aug 18, 1780 - Battle of Camden

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-a British victory
General Horatio Gates attacked general Cornwallis
The issue was that the colonists were suffering from the dysentery outbreak, and the British had bayonets, unlike the colonists.
900 colonists were killed, and 1000 were captured. Only 300 British were killed or wounded
Gates survived, but was then replaced by Nathaniel Green

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