CAMDEN, S.C. (WIS) – A Revolutionary War battlefield in Camden is now open to the public in a new way as South Carolina continues commemorating America’s 250th anniversary.
State leaders, historians and community members gathered Monday for the ribbon cutting of the new Hobkirk Hill Battlefield Park, a project aimed at preserving and interpreting one of South Carolina’s important Revolutionary War sites.
The park protects more than 20 acres of the battlefield where American and British forces fought on April 25, 1781. While British forces claimed victory on the field, historians say the battle helped set the stage for their eventual evacuation of Camden weeks later — a turning point in the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution…