SC, USA
Saunders Creek (Battle Position)
Battlefield
The creek just south of the main battlefield where the two armies initially deployed in the pre-dawn hours of August 16, 1780. The narrow space between Saunders Creek and a swamp on the American left created the ground on which the battle was fought — terrain that gave the British an advantage once the American left collapsed.
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Kershaw County, SC, north of Camden
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