A history of the United States . nally on May 12, 1780, when theBritish were preparing to begin an assault, Lincoln sur-rendered in order to avoid unnecessary loss of life. The mili-tia were allowed to go home on parole but the 3000 Conti-nental troops were held as prisoners till regularly exchanged. The loss of Charleston was a serious blow, but the lossof Lincolns army at this time was nothing short of a dis-aster. In a short time the whole of South Caro-warfarein lina was Overrun by the British. Under the over-South shadowing presence of the British army the Toriesbecame very active, raidin
A history of the United States . nally on May 12, 1780, when theBritish were preparing to begin an assault, Lincoln sur-rendered in order to avoid unnecessary loss of life. The mili-tia were allowed to go home on parole but the 3000 Conti-nental troops were held as prisoners till regularly exchanged. The loss of Charleston was a serious blow, but the lossof Lincolns army at this time was nothing short of a dis-aster. In a short time the whole of South Caro-warfarein lina was Overrun by the British. Under the over-South shadowing presence of the British army the Toriesbecame very active, raiding the plantations oftheir neighbors and settling many an old score. Thepatriots, however, did not give up the contest. Partisancorps commanded by Pickens, Sumter, and Marion resorted The War in the South 159 to a sort of guerrilla warfare in order to check the ravagesof the British and punish the Tories. On August G, 1780,Sumter surprised the British post at Hanging Rock androuted the whole regiment, capturing those who were not. Operations in the South. killed. Andrew Jackson, then a boy of thirteen, took partin this fight. On June 20, Baron de Kalb arrived at Hillsboro, NorthCarolina, with another detachment from Washingtons armyof 2000 Maryland and Delaware troops. About the sametime General Gates was placed by Congress in command ofthe southern department. On July 27 he began moving 160 The. American Revolution his forces southward, the objective point of his campaignbeing Camden, South Carohna. On the 13th of August he arrived at Clermont, a few miles north ofGate^s^as- Camden. Lord Rawdon held Camden with asumescom- comparatively small force and Gates should haveCaroiinas ^ attacked him before Cornwallis had time to reen- force him. On the 14th General Stevens arrivedwith 700 Virginia miHtia, but that same day Cornwallis reachedCamden with his regulars. The American army now num-bered 1400 regulars, chiefly of the Maryland line, and about1600 raw militia, while Cornwallis
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