Publisher's Synopsis
The Battle of Camden, also known as the Battle of Camden Court House, was a major victory for the British in the Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War.
After nearly an hour of frenzied, bloody combat, the British army emerged victoriously, and American morale plummeted to its lowest point of the war. The rout at Camden was not a total loss, however-as Patriot forces eventually came away with a renewed determination to resist British advances, and the lessons from the defeat were applied to secure future victories that finally allowed the Patriots to triumph in the South.
This book presents the Battle of Camden as never before: through the words of American and British participants and contemporary observers. The events leading up to the conflict, the combat itself, and the consequences of Camden are all described in striking detail. The cunning strategies of both American Major General Horatio Gates and British Lieutenant-General Lord Cornwallis are revealed, as are several battlefield reports from soldiers on both sides.
