Teacher Resources
Eutaw Springs
Inquiry Question
Can you win a war by not losing battles? What does that look like?
Primary Sources
What Teachers and Students Use
General Nathanael Greene to the President of Congress: Battle of Eutaw Springs, September 11, 1781
PRIMARY · National Archives and Records Administration
5 analysis prompts
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Stewart to Lord Rawdon: Eutaw Springs Dispatch, September 1781
PRIMARY · Public Record Office (National Archives, United Kingdom)
5 analysis prompts
Pension Applications: Eutaw Springs Veterans, North and South Carolina
PRIMARY · National Archives and Records Administration
5 analysis prompts
South Carolina State Records: Eutaw Springs District, 1781-1782
PRIMARY · South Carolina Department of Archives and History
5 analysis prompts
Eutaw Springs Battlefield Preservation Documentation
INSTITUTIONAL · American Battlefield Trust
5 analysis prompts
Downloads
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Lesson Plan
In the Classroom
Learning Objectives
- 1Students will trace the key engagements of Greene's southern campaign from December 1780 through September 1781
- 2Students will analyze Greene's strategic logic: fighting to impose casualties rather than to win decisive battles
- 3Students will evaluate the Battle of Eutaw Springs as a case study in tactical inconclusion and strategic success
- 4Students will assess what the southern campaign reveals about the relationship between military means and political ends
Explore Further
Eutaw Springs in the Knowledge Graph
The lesson packet draws from these pages. Use them to extend the lesson or give students primary source context.
Comparative Study
Connected Towns
The corroborate prompts in the student packet point to these towns. Teachers can assign cross-town comparisons.
Ninety Six
SHARED PERSON
The same army and commanders who besieged Ninety Six in May–June 1781 fought at Eutaw Springs three months later; the Eutaw Springs campaign was the culmination of the same strategic arc.
Camden
SHARED PERSON
Nathanael Greene, Otho Williams, Henry Lee, and Francis Marion all served in both the Camden aftermath and the Eutaw Springs campaign; Camden created the strategic problem that Eutaw Springs resolved.
Charleston
SHARED THEME
Eutaw Springs confined British forces to Charleston; the fourteen months between the battle and the final British evacuation of Charleston in December 1782 were the direct consequence of the damage inflicted at Eutaw Springs.
Assessment
Eutaw Springs in the American Revolution
Answer the following questions based on our study of Revolutionary history. · 5 questions · Answer key in Teacher Guide PDF
What makes Eutaw Springs significant in Revolutionary history?
multiple choice
Primary sources are documents or objects created during the time period being studied.
true false
Name one event that occurred in Eutaw Springs during the Revolutionary period and explain its significance.
short answer
+ 2 more in the full quiz PDF
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