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Photographer: Anna Inbody
Taken: October 2, 2011
Caption:
Picture on the marker | Additional Description: De Kalb refused to surrender his sword except to an officer. A skirmish ensued resulting in his being fired on and bayoneted. Three days later, De Kalb died a prisoner of war and was buried on the grounds of Bethesda Presbyterian Church in Camden.
Battle of Camden ~ Death of De Kalb, engraving after Chappel. Courtesy of South Caroliniana Library, USC, Columbia (SC).
Submitted: October 9, 2011, by Anna Inbody of Columbia, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p175785
File Size: 0.650 Megabytes
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