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🌱 How the 1780 Battle of Camden shaped Revolutionary War fortunes

Also, don't miss NCA Varsity Football @ TSA on the Camden Patch calendar

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  • How the 1780 Battle of Camden shaped Revolutionary War fortunes

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• August 16th:This Day in History (blogspot.com) — One entry in this wide‑ranging "on this day" history list recalls the 1780 Battle of Camden in South Carolina, when British forces decisively defeated the Americans during the Revolutionary War. The rest of the piece quickly jumps around the globe, highlighting many other notable events from August 16 across centuries.
   

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