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Continental Army. In the South, the

British was more successful with the

occupation of Georgia and capture

of Charleston in early 1779. British

forces under the leadership of Lord

Charles Cornwallis began a series

of attacks in the South by defeating

Gate's American troops at Camden the Continental Army had replaced

in the middle of August. The South Gates with Nathanael Green as

was not a complete loss for the commander of the Southern Army in

American forces however as they still December. Under Green’s command,

managed to score a victory against General Daniel Morgan scored a

Loyalist forces at King's Mountain victory against a British force led

in early October. With these losses by Colonel Banastre Tarleton at