Battle of Camden, August 16, 1780
- When
- August 16, 1780
- Where
- Four miles north of Camden, South Carolina
- Part of
- Battle of Camden
Cornwallis's 2,100 British regulars and militia defeated Gates's 4,000-man American army four miles north of Camden, inflicting nearly 2,000 casualties.
Also known as the Battle of Camden Court House, the engagement formed part of the Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War. A British army of 2,100 regulars and militia under Lieutenant-General Lord Cornwallis engaged an American army of 4,000 regulars and militia under Major General Horatio Gates four miles north of Camden, South Carolina. The result was a major British victory: Cornwallis suffered just over 300 casualties while Gates suffered almost 2,000. Captain Charles Dorsey, whose Maryland artillery company had joined the 1st Continental Artillery Regiment in late May 1778, was captured in the battle.
Sources
- Battle of Camden Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-23
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