Battle of Camden

after serving in the French and Indian War. Martin is a South Carolina farmer who lost his wife, Elizabeth, and reluctantly signs up to join the Continental Army after his eldest son, Gabriel joined the regulars to fight against the British. After a battle began on Martin’s plantation, Benjamin helped wounded soldiers from both sides and was approached by William Tavington, a colonel with the British. During this confrontation

enforced defense of the city of Charleston during the Battle of Sullivan's Island on June 28, 1776. Admiral Sir Peter Parker and Major General Henry Clinton driven their British fleet into the Charleston Harbor to but was attempt an attack In the fighting, a British invasion fleet led by Admiral Sir Peter Parker and Major General Henry Clinton attempted to enter the harbor and was overthrown by Fort Sullivan's weapons. For Francis’s effort in the battle, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the Continental

Major-General Horatio Gates-American Commander Major-General Charles Cornwallis-British Commander Date: August 16,1780, 1,000 American troops died and 1,000 were captured. 324 British troops were killed and wounded,1,000 lost as prisoners. The Battle of Camden was important because the general Horatio chose to engage british general Cornwallis force on August 16,1780.Gates was removed from command and replaced by Nathanael Greene.The british won the Victory.The continentals came close to breaking Rawdon’s

north of Camden. Camden, a small town in South Carolina, was in an enticing position for both American and British forces. The American forces, led by Major General Horatio Gates, sought to capture Camden to prove to American colonialists that the South was not lost to British occupation. The British forces, led by Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis, aimed to maintain control of Camden due to it being essential for the success of Britain’s “southern strategy”. The two generals knew that Camden was

Battle of Poison Springs The Battle of Poison Spring was fought in Ouachita County, Arkansas as part of the Camden Expedition, during the American Civil War. The battle is infamous for the Confederates' hatred of black U.S. soldiers of the 1st Kansas Colored Infantry. This is one of the bloodiest battles to take place in Arkansas. On April 17, Steele sent a force of over 600 men and four cannon under Colonel James M. Williams with 198 wagons to seize 5,000 sacks of corn that were said to be stored

The Battle of Camden started on August sixteenth 1780 and finished that same day in Camden, South Carolina. After the colonialist triumph at Saratoga and the French entered the war the British troops embraced another "Southern Style" of battling keeping in mind the end goal to win back the defiant settlements. Subsequent to seeing that Camden was a key area for the colonialists to win, the British chose to assault. Also, at last succeeded in overcoming the numerically prevalent colonialist armed

the name “The Ghost.” Benjamin takes his children to Charlotte Selton plantation, it is there were Gabriel decides to go back to fight for freedom it is this moment when Benjamin and Gabriel argue. Benjamin and Gabriel oversee the Battle of Camden, This battle begins with cannonballs firing and British troops advancing and the continental soldiers standing there, they begin to fire on the British taking down the front line. Benjamin says “gates is a damn fool he has spent too many years in a

capital city of Columbia and then returned to Camden. In Camden she began attending school at the age of ten years old. At the age of Thirteen she was sent to a Madame Talvande`s French School for Young Ladies in Charleston, South Carolina. In 1836 she meets her husband James Chesnut Jr when he was on a visit with his niece. Over the years he showed love attractions with her. James Chesnut Jr is a Princeton University Graduate. Mary returned to Camden in 1838 when her when her dad died. James and

Martin, a veteran of the French and Indian War, thinks of himself as a battle-weary peacenik (his eldest son joins the army against his wishes), but if he believes in liberating the colonies from the tyranny of King George III, he believes even more fervently in smiting the holy bejesus out of the soldiers who have torn his family apart. That these aristocratic oppressors happen to be the same redcoats who are fighting to quash the American Revolution is, shall we say, a matter of the highest moral

2009, news broke that five Camden New Jersey Drug Task Force police officers operating in South Camden, NJ were indicted on police corruption. Specifically, the officers were alleged to have stolen money and drugs from dealers and used the funds and drugs to pay informants and plant evidence to stiffen charges against suspects. Moreover, these officers falsified police reports, paid for false witness testimony and used some of the stolen cash for personal use. South Camden, NJ has been struggling