(s) The student will contrast a primary source with a secondary source. The student will abstract and summarize selections from the primary source. The student will describe insights gained into the battle. The student will discuss the importance and pitfalls of primary sources. Background James Collins was a 17-year-old South Carolinian who fought with General Thomas Sumter and other militia leaders after the fall of Charleston to the British. He kept a journal in which he wrote of British destruction, and battles leading up to the Battle of Cowpens. His account gives great insight into the b