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The battlefield sprawls over an area estimated to be 2,000 acres (8.1 km 2) about 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Camden, South Carolina, bounded on the north by Lake Shamokin, and extending south. Flat Rock Rd (S-28-58) passes roughly through the center of the battlefield, and United States Route 521 marks its eastern boundary
For many years during the first weekend in November, Historic Camden hosted the popular event, "Revolutionary War Field Days". In 2020 the reenactment, operated by Southern Campaign 1780, moved to 1208 Keys Lane in Kershaw, SC. This change was made to due to changes in the administration and space limitations at the Historic Camden venue.
The Camden Battlefield is located about 5.5 miles (8.9 km) north of Camden. Approximately 479 acres of the core of the battlefield is owned by the Palmetto Conservation Foundation, and is undergoing preservation in private-public partnership.
More than 240 years after they were dumped unceremoniously in shallow graves, 14 soldiers of the Revolutionary War have received the honor of heroes in South Carolina.
This45-ton, 887-foot historic gem attracts more than 80,000 visitors to the Camdenwaterfront each year," Marshall Spevak, CEO of the Battleship New Jersey, said.
The battlefield Museum and Visitors Center includes 12 separate galleries, many interactive exhibits and thousands of artifacts on display. Visitors can also experience the Gettysburg Cyclorama, a ...
The Civil War Trust's Civil War Discovery Trail is a heritage tourism program that links more than 600 U.S. Civil War sites in more than 30 states. The program is one of the White House Millennium Council's sixteen flagship National Millennium Trails.
Since 2006, the Major General Baron DeKalb Army Reserve Center hosts the headquarters of the 200th Military Police Command at Fort Meade, Maryland. In Camden, South Carolina, outside the Revolutionary War Visitor Center, is a statue of de Kalb to commemorate his bravery in the Battle of Camden.