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CAMDEN , a See also:town and the See also:county-seat of Kershaw county, See also:South Carolina, U.S.A., near the Wateree See also:river, 33 M. N.E. of See also:Columbia. Pop. (189o) 3533; (1900) 2441; this decrease was due to the separation from Camden during the See also:decade of its suburb "Kirkwood," re-annexed in 1905; (191o) 3569. It is served by the See also:Atlantic See also:Coast See also:Line, the Seaboard See also:Air Line and the See also:Southern See also:railways. Camden is situated about too ft. above the river, which is navigable to this point. The town is a See also:winter resort, chiefly for Northerners. See also:Cotton, See also:grain and See also:rice are produced in the vicinity, and there are some manufactories, including cotton See also:mills, a cotton-See also:seed oil See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill and planing mills. Camden, first known as See also:Pine See also:- TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
- TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )
Tree See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill, is one of the See also:oldest interior towns of the See also:state, having been settled in 1758; in 1768 the See also:present name was adopted in See also:honour of See also:Lord See also:Chancellor Camden. The town was first incorporated in 1791; its present See also:charter See also:dates from 1890. For a See also:year following the See also:capture of See also:Charleston by the See also:British in May 178o, during the See also:War of See also:Independence, Camden was the centre of important military operations. It was occupied by the British under See also:Cornwallis in See also:June 178o, was well fortified and was garrisoned by a force under Lord Rawdon. On the 16th of See also:August Gen. Horatio See also:Gates, with an See also:American force of about 3600, including some See also:Virginia See also:militia under See also:Charles Porterfield (1750-1780) and Gen. See also:Edward See also:Stevens (1745-1820), and See also:North Carolina militia under Gen. See also:Richard Caswell (1729-1789), was defeated here by the British, about 2000 strong, under Lord Cornwallis, who had joined Rawdon in anticipation of an attack by Gates. Soon after the engagement began a large See also:part of the Americans, mostly North Carolina and Virginia militia, fled precipitately, carrying Gates with them; but See also:Baron De See also:Kalb and the See also:Maryland troops fought bravely until overwhelmed by See also:numbers, De Kalb himself being mortally wounded. A See also:monument was erected to his memory in 1825, See also:Lafayette laying the corner-See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone. The British loss in killed, wounded and missing was 324; the American loss was about 800 or goo killed and r000 prisoners, besides arms and baggage. On the 3rd of See also:December Gates was superseded by Gen. See also:Nathanael See also:Greene, who after Cornwallis had See also:left the Carolinas, advanced on Camden and arrived in the neighbourhood on the 19th of See also:April 1781. Considering his force (about 1450) insufficient for an attack on the fortifications, he withdrew a See also:short distance north of Camden to an advantageous position on Hobkirk's Hill, where on the 25th of April Rawdon, with a force of only 950, took him somewhat by surprise and drove him from the See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field. The casualties on each See also:side were nearly equal: American 271; British 258. On the 8th of May Rawdon evacuated the town, after burning most of it. On the 24th of See also:February 1865, during the See also:Civil War, a part of Gen. W.T. See also:Sherman's See also:army entered Camden and burned stores of See also:tobacco and cotten, and several buildings. (See AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE.)
See also T. J. Kirkland and R. M. See also:Kennedy, Historic Camden (Columbia, S.C., 1905).
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