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On August 16, 1780, the British decisively defeated the Americans at the Battle of Camden, South Carolina. An excerpt from the article:
"The Battle of Camden in South Carolina was a lopsided victory for the British during the American Revolutionary War. Despite the proliferation of dysentery among his men, Continental General Horatio Gates chose to engage British General Charles Cornwallis’s force on the morning of August 16, 1780. The illness depleted the Patriot advantage in troop numbers, and the British pressed forward aggressively as the sole side in possession of bayonets. With the encounter resulting in nearly 2,000 Patriots killed or taken prisoner and heavy losses of artillery, Gates was removed from command and replaced by Nathanael Greene."
"The Battle of Camden in South Carolina was a lopsided victory for the British during the American Revolutionary War. Despite the proliferation of dysentery among his men, Continental General Horatio Gates chose to engage British General Charles Cornwallis’s force on the morning of August 16, 1780. The illness depleted the Patriot advantage in troop numbers, and the British pressed forward aggressively as the sole side in possession of bayonets. With the encounter resulting in nearly 2,000 Patriots killed or taken prisoner and heavy losses of artillery, Gates was removed from command and replaced by Nathanael Greene."
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It is my understanding that Horatio Gates was given this command following "his" overwhelming victory at the Battle of Saratoga which turned British strategy to the South. Credit for Saratoga actually belonged to a more historically recognizable Colonial by the name of...(any guesses?)
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LTC Tom Jones
From memory, Benedict Arnold was put on "house arrest" in his tent for insubordination telling "his commander/boss" in a probable disrespectful manner that the time and circumstance demanded that he go on the offensive against Burgoyne's Army. Arnold "jumped house arrest," rallied the Colonials and won a victory that some claim to be the real turning point of the war and one of the most decisive victories in world history. The lack of recognition (probably due in no small part to his generally irascible temperament) from his valiant effort at Saratoga is what some say turned, along with the urgings of his Tory wife, his loyalties to the British side. Later in the American Revolution, he led a British force in combat operations in the New England area of operation. The name of his group--"The American Legion." SPC Douglas Bolton SGT (Join to see) Lt Col Charlie Brown
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MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.
LTC Tom Jones You nailed it. Arnold and was furious over not being promoted to two stars.
One other note about Gates: He was not Washington's first choice for command of the southern forces. That honor fell to Maj. Gen. Nathaniel Greene, the quartermaster general, who replaced Gates after Camden.
One other note about Gates: He was not Washington's first choice for command of the southern forces. That honor fell to Maj. Gen. Nathaniel Greene, the quartermaster general, who replaced Gates after Camden.
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LTC Tom Jones
Greene being one of two American generals given the sobriquet, "the Fighting Quaker"--USMC Smedley Butler being the other. MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.
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