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Camden Revolutionary War Site

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Camden Revolutionary War Site
Camden Revolutionary War Site
Camden Revolutionary War Site
Camden Revolutionary War Site
Camden Revolutionary War Site
Camden Revolutionary War Site
Camden Revolutionary War Site
Camden Revolutionary War Site
Camden Revolutionary War Site
Camden Revolutionary War Site
Camden Revolutionary War Site
Camden Revolutionary War Site
Camden Revolutionary War Site
Camden Revolutionary War Site
Camden Revolutionary War Site
Camden Revolutionary War Site
Camden Revolutionary War Site
Camden Revolutionary War Site
Camden Revolutionary War Site
Camden Revolutionary War Site
Camden Revolutionary War Site
Camden Revolutionary War Site
Camden Revolutionary War Site
Camden Revolutionary War Site
Camden Revolutionary War Site
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The Battle of Camden was a major victory for the British in the Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War . On August 16, 1780, British forces under Lieutenant General Charles, Lord Cornwallis routed the American forces of Major General Horatio Gates about five miles north of Camden, South Carolina, strengthening the British hold on the Carolinas following the capture of Charleston. The rout was a humiliating defeat for Gates, the American general best known for commanding the Americans at the British defeat of Saratoga, whose army had possessed a large numerical superiority over the British force. Following the battle, he never held a field command again. His political connections, however, helped him avoid inquiries and courts martial into the debacle.
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