On this day in 1780,
British forces under Lt. Gen. Lord Charles Cornwallis destroy the American forces of Maj. Gen. Horatio Gates (the hero of Saratoga) near Camden, SC. Using old tactics from his British command days, Gates is over-run and his units slaughtered in a crushing defeat. Gates himself, brakes from the field of battle and rides his horse for two days into Virginia away from The Battle of Camden.
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British forces under Lt. Gen. Lord Charles Cornwallis destroy the American forces of Maj. Gen. Horatio Gates (the hero of Saratoga) near Camden, SC. Using old tactics from his British command days, Gates is over-run and his units slaughtered in a crushing defeat. Gates himself, brakes from the field of battle and rides his horse for two days into Virginia away from The Battle of Camden.
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