The Battle of Camden
●1780 – In Camden, S.C. the Continental Army led by General Horatio Gates & the British Army led by General Cornwallis fought each other. –First – They met at night & fought a small battle –Finally – They met the next morning & fought a full blown battle. ●The Continental Army lost the Battle of Camden. ●Why? *Because half of Gates’ Continental Army ran away during the battle. –Result – Many Patriots lost their lives & the British controlled most of South Carolina. The Battle of Kings Mountain ●Battle of Kings Mountain – A major success for the Patriots or Continental Army. ●They defeated the Tories –It was fought by militia men & not trained Continental soldiers. ●*The Battle of Kings Mountain was a turning point in the war & was won by the Continental Army. –Mountain men hid behind rocks & trees in order to ambush the British. The Battle of Cowpens ●British General Cornwallis sent Colonel Banastre Tartleton & his troops to North Carolina. –The Continental Army heard about this & were getting ready. ●Continental Army General Daniel Morgan & his backwoodsmen teamed up with Patriot Guerilla Leader Andrew Pickens & his Partisan Guerilla militia. ●Morgan & Pickens fought against Tartleton at the Cowpens - A grazing area of cows. –Hence: Battle of Cowpens ●*The Battle of Cowpens is remembered for the non-traditional fighting tactics of General Morgan. –Example: Morgan placed his soldiers on hills that would make retreating impossible. ●First line of Troops – Partisan’s militiamen. –The militiamen would only fire two shots at the British & then move to the back of the group – They would try & trick the British. ●The Continental Army hid behind the Partisans & tricked the British into getting killed. ●The success of this battle – A surprising victory that changed the outcome of the war. –The British retreated to Virginia. –South Carolina had them on the run boys!!!!!! –AMERICAN PATRIOT VICTORY!!!!!!
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