ONLINE BOOKS	CAMDEN PROJECT	CAMDEN EVENTS	ARTICLES
WARGAME SITES	ARCHIVES & RECORDS	REFERENCE SITES	PATRIOT/FRENCH BIOGRAPHICAL
BRIT/LOYALIST BIOGRAPHICAL	BRAISTED'S PROVINCIALS	MEDIA/ PRESENTATION	MISCE- LANEOUS
RELATED ORGANIZATIONS	RESEARCH SOURCES	RE-ENACTORS	TRANSLATE
LIBRARY CATALOGS

ON-LINE BOOKS
• H.L. Landers The Battle Of Camden South Carolina August 16, 1780 By Lieut. Col. H. L. Landers, F. A., Historical Section, Army War College, United States Government Printing Office Washington: 1929 [Also, see Maps for Lander's map from this book (not found in online book)].

• The Tarleton/Mackenzie/Hanger "trilogy": [from http://www.banastretarleton.org/]
  • Banastre Tarleton Chapter 2, Tarleton's A History Of The Campaigns Of 1780 And 1781, In The Southern Provinces Of North America, 1787. [Also, see Maps for map from this book (not found in online book).]
  • Notes to Chapter 2 of Tarleton's History..... Several primary source documents.

  • Roderick Mackenzie Strictures On Lt. Col. Tarleton's History by Roderick Mackenzie, 1787.

  • George Hanger An Address To The Army; In Reply To Strictures, By Roderick M'Kenzie. George Hanger, 1789.

    Separate combined search site for A History..., Strictures..., and An Address.... NOTE: Your searches are limited to the words used by the authors, so some variants may be necessary and some experimentation is required. You'll need to use Control-F to find the text within each find.

• Edward E. Curtis The Organization Of The British Army In The American Revolution by Edward E. Curtis, Ph.D. from AmericanRevolution.Org

• Robert K. Wright The Continental Army by Robert K. Wright, Jr., abridged.

• Benson Lossing Benson Lossing's Fieldbook, Vol.II, Chap. XVII. Source of "Benson Lossing's Map" on Maps page. Separate search site for Lossing.

• William Dobein James A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion

• W. Gilmore Simms The Life of Francis Marion. Use control-f and search for "chapter 7". Also, here and here and here and here.

• Mercy Otis Warren The Rise, Progress and Termination of the American Revolution Interspersed with Biographical, Political, and Moral Observations, by Mercy Otis Warren, published 1805. This chapter dealing with Gates and Camden.

• John Maass "There Was Never a More Complete Victory" - Gates, Cornwallis And The Battle Of Camden, August 16, 1780.

• American Military History, Center Of Military History, United States Army, Washington, DC 1989

• James B. Whisker Vol 5. The Colonial Militia of the Southern States from Militia Treatises by James B. Whisker.
  • Contents
  • Main
  • Bibliography
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• William Thomas Sherman, Calendar and Record of the Revolutionary War in the South: 1780-1781, 349p. Not limited to BOC. Multiple formats. TOP
  CAMDEN BATTLE SITE PROJECT
  
• The State 3 November 2002 article. May be expected to be online temporarily.
• KVLT article
  
• PCF article
  
• Conservationists Protect Revolutionary War Site
• Battle of Camden, National Historic Landmark
• Palmetto Explorer. Quarterly newletter. Most will contain relevant articles
  • Winter '01. Go to page 10 for article on project.
  • Summer '02. Go to page 6.
  • Fall '02. Go to page 3, or search for "Camden".
  • Winter '02. Go to page 17, or search for "neglected"
• Camden-Battle@Yahoogroups.com
  
• Cradle of Democracy
• The Historic Camden Revolutionary War Site
• Camden battlefield survey. Use control-f and search for "camden"
• 1776-L post by John Robertson. Similar posts were made on other Revolutionary War mailing lists.
• Articles from The State since 1987 containing the words battle, Camden, and 1780, newest to oldest. Cost $1.95 per full article. From The State's FAQ file: A complete backfile of The State is available at the Richland County Public Library (http://www.richland.lib.sc.us/) the S.C. State Library (http://www.state.sc.us/scsl/)and the South Caroliniana Library (http://www.sc.edu/library/) at the University of South Carolina. A free search on NewsLibrary can give you the dates of the articles you need. The Richland County Public Library also permits searches of NewsLibrary at no cost to patrons. Librarians are available to assist you with your search.
• "Battle Site Now Protected Forever", Camden Chronicle-Independent, 11 Dec 2000, by Martin Cahn.
• "Battle of Camden site may become national park", Camden Chronicle-Independent, June 02, 2003, by Martin Cahn. Permission was given to use this map with the article.
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  CAMDEN EVENTS
  
• 16-17 Aug 2003, Battle Of Camden Remembrance Weekend
  • Historic Camden Revolutionary War Site
• 1-1 Nov 2003, Revolutionary War Field Days, Camden
  • Historic Camden Revolutionary War Site
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  ARTICLES
  
• Loudon Co. VA Militia Officers.
• British Military Records by Jay Hall. GenUKI.Org. Includes bibliography. Added by Wm. Thomas Sherman.
• Chapter 1, American Guerrillas: The War of Independence (excerpt)
  
• In The Hands Of The British: The Treatment Of American Pows During The War Of Independence.
  
