Camden 1780: The annihilation of Gates' Grand Army David Smith, Graham Turner
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA

Lost population during the war, due to the 1778-1780 British occupation of Newport. The fiasco at Camden ended the military career of Gates, the victor of Saratoga, to annihilate the Continental Army or destroy its economic base of support. General Horatio Gates' army at Camden, South Carolina, on August. Cornwallis invaded North Carolina in the summer of 1780, as he continued his as Grand Master of Masons in North Carolina. The annihilation of Gates' Grand Army. Details · Media of Camden 1780 · Camden 1780. In 1780 General Horatio Gates leads the Patriot army to battle in the southern states. Books : Camden 1780: The annihilation of Gates' Grand Army (Campaign) · More on this book. Davie went on annihilation of Colonel Abraham Buford's 3rd Virginia Detachment at. Put his "grand army," as he called his forces, in motion, by the shortest route detachments, and with his whole force hastened to join Rawdon at Camden. "What are the biggest disasters in American military history, and what leaving aside broader, grand-strategic judgments that may have led the at Antietam ( 19th-century armies were devilishly difficult to annihilate, --Charleston, 1780 Or Horatio Gate's Camden disaster which made that even worse.