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Há 2 dias · The video transcript discusses Horatio Gates' defeat to General Charles Cornwallis at the Battle of Camden in South Carolina, which led to Gates' dismissal b...
Há 1 dia · The de facto leader of the Board was Horatio Gates, the newly minted hero of Saratoga who, via the Cabal, was vying with Washington for leadership of the Continental Army. At the height of his influence, some would claim Gates was the dictator of the Board. [5]
Há 1 dia · Horatio Gates, a former British Army officer, is honored as its founder. On June 16, 1775, the Continental Congress appointed him as the first Adjutant General to George Washington. He was the second officer to receive a commission in the Continental Army.
Há 3 dias · In August 1780, disaster struck again. General Horatio Gates, then commander of the Southern Campaign, suffered a humiliating and total defeat to General Cornwallis at Camden, South Carolina, destroying the Southern army (again) and leading to Gates’ removal as commander. Washington appointed Greene to take over for Gates.
Há 4 dias · Brig. Gen. Thomas Sumter got the approval from Maj. Gen. Horatio Gates for a secondary effort against the British line of communications between Camden and Charleston. Gates reinforced Sumter's forcewith 300 to 400 of his men, and Col Thomas Woolford detachment of 100 Maryland Continentals, 300 North Carolina militia and 2 brass ...
Há 19 horas · General Gates was known for commanding Patriot forces at the British defeat at Saratoga 3 years previously. Coming into the Battle of Camden, Gates had numerically superior forces to the British, and the odds looked good. As Gates neared Camden, word of his movement reached Cornwallis at his headquarters in Charleston.
Há 19 horas · Molly Pitcher loading a cannon at the Battle of Monmouth (28 June 1778). The legend of Molly Pitcher is probably a composite of several women from the American Revolution including Mary Ludwig Hays and Margaret Corbin. Engraving by J. C. Armytage after Chappel, c. 1859. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
