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Camden, Battle of
CAMDEN, BATTLE OFCAMDEN, BATTLE OF, American Revolutionary battle taking place 16 August 1780. Following General Benjamin Lincoln's defeat and capture at Charleston, South Carolina, General Horatio Gates was given command of the American army in the southern department, consisting of 1,400 regulars and 2,052 unseasoned militia. Marching southward from Hillsboro, North Carolina, Gates met an army of two thousand British veterans under Lord Charles Cornwallis near Camden, South Carolina, early in the morning of 16 August. At the first attack, the militia fled. The regulars, standing their ground, were surrounded and almost annihilated. The Americans lost 2,000 killed, wounded, and captured; 7 cannon; 2,000 muskets; and their transport. The British loss was only 324. Gates fled to Hillsboro and vainly attempted to rally his demoralized army. On 2 December he was replaced by Nathanael Greene. Many Americans fled to the swamps and mountains and carried on guerrilla warfare. BIBLIOGRAPHYHoffman, Ronald, Thad W. Tate, and Peter J. Albert, eds. An Uncivil War: The Southern Backcountry during the American Revolution. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1985. Lumpkin, Henry. From Savannah to Yorktown: The American Revolution in the South. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1981. Pancake, John S. This Destructive War: The British Campaign in the Carolinas, 1780–1782. University: University of Alabama Press, 1985. Nelson VanceRussell/a. r. See alsoEutaw Springs, Battle of ; Revolution, American: Military History ; Southern Campaigns . |
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"Camden, Battle of." Dictionary of American History. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Camden, Battle of." Dictionary of American History. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3401800646.html "Camden, Battle of." Dictionary of American History. 2003. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3401800646.html |
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Camden, battle of
Camden, battle of, 1780. In December 1779 Clinton took an expedition from New York to South Carolina in the hope of drawing on loyalist support. In May 1780 Charleston was captured with 6,000 rebel prisoners. Clinton then handed over to Cornwallis. A counter-thrust by De Kalb and Gates from North Carolina was met at Camden on 16 August. Though Cornwallis was heavily outnumbered, the Americans were routed and De Kalb killed.
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JOHN CANNON. "Camden, battle of." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Camden, battle of." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-Camdenbattleof.html JOHN CANNON. "Camden, battle of." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-Camdenbattleof.html |
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Camden, battle of
Camden, battle of, 1780. In December 1779 Sir Henry Clinton took an expedition to South Carolina in the hope of drawing on loyalist support. In May 1780 Charleston was captured with 6, 000 rebel prisoners. Clinton then handed over to Cornwallis. A counter‐thrust by De Kalb from North Carolina was met at Camden on 16 August. Though Cornwallis was heavily outnumbered, the Americans were routed and De Kalb killed.
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JOHN CANNON. "Camden, battle of." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Camden, battle of." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-Camdenbattleof.html JOHN CANNON. "Camden, battle of." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-Camdenbattleof.html |
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Camden, Battle of
Camden, Battle of (16 August 1780) A battle of the American War of INDEPENDENCE in which some 2000 American militiamen under Horatio GATES were defeated when attacked by CORNWALLIS's army 193 km (120 miles) north-north-west of Charleston, South Carolina. Gates was replaced by Nathanael GREENE as commander of the Southern Army, which revenged itself at the Battle of King's Mountain in October that year.
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"Camden, Battle of." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Camden, Battle of." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-CamdenBattleof.html "Camden, Battle of." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-CamdenBattleof.html |
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Camden, Battle of
Camden, Battle of a battle of the Revolutionary War in Camden, South Carolina, on August 16, 1780. It was a victory for Britain against ill and poorly-trained Americans. It helped to effectively end military resistance in South Carolina and gave the British temporary control of the entire South.
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"Camden, Battle of." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Camden, Battle of." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-CamdenBattleof.html "Camden, Battle of." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-CamdenBattleof.html |
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