Camden

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In 1780, as the American Revolution entered its fifth year, British Gen. Sir Henry Clinton looked to break the stalemate that had settled in the North. His “Southern Strategy” would leverage what was thought to be strong Loyalist support in the Southern colonies to subdue the population and further isolate the rebellion. After capturing Charleston, South Carolina, Clinton left Lt. Gen. Charles Earl Cornwallis in charge of the campaign. As Cornwallis recruited Loyalists, set up a ring of outposts, and prepared to move into North Carolina, he got word of a Continental army, commanded by Maj. Gen. Horatio Gates, moving south toward Camden. During the resulting battle, Cornwallis routed Gates, destroyed the Southern Continental Army, and handed the Americans their worst battlefield defeat of the war. It appeared that Cornwallis’s path to victory was open. Or so it seemed.

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