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The Southern Campaign of the American Revolution

Camden: Defeat and Destruction

The cavalries clashed in a battle that became known as the Battle of Camden.

Aired 05/18/2017

The Southern Campaign of the American Revolution

Camden: Defeat and Destruction

Special | 8m 55sVideo has Closed Captions

The cavalries clashed in a battle that became known as the Battle of Camden.

On August 16, 1780, General Horatio Gates' army, joined by militia men from North Carolina and Virginia, marched south toward the British outpost in Camden, South Carolina. At the same time, Lt General Charles Earl Cornwallis's army headed north. The cavalries clashed in a battle that became known as the Battle of Camden, the largest battle in the South up to that point.

Aired 05/18/2017

The Southern Campaign of the American Revolution is a local public television program presented by SCETV

This video series was made possible by South Carolina ETV, The National Park Service, The Self Family Foundation, The George Washington Endowment Fund of the National Society of the Sons...

The Southern Campaign of the American Revolution

Camden: Defeat and Destruction

Special | 8m 55sVideo has Closed Captions

On August 16, 1780, General Horatio Gates' army, joined by militia men from North Carolina and Virginia, marched south toward the British outpost in Camden, South Carolina. At the same time, Lt General Charles Earl Cornwallis's army headed north. The cavalries clashed in a battle that became known as the Battle of Camden, the largest battle in the South up to that point.

Aired 05/18/2017

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The Southern Campaign of the American Revolution is a local public television program presented by SCETV

This video series was made possible by South Carolina ETV, The National Park Service, The Self Family Foundation, The George Washington Endowment Fund of the National Society of the Sons...

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