Tag Archives: Lord Cornwallis

“Gentlemen, what is best to be done?” Gates Moves Towards Camden and Makes a Fateful Decision

Posted on August 16, 2019 by

Picking up the story of Camden from Thursday morning, we continue with Col. Otho Holland Williams comments on the events on the evening of August 15th. As Gates’ army moved southward at night, a dangerous undertaking even with a professional … Continue reading →

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“troops will observe the profoundest silence upon the march…” Gen. Gates’ Orders on August 15, 1780

Posted on August 15, 2019 by

Two hundred and thirty nine years ago today from his camp at Rugeley’s Mill, SC, American General Horatio Gates issued the following orders to his Southern Army to move on to the British post of Camden, SC. “The sick, the … Continue reading →

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“In the deepest distress and anxiety of mind…” Gen. Gates letter to Congress on the Battle of Camden

Posted on August 16, 2018 by

238 years ago today the United States military suffered one of its worst defeats. The Battle of Camden, fought on August 16, 1780 just a few miles north of Camden, SC was a total defeat for the American “Grand Army” … Continue reading →

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AfterWARd, the new exhibit at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown. A visit with Curator Kate Gruber

Posted on October 9, 2017 by

If you have not made a trip to the new American Revolution Museum at Yorktown (the former Yorktown Victory Center) then you are missing out. Not only does the museum great exhibits on the causes of the war and the … Continue reading →

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ERW Weekender: Cornwallis House

Posted on June 30, 2017 by

In the quaint South Carolina town of Winnsboro, a few miles off of current Interstate-77 sites a two-story stands one of the oldest dwellings in a town founded by Richard Winn of Virginia a few years before the start of … Continue reading →

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Surrender at Yorktown

Posted on October 19, 2016 by

On this date, in 1781, the British army marched out of their entrenchments at Yorktown and surrendered to General George Washington and the combined Continental and French armies. Although the victory did not conclusively end the war, the victory prompted … Continue reading →

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ERW Weekender: Battle of King’s Mountain

Posted on October 7, 2016 by

On October 7, 1780, one of the most pivotal battles of the American Revolution fought in the South occurred on a hillside in northwest South Carolina.The engagement brought militia from both sides; those loyal to the British and those adhering … Continue reading →

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