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Archeologists, Historians Unearth Remarkable Discovery at Camden Battlefield

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Friday, November 11, 2022
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CHARLESTON, S.C., Nov. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The South Carolina Battleground Preservation Trust today announced a significant historic discovery at the Revolutionary War Camden Battlefield. The Trust, acting on behalf of Historic Camden Foundation, contracted with the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina to excavate a number of bodies of Revolutionary War soldiers killed in the August 16, 1780 Battle of Camden. A team of archaeologists from the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology and the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, along with biological anthropologists from the Richland County Coroner's office and the University of South Carolina unearthed the skeletal remains and accompanying artifacts of 14 Revolutionary War soldiers.

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  • CHARLESTON, S.C., Nov. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The South Carolina Battleground Preservation Trust today announced a significant historic discovery at the Revolutionary War Camden Battlefield.
  • SCIAA archeologist James Legg has conducted research on the Camden Battlefield for more than 40 years and led the onsite field team.
  • Historic Camden Foundation, a non-profit with the mission to protect, educate, and celebrate Camden's colonial and Revolutionary War history, owns the largest portion of the Camden battlefield.
  • The Liberty Trail, a partnership between the South Carolina Battleground Preservation Trust and the American Battlefield Trust , owns another recently acquired part of the Camden battlefield.