter
JANUARY 1, 1776
British thwart Montgomery and Arnold's assault on Quebec, Canada. (I have written about the first two Montgomery warships in this blog and my War o 1812 blog.)
JANUARY 3, 1777
Battle of Princeton, New Jersey
JANUARY 5, 1776
New Hampshire becomes the first colony to declare full independence.
JANUARY 6, 1777
The Continental Army enters second winter encampment of the war at Morristown, New Jersey.
JANUARY 17, 1781
Battle of Cowpens, South Carolina
JANUARY 19, 1776
Thomas Paine published "Common Sense."
--Cooter
