(Each hour we will begin a 30-minute formal presentation, followed by a 10-minute question and answer period and then followed by a 20-minute break.)
Friday, April 2, 2004; Health Resource Center:
8:00 Symposium Registration Desk opens
8:50 Welcome and Symposium Information
9:00 Dan Morrill: “The Battle of Camden: An Overview”. Dan is an author on the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution and professor of history at University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
10:00 Carl Borick: “The Siege of Charleston-Prelude to Camden”. Carl is an author and the assistant director of the Charleston Museum in Charleston, South Carolina.
11:00 James Piecuch: “Battlefield Triumphs, Administrative Frustrations: Cornwallis Takes Command in the South”. Jim is an author and doctorial student at the College of William and Mary.
12:00 Todd Braisted: “American Provincials at the Battle of Camden”. Todd is an independent historian and nationally recognized expert on provincial loyalist troops in the American Revolution.
1:00-2:00 lunch on your own - (see your packet/reception desk for restaurant locations) Book Sales tables and Reception/Information Desk will be manned during breaks/lunch.
2:00 Bill Gordon: “Defeat as a School for Victory: American Commanders Confront Warfare in South Carolina, May-September 1780”. Bill is an author and professor of national security affairs at the United States Marine Corps Command and Staff College in Quantico, Virginia.
3:00 Jay Callaham: “The British Regulars at Camden”. Jay is an independent historian, living history presenter and documentary film advisor.
4:00 James McIntyre: “The Continentals of Camden: Insurgent Peace-keepers?”. James is an adjunct instructor in history at Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, Illinois.
5:00 Symposium closes
7:00 – 9:00 Symposium Opening Reception and “groaning board” at the reconstructed Joseph Kershaw Mansion, which was commandeered as headquarters by Lord Charles Cornwallis in June 1780, located at Historic Camden Revolutionary War Site.
Saturday, April 3, 2004; Health Resource Center:
(Each hour we will begin a 30 minute formal presentation, 10 minute question and answer period and then followed by a 20 minute break.)
8:00 Symposium Registration Desk opens
8:50 Welcome and Symposium Information
9:00 Presentation of Juried Papers on the American Revolution in the South, May – September, 1780: “The Camden Campaign.”
10:00 Holly Mayer: “Continental Army Camp Followers”. Holly is an author on the Continental Army camp followers and professor of history at Dusquesne University.
11:00 John Maass: “Reluctant Rebels: Southern Militia Forces and the Camden Campaign, 1780”. John is an author on Gen. Gates at the Battle of Camden and PhD student at Ohio State.
12:00 Panel Discussion: “’Was there ever so precipitous a flight?’ Maj. Gen. Horatio Gates and the Disaster at Camden”. Moderator: Prof. Tom Powers (USC Sumter); Panelist: John Maass, Cartographer John Robertson (Shelby, NC), Prof. Rory Cornish (Winthrop University) and Jim Piecuch.
1:00 Included Lunch at the Health Resource Center –update on Battle of Camden Battlefield preservation- Gen. George Fields-Palmetto Conservation Foundation.
2:00 Guided Tour of Battle of Camden battleground, four miles north of Camden. Depart Health Resource Center by car pool; dress for the weather; good walking shoes recommended. Battlefield Guides: Gen. George Fields, Battle of Camden preservation project archaeologist Jim Legg and Steve Smith.
4:30 Return to Health Resource Center
5:00 Symposium closes
6:30 Dinner Theater, Health Resource Center, included dinner with beverages
8:00 “Northern Laurels and Southern Willows: Horatio Gates relinquishes command to Nathaniel Greene,” premier performance of celebrated British thespian/playwright Howard Burnham: as “Gen. Horatio Gates.”
9:00 Symposium ends
Sunday, April 4, 2004; Camden Campaign Battle Sites Field Trip
Post-symposium Guided Field Trip to Camden Campaign battle sites (by separate reservation, seating limited to 49). Bus tour hosted by Charles B. Baxley, with battlefield guides David Reuwer and Clyde McFadden and a special presentation by Mickey Beckham.
8:40 Camp Prayers, an optional non-denominational Christian service.
9:00 Tour Departure from Historic Camden Revolutionary War Site
4:00 Camden Campaign Battle Sites Field Trip ends
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