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	Guilford Courthouse: A Pivotal Battle in the War for Independence
		This backwoods county seat of Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina, was the site of a pivotal battle in the Revolutionary War’s decisive Southern Campaign.
		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.
		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.nps.gov /history/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/32guilford/32guilford.htm (227 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 (3135 words)

	About Guilford - Guilford College
		Guilford College draws on Quaker and liberal arts traditions to prepare men and women for a lifetime of learning, work and constructive action dedicated to the betterment of the world.
		During the American Revolution this peaceful scene was disturbed by the decisive Battle of Guilford Courthouse, four miles to the north.
		Guilford College is located in northwest Greensboro, which is the third largest city in North Carolina.
	www.guilford.edu /about_guilford (514 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Nathanael Greene
		Greene then pursued Cornwallis and gave battle on March 15, 1781, at the Battle of Guilford Court House in North Carolina, on ground he had himself chosen.
		Americans who fell in this battle were immortalized by American author Philip Freneau in his 1781 poem "To the Memory of Brave Americans." The battle, although tactically a draw, so weakened the British that they withdrew to Charleston, where Greene penned them during the remaining months of the war.
		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 fought an American force under Rhode Island native General Nathanael Greene numbering...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Nathanael-Greene (6168 words)

	The American Revolution (Guilford)
		Guilford Courthouse, with its population of considerably fewer than 100, was on this day the temporary residence of 4,400 American soldiers and their leader, Maj. Gen.
		And such was the hard fate of the victors, who had gained so much glory at Guilford, as in the first place, to abandon a part of their wounded; and, in the second, to make a circuitous retreat of 200 miles, before they could find shelter or rest.
		The Road to Guilford Courthouse is no less than a tour de force of pop military scholarship, an exhaustive battle-by-battle account of the Crown's grinding march to wrest the Carolinas from the resourceful Rebels.
	theamericanrevolution.org /battles/bat_guil.asp (769 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Guilford County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina.
		On March 15, 1781, the Battle of Guilford Court House was fought in present-day Greensboro between Generals Charles Cornwallis and Nathanael Greene during the American Revolution as its penultimate battle.
		Guilford County is a member of the regional Piedmont Triad Council of Governments.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Guilford_County,_North_Carolina (682 words)

	The Battle Of Guilford Courthouse
		Guilford Courthouse was usually the scene of court pleas in the building that gave the community its name.
		Advancing “toward Guilford Courthouse early on the morning of March 15,” the progression units of Cornwallis’ military engaged in a series of heavy conflicts with the American military commanded by Lt. Col.
		The Battle of Guilford Courthouse was an important connection in the chain of incidents leading to the American victory in War for Independence.
	www.angelfire.com /ak/matthewh/GuilCourt.html (828 words)

	Hamby Family Compiled by Gary E (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Crossville, TN Following is a short sketch of the Battle at Guilford Courthouse, NC, where Reuben Hamby was wounded.
		The formation of the army for battle has been critiicised, on the ground that the regulars were so far in the rear; but flanking troops in the first line were fully equal in number to the small veteran corps of the reserve, and they were men who had tested their mettle thoroughly on other fields.
		Greene, writing a day after Guilford Courthouse, says, "the enemy gained his cause, but is ruined by the success of it." Tarleton regarded "the victory as the pledge of ultimate defear." "The British had the name; the Americans the good consequences of victory," wrote Ramsey.
	www.hambytree.com /guilford.htm (1576 words)

	Armchair General Magazine: Interactive Military History
		Guilford Battleground is 60 miles from my door, and the family treks south each March to see the 23d Foot, Hessian Jaegers, and Campbell’s Rifles duke it out once again.
		The battle saw the heroism of the British Guards and North Carolina’s Surry County Militia, the grim determination of the 23rd Foot and the 1st Maryland, and the fear of the North Carolina militia staring at the British gleaming bayonets.
		Guilford Courthouse meant nothing to the British, but if he could destroy Greene’s Continentals his army would dissolve, and victory in the south would be Britain’s.
	www.armchairgeneral.com /articles.php?p=2421&page=1 (1761 words)

