On August 16, 1780, British forces under Lieutenant General Charles, Lord Cornwallis routed the numerically superior American forces led by Major General Horatio Gates about four miles north of Camden, South Carolina, thus strengthening the British hold on the Carolinas following the capture of Charleston.

May 6, 2017 · The Battle of Camden was one of several devastating defeats suffered by the Americans in the early stages of the British military offensive in the South. After capturing Charleston in May 1780, British forces under General Charles Lord Cornwallis established a supply depot and garrison at Camden as part of their effort to secure control of the ...

The battle of Camden was complete. About sixty (60) men rallied as a rear guard and managed to protect the retreating troops through the surrounding woods and swamps. It should be noted that in the manner of warfare in the 18th Century, Lord Cornwallis took Baron DeKalb back to Camden and had him seen after by his personal physician.

Nov 9, 2009 · The 1780 Battle of Camden became a lopsided Revolutionary War victory for the British after General Horatio Gates' Continental forces were decimated by illness.

Battle of Camden, A decisive battle in the American Revolution, fought in South Carolina on August 16, 1780, and yielding a British victory, one of the most crushing defeats ever inflicted upon an American army. British subjugation of rebel American colonies in the South depended on control of outposts and supply depots.

The Battle of Camden was a major victory for the British in the Southern theater of the Revolutionary War. On August 16, British forces under Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis routed the American forces of Major General Horatio Gates about 5 miles north of Camden, South Carolina, strengthening the British hold on the Carolinas following the ...

Apr 16, 2024 · The Battle of Camden (16 August 1780) was a major battle of the southern theater of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). It saw a British army under Lord Charles Cornwallis decisively defeat an American force under General Horatio Gates, thereby securing British control of South Carolina and allowing Cornwallis to invade North Carolina.

4 days ago · On August 16, around 2:00 A.M., advance cavalry elements of the opposing armies stumbled into one another on the old Waxhaws Road about 5 miles north of Camden. Both sides pulled back to await dawn's daylight.

Apr 15, 2016 · In early April 1780, as British forces tightened their grip around Charleston, the Maryland Division, the Delaware Regiment, and the First Continental Artillery Regiment received orders to march for the Southern Department, where they were expected to serve as the main component of a Charleston relief expedition.

Fought on August 16, 1780 near Camden, South Carolina, this battle irreversibly humiliated the American General Horatio Gates and witnessed the death of an allied general, Johann DeKalb, at the hands of British forces under General Charles Lord Cornwallis.