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The loss of the Americans in killed , wounded , and prisoners exceeded the number of British regular troops engaged by at least 300 . It was one of the most decisive victories ever won . Upon the morning after the victory of Camden Lord Cornwallis dispatched Colonel Tarleton with the light infantry and the German legion , 350 men in all , to attack Colonel Sumpter , who , with 800 men and two pieces of cannon , had , upon hearing late at night of General Gates ' defeat , marched away at all speed . Thinking himself out of danger he halted at midday to rest his men . The British came upon them by surprise . One hundred and fifty were killed or wounded and 300 made prisoners . The rest scattered as fugitives .