Contemporary Comment by Non-participants, Battle of Camden Project

Documents by Contemporary Non-Participants. Battle of Camden SC 16 August 1780 ("Gates' Defeat").

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BATTLE OF CAMDEN PROJECT

12 Aug 1780 - 17 Jan 1781. From Journal of Capt. Alexander Chesney, Adjutant to Maj. Patrick Ferguson Š2002, ed. by Dr. Bobby Gilmer Moss, with permission. Chesney was an active and effective Loyalist militia officer who served with Patrick Ferguson at Kings Mountain and with Banastre Tarleton at Cowpens. Compiled after 1790.
14-19 August 1780 From Uzal Johnson, Loyalist Surgeon; A Revolutionary War Diary Š2000, ed. by Dr. Bobby Gilmer Moss, with permission. Johnson served with Patrick Ferguson.
15-19 August 1780 From Lt. Anthony Allaire's Diary. Lt. Allaire served with Patrick Ferguson.
- Tennesseans in the Revolutionary War site. Use control-f and search for "tuesday, 15"
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17 Aug 1780 Col. Francis Marion to Col. Peter Horry
27 Aug 1780 Col. Francis Marion to Col. Peter Horry:
- Colo. Marion, to Colo. P. Horry. 27 August 1780. From Documentary History of the American Revolution, by Gibbes. Recapture of 150 Continentals.
- Also found in James "...Life of ...Marion.." Use control-f and search for "aug. 27".
- Was this the incident in which 80 of 150 recaptured Continentals elected to remain with their captors? See "In the Hands of The British: The Treatment of American POWs During The War of Independence", article by Philip Ranlet in Historian, Summer 2000. Use control-f to search for "camden". For refs, search for "(26)"
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3 Sep 1780 Thomas Jefferson
From Thomas Jefferson papers at the Library of Congress.
- To Horatio Gates, September 3, 1780, on defeat at Camden.
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- To Edward Stevens, September 3, 1780, on defeat at Camden.
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  - Transcription from The Works Of Thomas Jefferson In 12 Volumes, Vol.3, Ed. Paul Leicester Ford (The Federal Edition) (1905)
- To George Washington, September 3, 1780, on defeat at Camden. From Thomas Jefferson papers at the Library of Congress. Submitted by Charles Baxley. Ref to this letter. Use control-f and search for "september 3".
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  - Transcription of pages 1-3 from The Works Of Thomas Jefferson In 12 Volumes, Vol.3, Ed. Paul Leicester Ford (The Federal Edition) (1905).
  - Scan of page 4 Begins: "A Narrative of the late disaster in S.Carolina collected from the most authentic accounts which have been received." Is there a transcription of this anywhere? Can it be transcribed?.
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September 5, 1780 Nathanael Greene to Governor Greene. September 5, 1780. From Magazine of American History, October 1880.
September 11, 1780. George Washington to Thomas Jefferson, September 11, 1780. From George Washington papers at the Library of Congress.
- Transcript.
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4 October 1780. Partial abstract of letter from Samuel Smith to Otho Holland Williams. Discusses Gates and enemies of Williams.
17 October 1780. Letter from William Woolford to his brother James. Mentions Kings Mountain, then discusses status of brother Thomas Woolford, captured at Fishing Creek.
19 October 1780. Partial abstract of letter from Alexander Scammell to Otho Holland Williams.

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9 January 1781 Nathanael Greene, after assuming command, to President Reed 9 January 1781. [Excerpted from American History Told by Contemporaries, Vol. II: Building of the Republic, Albert Bushnell Hart, ed. (New York, MacMillan, 1899), pp. 609-612]
1781? Sketch of the disposition and commencement of the action near Camden 16th August 1780... by Ed. Barron to Lord Percy "..as described in the letters of ...Cornwallis to Secretary of State:- and ...Gates to Congress.". It is conjectured that this map was not drawn before 1781, after the letters became publicly available.
24 June 1790 Col. David Fanning, makes no mention of the Battle Near Camden in his Narrative of Col. David Fanning.... Fanning was a very active and effective Loyalist partisan commander.
Before 1800? Capt. Tarleton Brown (1757-1845) in Memoirs of Tarleton Brown mentions an imminent battle but never refers to it again. Use control-f and search for "gates". Brown was a Patriot militia officer, serving with Francis Marion and other commanders. More data on TB & memoir
Early 1800s? Comment from Memoirs of Major Joseph McJunkin (1755-1846)
5 Apr 1821 Maj. William Dobien James, comments in A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion, and A History of his Brigade, From its Rise in June, 1780, until Disbanded in December, 1782; With Descriptions of Characters and Scenes, not heretofore published.. James served with Francis Marion.
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- On-line version. Use control-f and search for "profanity"
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