	Guilford County, North Carolina (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Guilford County was established in 1771 from Orange County (which formed about the eastern third) and Rowan County (which formed about the western two-thirds).
		At that time present Guilford was a part of Rowan and Orange counties and the people of Orange had to go to Hillsborough and those of Rowan to Salisbury to transact their business; and such great distances worked a definite hardship on citizens who lived at the remote boundaries of those counties.
		Guilford became the first county in the nation to offer a full-time county health service, and one of the first two in the state to employ a welfare superintendent.
	www.carolana.com /guilford_county_nc.html (5284 words)

	Guilford Courthouse Battle Of: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
		GUILFORD COURTHOUSE, BATTLE OF in the Carolina campaign of the American Revolution, fought Mar. 15, 1781.
		Obviously he did not expect a battle that would limit his armys ability to...July or he would not have given hundreds of wagons precedence over much needed infantry...South Carolina were detached to New Guilford, about three miles south of Fayetteville...
		When the 1st Maryland Regiment was almost overwhelmed at the battle of Guilford Courthouse in 1781, the highly trained and experienced Marylanders maneuvered expertly, leveled their bayonets and charged...
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/guilford_courthouse_battle_of.jsp (1025 words)

	Guilford Courthouse (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The battle fought at the small North Carolina backcounty hamlet of Guilford Courthouse on Thursday, March 15, 1781, was the largest, most hotly-contested action of the Revolutionary War's climactic Southern Campaign.
		Major General Nathanael Greene, defending the ground at Guilford Courthouse with an army of almost 4,500 American militia and Continentals, was tactically defeated by a smaller British army of about 1,900 veteran regulars and German allies commanded by Lord Charles Cornwallis.
		Guilford Courthouse proved to be the highwater mark of British military operations in the Revolutionary War.
	home.comcast.net /~guilfordcourthouse/aboutme.htm (396 words)

	GBC History (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Guilford Battleground Company in partnership with the Piedmont Land Conservancy established the Guilford Courthouse Land Acquisition Revolving Fund for acquisition of critical battlefield lands within the Guilford Courthouse National Landmark Area.
		In 2001 the site of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse was designated a National Historic Landmark, encompassing an area of 350 acres including Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, Tannenbaum Historic Park, parts of Greensboro Country Park, and 25 acres of privately owned lands.
		The Guilford Battleground Company needs the support and interest of all, young and old, to carry on a legacy and pass along sacred ground and part of our national heritage for generations to come.
	www.guilfordbattlegroundcompany.org /gbc_history.htm (1680 words)

	History of The Old Mill of Guilford
		On February 10, 1781, during the Revolutionary War, British troops under General Cornwallis marched past the mill in pursuit of General Green who was encamped at Guilford Courthouse.
		Legend has it that British troops seized the mill to grind grain for the soldiers prior to the Battle of Guilford Courthouse on March 15, 1781.
		The original tub mill and dwelling on 175 acres was sold to Joel Sanders for $900 in 1808.
	www.oldmillofguilford.com /history.htm (363 words)

	The Battle of Guilford Courthouse
		Each line of battle was perpendicular to the New Garden Road, which ran through Greene's lines west to east before intersecting with the road from Reedy Fork behind the Americans.
		The third line, another 500 yards further to the rear on a slight rise near the courthouse, was the main line of battle consisting of 1,400 Continentals from Virginia, Delaware, and Maryland on the west side of the road.
		The Battle of Guilford Courthouse was one of the largest battles fought in the South.
	www.myrevolutionarywar.com /battles/810315.htm (1364 words)

	The Battle of Guilford Court House
		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.
	www.newrivernotes.com /nc/guilf1.htm (4502 words)

	The Battle of Guilford Court House (Site not responding. Last check: )
		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.
	www.ls.net /~newriver/nc/guilf1.htm (4502 words)

