SC, USA
Cornwallis House Site
Landmark
The site of the house used by Lord Cornwallis as his headquarters during the British occupation of Camden in 1780–1781. The building no longer stands, but its location marks the center of British administrative control in the South Carolina interior during the height of the occupation.
Visiting Today
Address
Camden, SC 29020
Connected Events
Jul 1780
Gates Takes Command of Southern Army
Major General Horatio Gates, Baron Johann de Kalb
Jul 1780
American Army Marches Through Depleted Country
Major General Horatio Gates
Aug 1780
Battle of Camden
Baron Johann de Kalb, Lieutenant Colonel James Webster
Aug 1780
Gates Flees to Charlotte
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Aug 1780
Tarleton Pursues American Survivors
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Aug 1780
American and British Columns Collide at Night
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Aug 1780
Battle of Fishing Creek (Sumter Defeated)
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Aug 1780
Death of Baron de Kalb
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Oct 1780
Greene Appointed to Replace Gates
Major General Horatio Gates, Nathanael Greene
May 1781
British Abandon Camden
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