Forced to Retreat

With British troops holding the summit of Hobkirk’s Hill and his own army in disorder, Nathanael Greene decided to retreat. In the confusion of battle, some American soldiers managed to carry off the army’s artillery, preventing its capture by the British. Greene withdrew three miles from the battlefield with some of Rawdon’s troops in pursuit, but Rawdon believed that his force was too small to venture any farther from his fortifications. Later in the day he withdrew to Camden, leaving about fifty cavalrymen to hold Hobkirk’s Hill. British losses in the battle were 38 killed, 177 wounded, and 43 missing, while American casualties were 25 killed, 108 wounded, and 136 missing.

Camden, South Carolina · United States