"I shall take every measure," said this gallant officer, in a letter communicating his plan of operations to General Washington, "to avoid a misfortune.

But necessity obliges me to commit myself to chance, and if any accident should attend me, I trust my friends will do justice to my reputation." The extensive line of posts maintained by Lord Rawdon, presented to Greene many objects, at which, it was probable he might strike with advantage.

The day preceding his march from the camp on Deep river, he detached Lee to join General Marion, and communicated his intention of entering South Carolina to General Pickens with a request that he would assemble the western militia, and lay siege to Ninety Six, and Augusta.
{April.} [Sidenote: Green invests Camden.] Having made these arrangements, he moved from Deep river on the seventh of April, and encamped before Camden on the nineteenth of the same month, within half a mile of the British works.

Lord Rawdon had received early notice of his approach, and was prepared for his reception.
{April 24.} Camden stands on a gentle elevation, and is covered on the south and south-west by the Wateree,[1] and on the east by Pine-tree creek.

A strong chain of redoubts, extending from the river to the creek, protected the north and west sides of the town.