Battle of Camden

The Battle of Camden was a battle between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and the United States. It happened during the American Revolutionary War. It was a major victory for the British Army.

Battle of Camden
Part of the American Revolutionary War
Battle of Camden—Death of De Kalb
Date August 16, 1780 Location north of Camden, South Carolina 34°21′52.39″N 80°36′50.04″W Result Decisive British victory
Belligerents
Great Britain	United States
Commanders and leaders
Charles Cornwallis Banastre Tarleton Lord Rawdon	Horatio Gates Johann de Kalb  † Marquis de La Rouërie
Strength
2,100 4 guns	3,700 7 guns
Casualties and losses
68 killed 245 wounded 11 missing	900 killed and wounded 1,000 Captured

The Battle took place north of Camden, South Carolina on August 16, 1780.

Battle Of Camden Media

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  The Great Wagon Road along which advance forces of both armies met on the night before the battle

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  Battle of Camden initial dispositions and movements, 16 August 1780

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  General Horatio Gates, portrait by Gilbert Stuart

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  Reburial service in Camden of a British soldier whose remains were discovered in 2022.

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  Lieutenant-Colonel Banastre Tarleton by Sir Joshua Reynolds