The Battle of Camden shattered Patriot hopes of retaking the southern colonies from the British and cost General Gates most of his army. About 250 Americans were killed, about 800 were wounded, and as many as 1,300 were captured, while the British reported 324 casualties, including 68 killed, 245 wounded, and 11 missing. On August 20, fleeing American survivors, including Gates, regrouped in Hillsborough, North Carolina, as a disheveled and degraded Southern Department army. The battle was quickly condemned as an American disgrace, and Gates was denounced for his errors in battle, his lack of leadership on the field, and for abandoning his men as he fled toward Rugeley's. Although he avoided a court martial, the Continental Congress lost faith in his leadership, and several months later Major General Nathanael Greene replaced him. Greene rebuilt the southern forces and restored hope to Patriots in the South, and for more than a year he and his army, including some Camden survivors, fought relentlessly to help secure an American victory in the War for Independence.