Battle of Guilford Court House

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The Battle of Guilford Court House was a major 1781 engagement in North Carolina during the American Revolutionary War, where heavy British casualties weakened their Southern campaign and helped pave the way to their eventual defeat at Yorktown.

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instanceOf battle ⓘ
engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Guilford Courthouse ⓘ
belligerent Continental Army ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
Hessian auxiliaries ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
North Carolina militia ⓘ
United States ⓘ
Virginia militia ⓘ
casualtiesAndLosses American about 250–300 killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ
British about 500–600 killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ
commander Alexander Leslie ⓘ
Banastre Tarleton ⓘ
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis ⓘ
Nathanael Greene ⓘ
commemoratedBy Guilford Courthouse National Military Park ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date 1781-03-15 ⓘ
followedBy British withdrawal to Wilmington, North Carolina ⓘ
Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
hasParticipant British regulars ⓘ
Continental Army soldiers ⓘ
Loyalist troops ⓘ
location Guilford County, North Carolina ⓘ
linked to: Guilford County

Guilford Court House, North Carolina ⓘ
memorial Guilford Courthouse National Military Park ⓘ
notableFeature American defensive deployment in three lines ⓘ
heavy British casualties ⓘ
partOf Cornwallis’s 1781 Carolina campaign ⓘ
Greene’s Southern campaign ⓘ
Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
precededBy Race to the Dan ⓘ
presentDayLocation Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
recognizedAs turning point in the Southern campaign ⓘ
result British tactical victory ⓘ
Strategic advantage for American forces ⓘ
strategicConsequence contributed to British decision to move to Virginia ⓘ
helped pave the way to British defeat at Yorktown ⓘ
weakened British Southern campaign ⓘ
strength American force about 4,000–4,500 men ⓘ
British force about 1,900 soldiers ⓘ
tacticUsed American use of militia in forward lines ⓘ
British bayonet charges ⓘ
close-quarters fighting in wooded terrain ⓘ
terrain rolling hills ⓘ
wooded countryside ⓘ
year 1781 ⓘ

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