Camden Battlefield

Infobox_nrhp | name =Camden Battlefield
nrhp_type = nhl


caption =
nearest_city= Camden, South Carolina
locmapin = South Carolina
area = 2000 acres
built =1780
architect=
architecture=
designated= January 20, 1961cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=530&ResourceType=Site
title=Camden Battlefield |accessdate=2008-03-06|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = October 15, 1966cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=66000707

Camden Battlefield is the site of the Battle of Camden on 16 Aug 1780, a British victory over a mixed force of American regulars and militia led by Horatio Gates.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/66000707.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: The Camden Battlefield] |32 KB|date=May 28, 1975 |author=James Dillon |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/66000707.pdf "Accompanying two photos, from 1975"] |32 KB]

The SC DAH summary is here.cite web|url=http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/kershaw/S10817728001/index.htm
title=Camden Battlefield, Kershaw County (S.C. Sec. Rd. 58, Camden vicinity) |accessdate=2008-03-06|work=National Register Properties in South Carolina listing|publisher=South Carolina Department of Archives and History]

It is located on South Carolina Highway 58, 6 miles north of Camden, South Carolina.

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External links

* [http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/kershaw/S10817728001/index.htm Camden Battlefield, Kershaw County (S.C. Sec. Rd. 58, Camden vicinity)] , at South Carolina Department of Archives and History