Back Schlacht von Hobkirk’s Hill German Batalla de Hobkirk's Hill Spanish Bataille de Hobkirk's Hill French ホブカークスヒルの戦い Japanese Slaget ved Hobkirk’s Hill NB Битва біля Хобкіркс-Хілл Ukrainian

Battle of Hobkirk's Hill

Battle of Hobkirk's Hill
Part of the American Revolutionary War

A portrait of Nathanael Greene
DateApril 25, 1781
Location
Camden, South Carolina
34°16′28″N 80°36′26″W / 34.27444°N 80.60722°W / 34.27444; -80.60722
Result British victory
Belligerents
United States  Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
United States Nathanael Greene Kingdom of Great Britain Lord Rawdon
Strength
1,550 regulars and militia 900 regulars and militia
Casualties and losses
19 killed
113 wounded
48 wounded prisoners
41 captured
50 missing[1][2]		 39 killed
210 wounded
12 missing[3][4]

The Battle of Hobkirk's Hill (sometimes referred to as the Second Battle of Camden) was a battle of the American Revolutionary War fought on April 25, 1781, near Camden, South Carolina. A small American force under Nathanael Greene occupying Hobkirk's Hill, north of Camden, was attacked by British troops led by Francis Rawdon. After a fierce clash, Greene retreated, leaving Rawdon's smaller force in possession of the hill.

Despite the victory, Rawdon soon fell back to Camden and two weeks later found it necessary to abandon Camden and withdraw toward Charleston, South Carolina. The battle was one of four contests in which Greene was defeated, though his overall strategy was successful in depriving the British of all South Carolina except Charleston. The battlefield marker is located at Broad Street and Greene Street two miles north of the center of modern Camden.[5]

  1. ^ Tarleton, p. 470
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Potter101-104 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ O'Kelley, Volume III, p. 202
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Pancake198 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Greene p. 228-233

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