• An Analysis Of The American Militia During The Revolutionary War by Lt. Robert P. Ryan, Canadian.
  
• War for Independence in the South 1778-1781. Animated map & article.
  
• How old were they?
• The Sacrifice of Delaware's Continental Regiment at the Battle of Camden, South Carolina, on 1780 August 16.
• 221st Anniv of the Battle of Camden by John Maass.
• Logistics at Camden by Patrick O'Kelly (from Charles Baxley).
• Camp followers with Armand's Legion. Use control-f and search for "armand".
• "Exploring America's Gun Culture", Michael A. Bellesiles, William & Mary Quarterly. Note that Battle of Camden was included among battles considered in his controversial Arming America, later discredited.
• The "Fifth" Maryland At Guilford Courthouse: An Exercise In Historical Accuracy by Larry Babits.
• "Reformation of Fraser's Highlanders". Use control-f and search for "after the"
• The Treasure Depot Online Magazine :
  • A Revolutionary War Relic Hunters Bookshelf
  • "The Use of Regimental Type Buttons in the Continental Army (1775-1783)"
  • "Buttons of an Additional Continental Regiment"
  • "Selected Bayonet Scabbard Hardware of the American & British Armies 1775 -1783"
  • "Part 2 - Bayonet Scabbard Tips"
  • "Subsurface Time Capsule"
  • "History and Buttons of the 4th Pennsylvania Infantry Battalion 1775-1777"
  • "One Book, One Button, Two Bargains"
• Wikipedia Battle of Camden article.
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  WARGAMES SITES

  Don't underestimate the amount of research for these sites.
  

• Guns of Liberty AWI.     Brits.     Americans
• Fields of Honor
• Volley & Bayonet;     More.
• British Forces at Campden from Over the HillsWargames Forum. Submitted by Joanna Craig of Historic Camden
• Horse & Musket support site;     H&M page;     ShrapnelGames page.
• Campaign 1776, downloadable zipped scenarios
  • Camden-early start
  • Camden's aftermath
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  ARCHIVES & RECORDS

• NC Office of Archives & History
  • Colonial Records Project: Revolutionary War, 1780.
    
  • Letters from newspapers in 1780
  • Military records in the NC Archives
• George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress, 1780.
  
• Archives Of Maryland, Muster Rolls And Other Records Of Service Of Maryland Troops In The American Revolution, 1775-1783 (1900)
• Maryland SAR archives at the University of Baltimore. Since 1899, include membership applications. Use control-f and search for SAR.
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  REFERENCE SITES

• Rev War '75. John K. Robertson's (no relation to website editor) battle/skirmish table and orderly book listing.
  
• SCROOTS.ORG maps/places of SC. Steven Coker's excellent SC historical map site.
  
• Uniform guide of the Southern Campaign
• Uniforms of the American Revolution
• 1780 Rank insignia
• Congressional forces uniforms
• Crown forces uniforms
• Order of Battle-Camden, a work-in-progress, shared by Patrick O'Kelley, goober, via John Maass. [Note: the order of battle is in the process of being reviewed by the History Sub-committee, with O'Kelley's involvement.]
• Calendar and Record of the Revolutionary War in the South: 1780-1781, by William Thomas Sherman, 350p. Not limited to BOC.
• MD Archives: Guide to RW Research in MD
• 1852 NC listing of rejected military pensions, with reasons.
• British, German, And Loyalist Officers In The American Revolution, An index compiled by Jay Hall from A List of General and Staff Officers on the Establishment in North America, 1755-1782 originally produced by the British War Office. See Word of Caution about this site.
• British Military Records Part 1: The Army By: Fawne Stratford-Devai, devaiinterlynx (1999).
• USMA Primary Source Ref. Book for Guilford Courthouse. On page 6 shows Cornwallis' report of casualties at Catawba Ford and "other actions prior to March 15". Unlikely to refer to Fishing Creek.
• Library of VA online images of RevWar records, pensions, rejected claims, bounty warrants.
• Researching Revolutionary War Virginians. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg.
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  ONLINE LIBRARY CATALOGS:

• Arcadia University, Nova Scotia Z39.50
• Cornell University Library.
• National Library of Scotland
• Library of Congress
  • Advanced Z39.50. Easier to get on. More succinct listing.
  • Main. Harder to get on. More verbose record.
• The British Library
• British Library Public Catalog
• Duke, NCSU, NCCU, UNC-CH Libraries
• UNC-Greensboro Z39.50
• DAR Online Library
• University of VA Libraries
• Univ. of Virginia Z39.50
• Library of Virginia Also, see Online images of VA pensions, bounty claims, rejected claims.
• Virginia Historical Society
• All SC University Libraries
• SC State Library
• SC Historical Society
• Charlotte/Mecklenburg Library
• National Library of Canada z39.50
• NC Western (UNC-A, WCU, ASU)
• College of Charleston SC
• Glasgow University, Scotland Z39.50
• University of Maryland system
• University of Delaware
• National Archives of Canada
• U.S. Military Academy
• Z39.50 List of College Library Catalogs (LOC)
• John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg.
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  BIOGRAPHICAL, AMERICAN/PATRIOT/FRENCH (participation of some not verified)

• Peter Francisco. One-man army. Article.. Another. Bio.
  
