Camden, South Carolina [1] Battle

16 August 1780

American Forces

Commanding Officer Major General Horatio Gates

Major General Johann-Alexandre von Robaii, Baron De Kalb [2]

Continentals

Major General William Smallwood

1^st Maryland Brigade 400

Lieutenant Colonel Peter Adams

1^st Maryland Regiment

Major Levin Winder

Captain George Anderson

Captain William Bruce

Major Archibald Anderson

3^rd Maryland Regiment

Captain Jacob Brice

Captain John Smith

Captain Lilburn Williams

Colonel William Richardson

5^th Maryland Regiment

Captain Perry Benson

Captain Richard Bird

Captain James Bruff

Captain Jonathan Gibson

Captain Adam Hoops

Captain John Lynch

Captain George Hamilton

Colonel John Gunby

7^th Maryland Regiment

Captain Jonathan Morris

Brigadier General Mordecai Gist

2^nd Maryland Brigade 500

Lieutenant Colonel John Eager Howard

2^nd Maryland Regiment

Captain Edward Duvall

Captain John Hardman

Captain John Gassaway

Colonel Josiah Carvel Hall

4^th Maryland Regiment

Captain Edward Oldham

Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Ford

6^th Maryland Regiment

Captain-Lieutenant Nathan Williams

Captain James Somervell

Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Vaughan

The Delaware Regiment 280

Major John Patton

1^st Company

Captain Robert Kirkwood

2^nd Company

Captain John Rhodes

3^rd Company

Captain John Learmonth

6^th Company

Captain Peter Jacquett

8^th Company

Captain George Purvis

Additional Company

Lieutenant Colonel Charles Tuffin Armand

Armand’s Legion of Horse and Foot [3]

Count Nicholas Dietrich, Baron von Ottendorff

Cavalry 60

Lieutenant Richard Heard

1^st Troop Dragoons

Captain Henry Bedkin

2^nd Troop Dragoons

Captain Jerome Le Brun de Bellecour

3^rd Troop Dragoons

Infantry

Captain Jost Driesbach

Corps of German Volunteers 40

Captain Jacob Baner

Chasseur Company 20

Captain Edmund Read 62

Major Nelson’s Regiment of Virginia State Cavalry

Captain Edmund Read

1^st Troop

Captain Martin Armand Vogluson

2^nd Troop

Captain Charles Fierer [4]

3^rd Troop

Major Thomas Pinckney

South Carolina Volunteer Mounted Infantry 70

Colonel Charles Harrison

Continental Artillery 100

Captain William Meredith

1^st Continental Artillery Regiment of Virginia

Captain-Lieutenant John Blair

Captain William L. Pierce

Brass 2-pounders 2

Captain Richard Dorsey

1^st Maryland Continental Artillery Company [5]

Captain-Lieutenant Ambrose Bohannon

Brass 3-pounders 2

Captain Anthony Singleton

2^nd and 3^rd Maryland Continental Artillery [6]

Captain-Lieutenant Lewis Booker

Captain-Lieutenant Richard Waters

Brass 6-pounders 4

Lieutenant Colonel Elias Edmunds

Virginia State Artillery Regiment

Captain John Watlington

Major John Armstrong

Light Infantry Unknown number

Captain Thomas H. Drew

Lieutenant Colonel Porterfield’s State Detachment

Captain Thomas Upshaw

Captain John Holliday [7]

Captain Thomas Downing [8]

Captain Thomas Minor [9]

Captain Edmund Curd [10]

Major John Armstrong

North Carolina Troops

Caswell’s Brigade

Light Infantry Company

Captain Samuel Lockhart

Halifax District Militia

State Militia [11]

Brigadier General Richard Caswell

North Carolina Division 1,800

Brigadier General John Butler

1^st Brigade of North Carolina Militia

Colonel John Collier

Randolph County Militia

Major Joseph Sharpe

Captain Chambers

Wake County Militia

Captain David McFarland

Caswell County Militia

Captain Joseph Johnson

Orange County Militia

Captain John Graves

Caswell County Militia

Colonel Porterfield

Captain Trice

Orange County Militia

Colonel Etherington

Northampton County Militia [12]

Major Robert Peebles

Captain Samuel Lockhart

Brigadier General Griffith Rutherford

2^nd Brigade of North Carolina Militia [13]

Colonel Martin Armstrong [14]

Surry County Militia

Captain William Meredith

Captain Absalom Bostick

Colonel George Alexander

Lincoln County Militia

Major Joseph Dixon

Captain William Armstrong

Lincoln County Militia

Captain Samuel Givins

Mecklenburg County Militia

Captain Samuel Reid

Rowan County Militia 33

Colonel Francis Locke

2^nd Rowan Militia

Captain Richmond Pearson

Colonel John Lynch

Lieutenant Colonel David Love

Brigadier General Isaac Gregory

3^rd Brigade of North Carolina Militia

Lieutenant Colonel Henry “Hal” Dixon

Caswell County Militia

Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Moore

Captain Daniel Odom

Captain Edward Yarborough

North Carolina Continentals [15]

Captain Ray

Orange County Militia

Colonel William Polk [16]

Captain Joshua Hadley

Rowan County Militia

Colonel Benjamin Exum[17]

Captain David Roach

Craven County Militia

Captain John Macon

Warren County Militia

Colonel William Brickell

Franklin County Militia

Captain Harrison Mason

Captain Julius Alfred

Captain John Patterson

Brigadier General Edward Stevens

Virginia Militia Brigade 700

Colonel George Stubblefield

Louisa County Militia [18]

Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Spencer

Major William Moseley

Captain John Byers

Captain Thomas Roberts

Pittsylvania County

Captain William Stanton

Culpepper County

Captain Elias Edmunds [19]

Fauquier County Militia

Lieutenant Colonel Holt Richardson [20]

Amelia County Militia

Major John Bias

Captain William Craddock

Captain James Johnson

Caroline County Militia

Captain John Price

Hanover County Militia

Bedford Militia

Captain Nathaniel Tate

Captain Thomas Leftwich

Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Faulkner

Chesterfield County Militia

Captain Archibald Walthal

Captain Booker

Captain Walker

Lunenburg County Militia

Captain George Pegram

Dinwiddie County Militia [21]

Colonel James Lucas

Mecklenburgh County Militia [22]

Captain Azariah Martin

Amherst County Militia [23] 46

Colonel Lawson

Captain Paul Wattington

Halifax County Militia

Colonel Downman [24]

Charlotte County Militia

Major Henry Conway [25]

Captain Thomas Williams

Pittsylvania County Militia

Captain Isaac Clement

Captain William Dix

Captain Peter Perkins

Henry County Militia[26]

Captain Cunningham

Captain George Waller[27]

Colonel William Mayo

Powhatan County Militia

Captain Benjamin Carter

South Carolina Militia Unknown number [28]

Total American Forces engaged 4,100 [29]

Casualties 683 -733 killed, wounded and captured [30]

British Forces

Commanding Officer Lieutenant General Lord Cornwallis

Lieutenant Colonel James Webster

British Regulars 1,000

Lieutenant Colonel Nesbit Balfour [31]

23^rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Welch Fusiliers) 292

Major Frederick Mackenzie

Captain William Keppel

Captain Sir William Howe

Captain Forbes Champagné

Captain Thomas Saumarez

Captain James Drury

Charles Ward Apthorp

Major William Dancey

33^rd Regiment of Foot