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Battle of Camden: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date August 16, 1780
Location Camden • South Carolina • United States
Participants United Kingdom • United States
Context American Revolution

Photos

Charles Cornwallis
Historical map showing the final campaigns in the southern United States during the American Revolution, focusing on the Siege of Yorktown in 1781. The map traces the movements of French and American forces in brown and British forces in green through Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, with key battle sites such as Yorktown, Guilford Court House, Kings Mountain, Cowpens, and Eutaw Springs marked by crossed swords. Major rivers and cities are labeled for geographic context.
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Key People

Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess and 2nd Earl Cornwallis
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess and 2nd Earl Cornwallis
British general and statesman
Kalb, portrait replica by Charles Willson Peale, 1781-82; in Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia
Johann Kalb
European military officer
Horatio Gates
Horatio Gates
English-born American general

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