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	Battle of Guilford Court House - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Guilford Court House was a battle fought on March 15, 1781 inside the present-day city of Greensboro, North Carolina, during the American Revolutionary War.
		Prior to the battle, the British appeared to have successfully reconquered Georgia and South Carolina with the aid of strong Loyalist factions, and that North Carolina might be within their grasp.
		On the 15th of March, the two armies met at Guilford Court House, North Carolina (within the present Greensboro, North Carolina), and a virtually drawn battle was fought.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Guilford_Courthouse (983 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Battle of Guilford Court House
		The Battle of the Rice Boats was a battle of the American Revolution that took place in the Savannah River on the border between the Province of Georgia and the Province of South Carolina.
		The Battle of Guilford Courthouse was a battle fought on March 15, 1781 inside the present-day booming metropolis of Greensboro, North Carolina, during the American Revolutionary War in which 1,900 Br...
		The Battle of Guilford Courthouse was a battle fought on March 15, 1781 inside the present-day booming metropolis of Greensboro, North Carolina, during the American Revolutionary War in which 1,900 British troops under General Charles Cornwallis defeated an American force under Rhode Island native General Nathanael Greene numbering 4,400.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Battle-of-Guilford-Court-House (3083 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : 1781 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		March 15 - American Revolutionary War: American General Nathanael Greene loses Battle of Guilford Court House to British.
		September 6 - The British army attacks a fort in Groton, Connecticut which became known as the Battle of Groton Heights.
		December 12 - French and British fleets fight in the Second Battle of Ushant.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /1781 (652 words)

	Guilford County, North Carolina ~ Land Record Information
		Guilford land records indicated that it may have been thirty-five years before a Simmerman, or Zimmerman, obtained land - and it was in the Friedan's Church Community.
		Alexander Martin was a politician representing Guilford County in the Assembly.
		Thomas Henderson, clerk of court, [missing verb here] eleven grants totaling 4724 acres, including half interest in the Guilford Court House tract that he shared with Alexander Martin, and half interest in two other tracts with John Hamilton, before leaving Guilford County to become clerk of court in new Rockingham County (1785).
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		The importance of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse lies not in the battle itself, nor in the numbers involved, the tactics employed, nor in the casualties inflicted upon either side.
		Guilford County was formed in 1771 and the first courthouse was erected at this location in 1774.
		In 1931, the Battle of Guilford Courthouse was reenacted by units of the National Guard in commemoration of the sesquicentennial anniversary of the battle.
	statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us /nc/ncsites/greensbo/guilf2.htm (3191 words)

	Campaign 1776 Scenario Overviews
		A follow-up scenario to the hypothetical Battle of Cheraw Hills, where Greene and his army has fallen back to Guilford Court House where it is attacked by the full British army under Cornwallis.
		After the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, the British army under General Cornwallis slipped away to rest on the North Carolina coast.
		Although the battle was a British victory, Greene had started the campaign that would eventually win the South for the American cause, without winning a single battle.
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	battle of yorktown
		The Battle of Yorktown, although it did not end the war, was the last major battle of the war.
		Battle of Yorktown -- The War's End September 1781 - October 19, 1781 The battle of Yorktown began late in September 1781.
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	The Battle of Guilford Court House (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		THE Battle of Guilford Court House was not only one of the hardest fought and most deadly conflicts of the American Revolution-creating a profound impression in Europe; but was the decisive engagement of the Southern campaign, contributing no small part to bringing about, almost immediately, the freedom of the Thirteen Colonies.
		In this connection it is not too much to say that the British troops that fought at Guilford were not the inferior of any of the royal forces in America; and that they very probably owed their excellence to continuous field work and camp life without tents and customary shelter.
		Guilford was in a wilderness at that time, and the road to Salisbury was the only open way from the clearing and first line to the environs of the Court House.
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	Battle of Guilford Court House (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The '''Battle of Guilford Court House''' was a battle fought on March 15, 1781 inside the present-day city of Greensboro, North Carolina, during the American Revolutionary War in which 1,900 British troops under General Charles Cornwallis fought an American force under Rhode Island native General Nathaniel Greene numbering 4,400.
		On the 15th of March the two armies met at Guilford Court House, North Carolina (near the present Greensboro, North Carolina), and a virtually drawn battle was fought.
		At the climax of the battle, the British and the Americans engaged in hand-to-hand combat.
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	:::► Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net ◄::: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		French involvement proved decisive, with a naval Battle of the Chesapeake victory in the Chesapeake leading to the surrender of a British army at the Battle of Yorktown (1781) Battle of Yorktown in 1781.
		In the Ohio Country, the Virginia frontiersman George Rogers Clark attempted to neutralize British influence among the Ohio tribes by capturing the outposts of Kaskaskia, Illinois Kaskaskia and Battle of Vincennes Vincennes in the summer of 1778.
		Gálvez then captured Battle of Fort Charlotte Mobile on March 14, 1780, and in May of 1781 Battle of Pensacola (1781) forced the surrender of the British outpost at Pensacola, Florida.
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	Battle of yorktown - The World Turned Upside Down: George Washington and the Battle of
		Battle of Yorktown Centennial Woven Silk Bookmark in the manner of a Stevengraph celebrates the Centennial of the British Surrender at Yorktown.
		The Battle of Yorktown (1862) was a battle of the American Civil War that was part of the Union offensive called the Peninsular Campaign.
		The Battle of Yorktown was one of the last battles of the American Revolutionary The Battle of Yorktown, although it did not end the war, was the last.
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	NPS Park of the Week
		The preservation of the Guilford Courthouse battlefield began in 1887 with the vision of David Schenck, a Greensboro attorney.
		Assisting the park is a new Guilford Battleground Company, an energetic and successful friend's group dedicated to helping the park and its city park partner, Tannenbaum Historic Park, protect their historic resources and obtain additional battlefield land.
		The battle of Guilford Courthouse was the "High-Water Mark" of British operations in the American Revolution.
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	Notes for Kerenhappuch Norman
		She nursed the wounded soldiers at the battle of Guilford, where a monument is erected to her memory.
		The ensuing battle was fierce; when it was over more than 27% of the British had suffered injury or death compared to only 6% for the Americans who claimed victory in the battle.
		Its granite base is crowned with the bronze figure of a woman clad in the costume of her time carrying in her hand the symbol of her ministry on the battle field, a folded towel over her arm and a tea cup and saucer in her hand.
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	Guilford Courthouse: A Pivotal Battle in the War for Independence
		Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, the nation’s first national park established at a Revolutionary War site, preserves the 220-acre heart of the 1781 battlefield.
		It was the sacrifices of American patriots on this and scores of other battlefields that gave substance to the bold statements of principle contained in the Declaration of Independence.
		This lesson is based on the Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, one of the thousands of properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/32guilford/32guilford.htm (227 words)

