“H” is for Hobkirk Hill, Battle of (April 25, 1781). Following the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, General Nathanael Greene reentered South Carolina with a plan to force a British withdrawal from their interior outposts to Charleston. On April 19th his army took up a position on Hobkirk Hill, a mile and a half north of Camden. The British chose to attack the encroaching Americans on April 25th. The American advance faltered and Greene ordered a general retreat. The Americans fell back, leaving the British in possession of the Hill. However, within two weeks the British opted to abandon Camden and retreat to Charleston. The occurrence was exactly what General Greene had intended with his “War on British Outposts.” The Battle of Hobkirk Hill, though in itself indecisive, marked the beginning of the British withdrawal from the interior of South Carolina.