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Maryland's Williams and Sidelines at Camden Battle Legacy
The narrative recalls Colonel Otho Williams from Frederick and Maryland leaders Johnson Hanson and Gates during the Camden campaign. It covers Williams securing a regiment, his clash with Gates over strategy, De Kalb's leadership and death, Marion's mixed reception, and the Maryland Line's regrouping after a costly defeat, with Williams guiding a battalion.
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Frederick
Thomas Johnson
John Hanson
Maryland House of Delegates
Gates
Williams
Maryland
Adnapolis
Hanson
Johnson
Continental Congress
New Jersey
Valley Forge
Lincoln
Charleston
South Carolin
John Rutledge
North Carolina
Virginia
Congress
Rutledge
South Carolina
Baron de Kalb
America
Marquis de Lafayette
de Kalb
Europe
South
Otho Williams
Horatio Gates
Saratoga
Lord Cornwallis
Francis Marion
Swamp Fox
Marion
Camden
Cornwallis
Charles Armand
Armand
French Legion
Burgoyne
Charlotte
Salisbury
Jong
Legion
William Smallwood
Mordecai Gist
Smallwood
Gist
Tarleton
Frederick County
Roger Nelson
Arthur Nelson
Point of Rocks
College of William and Mary
Nelson
Fifth
Hillsboro
Washington
Othc Williams
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