The Battle of Camden, 1781

In the middle of april, 17 81, green put his plan in motion and moved first on the 900 british still garrisoning camden, south carolina. When cornwallis decided to march away to virg green led a column of about 15 hundred directly to camden. Harry lee, famous cavalry colonel and father of robert e lee, succeeded in capturing fort watson after they constructed a large tower that allowed sharpshooters to fire inside hfort. But camden proved a tougher nut to crack. Unable to storm the city right away, green pulled back about a mile to an elevated position called hob kirk's hill,. He could only hope to