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		This National Battlefield Park is enhanced by the Guilford Militia and the Guilford Courthouse Fife and Drum Corps.
		The Battle is reenacted each year with a large number of participants who also have an encampment over the weekend of the anniversary.
		It was another very costly battle to the British war in the south: the King's Mountain defeat in October, the rout at the Cowpens in January and now the Guilford Courthouse debacle.
	home.mindspring.com /~rg_adjservices/html/Guilfordgreetings.htm (337 words)

	The Battle of Guilford Courthouse: General Conrwallis vs. General Nathaniel Greene
		Meanwhile the Patriot army consisted mostly of Virginia and North Carolina militia whose value in battle was dubious.
		At the end of the battle, Cornwallis is supposed to have said, "Another such victory and we are done for." He knew that his losses could not be replaced, while the Patriots could and would easily replace theirs.
		Strategically, the Battle of Guilford Courthouse proved decisive in the southern campaign.
	britishhistory.suite101.com /article.cfm/battle_of_guilford_courthouse (752 words)

	Guilford County, North Carolina \| Welcome
		From the Guilford arms come the lion of the shield, the ancient crown of the crest, and the mastiff of the supporters.
		The motto Courage and Faith was felt to be characteristic of the County's first settlers: the English and Welsh Quakers on the west and south, the Scotch-Irish Presbyterians in the center, and the German Calvinists and Lutherans on the east.
		The coat-of-arms/seal was devised by the York Herald of the Royal College of Arms, London, England, under the direction of Colonel MacLamroc.
	www.co.guilford.nc.us /general/countyseal.php (155 words)

	Guilford Courthouse: A Pivotal Battle in the War for Independence
		This backwoods county seat of Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina, was the site of a pivotal battle in the Revolutionary War’s decisive Southern Campaign.
		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.
		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)

	North Carolina: Reenactment of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse (Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots - Library ...
		The Reenactment of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse
		This annual re-enactment of the March 15, 1781 battle is accompanied by a lecture series, speeches, period demonstrations, and exhibits.
		Although the British won the battle under Cornwallis, it was a turning point leading to their final defeat at Yorktown, which ended the Revolutionary War.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /cocoon/legacies/NC/200002902.html (93 words)

	Guilford County - Guilford Battle List A - H
		Those who died in the battle, or soon afterwards as a result of their wounds, will be shown with their names in red.
		Childers was in the Battle of Guilford Courthouse according to his court statement.
		He resided in Guilford County at the time of the battle, his house being seized by Cornwallis and used as his headquarters for staging the battle.
	www.rootsweb.com /~ncguilfo/GuilfordBattleListAH.html (2765 words)

	Guilford County - Guilford Battle List I - Q
		Those who died in the battle, or soon afterwards as a result of their wounds, are shown with their names in red.
		He was a soldier during the Revolution, was in the Battle of Guilford Court House.
		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....
	www.rootsweb.com /~ncguilfo/GuilfordBattleListIQ.html (1553 words)

	Chapter History
		The flag's connection to the Battle of Guilford Courthouse is mentioned in a family history compiled by the late Kathryn Bullock Royster, the great, great granddaughter of Micajah Bullock.
		She states that Micajah Bullock was in the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge as well as in Guilford battle.
		At the Guilford Courthouse National Military park, a handmade replica of the flag is on display.
	www.mbchapter.org /chapter_history.htm (2004 words)

	Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
		The Battle of Guilford Courthouse, fought March 15, 1781, marked the beginning of the end of the Revolutionary struggle.
		From that point the Americans continued to Guilford Courthouse, where they were joined by the other half of the army from Cheraw, and whence the retreat was continued toward Virginia.
		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.
	statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us /nc/ncsites/greensbo/guilf1.htm (2752 words)

	Guilford Courthouse 1781 (Campaign, 109)
		Guilford Courthouse 1781 begins with a fairly lengthy 20-page introductory section that outlines the background to the campaign.
		It is also a non-sequitor to argue that the Battle of Guilford Courthouse inevitably led to Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown seven months later, since Cornwallis had many options that might have changed the result.
		Guilford Courthouse was truly indecisive; neither side accomplished their mission and both armies retreated.
	www.lincolnvscadillac.com /books/book.php?isbn=1841764116.html (1228 words)

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