Battle of Hobkirk's Hill

Battle of Hobkirk's Hill
Part of the American Revolutionary War
A portrait of Nathanael Greene
Date April 25, 1781 Location Camden, South Carolina 34°16′28″N 80°36′26″W / 34.27444°N 80.60722°W / 34.27444; -80.60722 Result British victory
Belligerents
United States	Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
Nathanael Greene	Lord Rawdon
Strength
1,550 regulars and militia	900 regulars and militia
Casualties and losses
19 killed 113 wounded 48 wounded prisoners 41 captured 50 missing[1][2]	39 killed 210 wounded 12 missing[3][4]

The Battle of Hobkirk's Hill (sometimes referred to as the Second Battle of Camden) was a battle of the American Revolutionary War fought on April 25, 1781, near Camden, South Carolina. A small American force under Nathanael Greene occupying Hobkirk's Hill, north of Camden, was attacked by British troops led by Francis Rawdon. After a fierce clash, Greene retreated, leaving Rawdon's smaller force in possession of the hill.

Despite the victory, Rawdon soon fell back to Camden and two weeks later found it necessary to abandon Camden and withdraw toward Charleston, South Carolina. The battle was one of four contests in which Greene was defeated, though his overall strategy was successful in depriving the British of all South Carolina except Charleston. The battlefield marker is located at Broad Street and Greene Street two miles north of the center of modern Camden.^[5]