• Tuffin, Charles-Armand, le Marquis de La Rouerie. 1750-1793..   Another.
• Charles Porterfield bio
• John Eager Howard: Synopsis of career. Search (control-f) for howard. Bio. Bio. Bio.
• Mordecai Gist bio. See "Images" for better picture.
• Edward Stevens. Bio. Also at Guilford CH.
• William Kilty. Use control-f and search for "kilty".
• Samuel Bigham. Use control-f and search for "camden".
• Richard Caswell.
• James Tracy. Use control-f and search for "camden".
• William Williamson
• Richard Dobbs Spaight, Sr.. Use control-f and search for "spaight".
• Otho Holland Williams. Use control-f and search for "otho".
• Griffith Rutherford. Signature.
• Johann 'Baron' de Kalb (1721-1780)
• Charles-François, chevalier [later vicomte] Du Buysson des Aix (1752-1786)
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  BIOGRAPHICAL, BRITISH/LOYALIST

• Col. Samuel Bryan, NC Volunteers. Also see here.
• Gov. Joel Martin.
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  TODD BRAISTED'S ROYAL PROVINCIAL SITE
  
• Volunteers of Ireland at Camden. Search (control-f) for volunteers of ireland.
• Lt. Jonathan Donovan. Search (control-f) for donovan.
• Maj. George Hanger. Search (control-f) for hanger.
• Royal North Carolina Regiment. Search (control-f) for camden.
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  MEDIA/PRESENTATION
  
• "Check Out" Sunrise at Gum Swamp SCETV.
  
• Animated map examples (not related to Battle of Camden).
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  MISCELLANEOUS
  
• 17th Light Dragoons
• The Olive Branch Petition. An interesting Brit site. Source of the "Olive Branch" sketch map on the Maps page.
  
• Appendices A through E, Thomas H. Raddall's "Tarleton's Legion". Includes a muster count for Battle of Camden. You can read o.k. with IE. but in Netscape, you'll have to use Edit, Preferences, Colors and select "Always use my colors".
  
• Ceremony for the DE state plaque at Camden, 1998 Source of "DESSAR map" on the Maps page.
  
• Lieut. Col. James Webster's strange exhumation. Submitted by Joanna Craig.
• 33rd Regt. uniform regulations, re-enactors, California. Submitted by Joanna Craig.
• Major Robert Kirkwood Chapter, SAR. History.
• Gainesville FL Chapter SAR. Pictures of Camden.
• Lt. Col. Henry "Hal" Dixon, North Carolina Line, Continental Army.
• Nathanael Greene chosen as Gates' replacement Quartermaster Museum.
• Culpeper Minute Men Battallion. Unit in which Edward Stevens and Abraham Buford served.
• 80 of 150 Continentals decline rescue to join British Legion and Volunteers of Ireland. Use control-f and search for "camden".
• Battle of Camden participants also at the Battle of Cowpens, derived from Bobby Moss' Patriot at the Cowpens, noting those for whom copies of h.w. microfilmed pension statements have been obtained.
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  RELATED ORGANIZATIONS
  
• Katawba Valley Land Trust
• Palmetto Conservation Foundation
• Historic Camden
  • Historic Camden Revolutionary War Site
  • More from the Kershaw County C of C
• Kershaw County Historical Society
• Camden Archives and Museum
• South Carolina Parks, Recreation and Tourism
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  RESEARCH SOURCES
  
• Virginia Department of Historic Resources
• National Parks Service
• List of Institutions with Documents
• Unit rolls on microfilm
• American Revolution.org home page
• Loyalist Studies home page
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  RE-ENACTORS
  
• Continental Line Home Page (Living History Re-enactors)
• First Maryland Regiment (Living History Re-enactors)
• Delaware Regiment (Living History Re-enactors)
• Brigade of the American Revolution (Living History Re-enactors)
• North Carolina Volunteers (Living History Re-enactors)
• 23rd Regiment, The Royal Welch Fusiliers (Living History Re-enactors). Also here and here.
• 33rd Regiment of Foot (Living History Re-enactors)
• British Legion (Living History Re-enactors)
• British 1764 musket drill
• 2nd SC Continentals
• 4th SC Continentals
• Royal North Carolina Regiment
• King's Orange Rangers TRANSLATION
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