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Camden Battlefield

Battlefield

The preserved battlefield north of Camden where the August 16, 1780 engagement took place. The site retains much of its original character, with open ground and tree lines that approximate the conditions Gates's and Cornwallis's armies encountered. A state park with interpretive trails and markers.

Visiting Today

Address

222 Battlefield Rd, Camden, SC 29020

Connected Events

Jul 1780
Gates Takes Command of Southern Army

Major General Horatio Gates, Baron Johann de Kalb

Jul 1780
Aug 1780
Battle of Camden

Baron Johann de Kalb, Lieutenant Colonel James Webster

Aug 1780
Gates Flees to Charlotte

Major General Horatio Gates, Nathanael Greene

Aug 1780
Tarleton Pursues American Survivors

Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton

Aug 1780
American and British Columns Collide at Night

Major General Horatio Gates, Lord Charles Cornwallis

Aug 1780
Battle of Fishing Creek (Sumter Defeated)

Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton, Brigadier General Thomas Sumter

Aug 1780
Death of Baron de Kalb

Baron Johann de Kalb

Oct 1780
Greene Appointed to Replace Gates

Major General Horatio Gates, Nathanael Greene

May 1781
British Abandon Camden

Nathanael Greene