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Date August 16, 1780
Location Camden • South Carolina • United States
Participants United Kingdom • United States
Context American Revolution

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Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess and 2nd Earl Cornwallis
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess and 2nd Earl Cornwallis
British general and statesman
Kalb, portrait replica by Charles Willson Peale, 1781-82; in Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia
Johann Kalb
European military officer
Horatio Gates
Horatio Gates
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