SC, USA
Little Lynches Creek Crossing
Landmark
The creek crossing north of Camden where Gates's army crossed during its approach to the battlefield. The route Gates chose to approach Camden — through sandy, forested terrain with poor road conditions — contributed to his army's exhaustion before the battle.
Visiting Today
Address
North of Camden, Kershaw County, SC
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
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