The Battle of Camden - The End of Horatio Gates

The battle of camden was a great triumph for cornwallis, but in the end, practically nothing came of it. The raids and skirmishes and guerilla attacks between loyalists and patriots continued as if nothing had happened. Cornwallis wanted clinton to launch a diversionary campaign to make sure north carolina didn't receive much in the way of continental reinforcements. But corall didn't want to hit the road until after he was assured the diversion had been launched. This petty little back and forth ended when cornwallis decided to just move up to north Carolina. He would find that north carolina was not as hospitable, nor south carolina as pacified, as