National War Memorial Registry, War Memorial Catalog Of United States

HERE LIE THE REMAINS OF BARON DE KALB, GERMAN BY BIRTH, BUT IN PRINCIPLE, CITIZEN OF THE WORLD. HE WAS SECOND IN COMMAND IN THE BATTLE FOUGHT NEAR CAMDEN, ON THE 16TH AUGUST 1780, BETWEEN THE BRITISH AND AMERICANS; AND THERE NOBLY FELL COVERED WITH WOUNDS, WHILE GALLANTLY PERFORMING DEEDS OF VALOR IN RALLYING THE FRIEND AND OPPOSING THE ENEMIES OF HIS ADOPTED COUNTRY.