The Battle of Camden
In January 1780 Major General Clinton who had taken over as British commander-in-chief in America from Major General Howe took a force from New York and captured Charleston, the provincial capital of South Carolina. Storms caused substantial loss of guns and horses on the journey.
Clinton returned to New York leaving to Major General Cornwallis the task of capturing the rest of South Carolina.
On 18th May Cornwallis sent Colonel Banastre Tarleton with foot and light dragoons in pursuit of an American force commanded by Colonel Burford. Tarleton overtook Burford at Camden near the border with North Carolina.

British Regiments:
23rd Foot, the Royal Welch Fusiliers
33rd Foot, now the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment
Two battalions of Fraser’s 71st Highlanders
Lord Rawdon’s Irish Volunteers
Tarleton’s Legion
Loyalist militia

American Regiments:
1st Maryland
2nd Maryland
Delaware regiment
North Carolina militia
Virginia militia.

The Americans were outscored in this one.

See more at:  http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/RevWar/Camden/AWC-CAM-fm.htm

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