	Guilford Courthouse NMP: Administrative History (Chapter 1 Endnotes) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		13 Baker, The Monuments of Guilford Courthouse, pp.
		James Hunter was a leader of the Regulator Movement that was crushed at the battle of Alamance in 1771.
		Baker, The Monuments of Guilford Courthouse NMP, pp.
	www.nps.gov /guco/adhi/adhi1e.htm (1324 words)

	Battle of Guilford Courthouse, 15 March 1781
		News of the battle and of Cornwallis' pursuit reached Greene on 25 January and he immediately realised that Cornwallis would be vulnerable on the chase, having lost much of his cavalry.
		The village and court house were clustered on a hill.
		The American army was to be deployed in three lines, the first at the edge of the open ground in the valley, the second in the woods, and the third on the high ground.
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	Battle of Guilford Courthouse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Old bataille, bataile, French bataille battle, OF., battle, battalion, from Latin battalia, battualia, the fighting and fencing exercises of soldiers and gladiators, from batuere to strike, beat.
		A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat.
		: Note: Battle is used adjectively or as the first part of a self-explaining compound; as, battle brand, a ``brand'' or sword used in battle; battle cry; battlefield; battle ground; battlearray; battle song.
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	Battle of Guilford Court House (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		On the 25th of April 1781 he was surprised in his camp at Hobkirk's Hill, near Camden, by Lord Rawdon and defeated, both sides suffering about an equal loss.
		An inclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different building; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.
		The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.
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	Battle of Guilford Court House (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Battle of Guilford Courthouse was a battle fought on March 15 1781 inside the present-day booming metropolis of Greensboro North Carolina during the American Revolutionary War in which 1 900 British troops under General Charles Cornwallis defeated an American force under Rhode Island native General Nathanael Greene numbering 4 400.
		On the 15th of March the two met at Guilford Court House (near the Greensboro N.C.) and a virtually drawn battle fought.
		On the 25th of April he was surprised in his camp at Hill near Camden by Lord Rawdon and both sides suffering about an equal loss.
	www.freeglossary.com /Battle_of_Guilford_Courthouse (425 words)

	Guilford County - Guilford Battle List I - Q
		Although the date and circumstances of his arrival are unknown, the Marquis was at Guilford Courthouse on March 15, 1781, leading a detachment of forty North Carolina horsemen who took part in the third line cavalry charge....
		There was fighting on the Mitchell plantation and Elizabeth McMachen Mitchell, Adam's wife, took her six children into the spring house (which was some distance from the house) to escape the British soldiers.
		Thomas Moody participated at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse when he was over age 70.
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	American Revolution - Revolutionary War Battles - "The Battle of Guilford Court House" March 15, 1781
		After Morgan's victory in the Battle of Cowpens, both Morgan and Greene knew that Cornwallis would not allow the victory to go unavenged.
		When the British arrived at Guilford Court House, Greene felt the time was right to fight.
		The result was a British victory in the sense that the Americans were dislodged from their positions and forced to withdraw.
	www.americanrevolution.com /BattleofGuilfordCourtHouse.htm (234 words)

	Guilford, Battle of - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Guilford, Battle of (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In the costly British victory March 1781 over American forces at Guilford Court House, a few miles northwest of what is now Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
		However, the British sustained 548 casualties, almost half Cornwallis' force, leaving him too weak to pursue the enemy or carry out further operations for some time.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
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	A short history of The First Foot Guards
		It was prominent in the Battle of White Plains in October of that year.
		In 1779, the Regiment was sent on an expedition to the South, and in February of 1781 it crossed the Catawba River in the van of the British force under heavy fire.
		Later that year, the Regiment fought at the Battle of Guilford Court House, in which the British army defeated a rebel force more than three times its size.
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	Guilford Courthouse National Military Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Battle of Guilford Courthouse, fought March 15, 1781, marked the beginning of the end of the Revolutionary struggle.
		He wished to avoid battle, to draw the British as far as possible from their base, and to be able to retire into Virginia if the necessity should arise.
		This battle within a battle was finally broken off by the Americans at about the same time that the main engagement ended.
	statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us /nc/ncsites/greensbo/guilf1.htm (2752 words)

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