Other names:
"Gates' Defeat", "Battle Near Camden", "Battle of Gum Swamp".

What:
Battle, 15-16 Aug 1780, MG Horatio Gates vs. *LG Charles Cornwallis

Where: 34.35749,-80.610360 Camden BF Hist. Marker

Maps: [map notes]

• 34.35749,-80.610360 Camden BF Hist. Marker
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Sources:

• John Robertson, ed., "Documentary History of the Battle of Camden, 16 August 1780", Since 2002
  • Landers, H.L., The Battle of Camden SC August 16, 1780. 1929. With maps and illustrations.
  • Maass, John, "There Never Was a More Compleat Victory": Gates, Cornwallis and the Battle of Camden, August 16, 1780
    This is the thesis which was later expanded as: (Library of Congress record:) Author: Maass, John R. Title: Horatio Gates and the Battle of Camden-- "that unhappy affair," August 16, 1780 / John R. Maass ; including an afterword by Charles B. Baxley, The South Carolina Militia in the Battle of Camden. Published: Camden, S.C. : Kershaw County Historical Society, 2001. LC Call No.: E241.C17M33 2001
  • Bibliographies, Battle Of Camden Project

• Jim Piecuch, The Battle of Camden: A Documentary History, History Press, 2006

• NBBAS:Two p.256-277

• Sherman's Calendar.... p.161-167 To avoid long downloads, use option to "Save and view this PDF in Reader".

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• Aug 1780 listing
  8/16/1780 Saunder's Creek (Parker's Old Field, Gum Swamp, Green Swamp). Draw. Per O'Kelley.
  8/16/1780 Camden. British victory. Per O'Kelley, Peckham, Braisted, Heitman.

Related locations:
Hobkirk Hill,   Rugeley's Mill,   Fishing Creek,   Cary's Fort,  

Confidence level:: 5