He was commissioned a captain in the Continental Army and joined Benedict Arnold's expedition against Québec, distinguishing himself as a commander after Arnold was wounded.
He was commissioned a captain in the Continental Army and joined Benedict Arnold's expedition against Québec, distinguishing himself as a commander after Arnold was wounded. He was taken prisoner and exchanged in 1776, after which he was made a colonel. He served as a congressman in his later years, but gained fame by commanding the troops in western Pennsylvania that suppressed the Whiskey Rebellion. FTP, identify this soldier from the American Revolution whose most brilliant victory was the routing of a superior British force at the 1781 Battle of Cowpens.
He was commissioned a captain in the Continental Army and joined Benedict Arnold's expedition against Québec, distinguishing himself as a commander after Arnold was wounded.
Daniel {Morgan}