GUILFORD COURTHOUSE, BATTLE OF

in the Carolina campaign of the American Revolution, fought Mar. 15, 1781. The site is included in a national military park near Greensboro, N.C. (see National Parks and Monuments, table).

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books on: Guilford Courthouse Battle Of  - 56 results

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Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence
Book by John Ferling; Oxford University Press, 2007
Subjects: Generals--United States--Biography, Soldiers--United States--History--18th Century, United States--Continental Army--Biography, United States--Continental Army--Military Life, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Biography, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns, United States--Politics And Government--1775-1783
...Second battles of: battles, 172 79, 174...Virginia Capes, battle of, 527 28, 530...Gates, 438; and Guilford Courthouse battle, 494; preparations...19, 20; and Guilford Courthouse battle...and Bunker Hill battle, 48 49, 50 , 53...See also specific battles; and African American...
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Mechanical Metamorphosis: Technological Change in Revolutionary America
Book by Neil Longley York; Greenwood Press, 1985
Subjects: Technological Innovations--United States--History, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
...slain by riflemen, 143 Freemans Farm, battle of, riflemen at, 143 Frontier, impact...Delaware River defenses, 113 , 124 ; at Guilford Courthouse, 146 Greer, Arthur, inventor, 194 Guilford Courthouse, battle of, riflemen at, 146 Gunpowder...
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Washington: Commander in Chief
Book by Thomas G. Frothingham; Houghton Mifflin, 1930
Subjects: United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns, Washington, George--1732-1799
Germantown, battle of, 224 , 225 , 226 , 227 ; results...327 , 331 , 335 , 336 ; Battle of Guilford Courthouse, 338 , 339 , 340 ; sets out for...221 , 225 Gridley, Col., 59 Guilford Courthouse, Battle of, 338 ; effects of...
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The Road to Valley Forge: How Washington Built the Army That Won the Revolution
Book by John Buchanan; Wiley, 2004
Subjects: Generals--United States--Biography, Howe, Richard Howe--Earl--1726-1799, Howe, William Howe--Viscount--1729-1814, United States--Continental Army--History, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--British Forces, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Manpower, Washington, George--1732-1799--Military Leadership
...continued) Germantown battle and, 272 73, 274...209 11, 213 Princeton battle and, 172 , 173 , 178...204 Fallen Timbers, battle of (1794), 301 Ferguson...271 72, 274 , 278 82 Guilford Courthouse battle and, 308 , 316...
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The Oxford Companion to British History
Book by John Cannon; Oxford University Press, 1997
Subjects: Great Britain--History--Encyclopedias
...who won Gwynedd and * Powys in battle 1039 and defeated the Mercians...simplified Gothic style. WMM Guilford courthouse, battle of, 1781. As late...Nathaniel Greenes forces. At Guilford courthouse on 15 March Greene gave battle...
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journal articles on: Guilford Courthouse Battle Of  - 9 results

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Long, Obstinate, and Bloody: The Battle of Guilford Courthouse
Journal article by Kyle F. Zelner; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 76, 2010
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Long, Obstinate, and Bloody: The Battle of Guilford Courthouse (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
...Bloody: The Battle of Guilford Courthouse. by Kyle F. Zelner...Bloody: The Battle of Guilford Courthouse. By Lawrence...March 1781 battle at Guilford Courthouse, fought...minute account of the battle is at the heart of...written accounts by the battles commanders. Babits...
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South Carolina and the American Revolution: a Battlefield History
Journal article by John J. Stucker; South Carolina Historical Magazine, Vol. 104, 2003
...Carolina in 1776 in the Battle of Sullivans Island...deployed in set-piece battles. South Carolina...won a significant battle in the state. While...number of larger battles (e.g., Camden, Guilford Courthouse, Eutaw Springs...
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The Revolutionary War in the Southern Back Country
Journal article by Lawrence E. Babits; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 75, 2009
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Revolutionary War in the Southern Back Country (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
...presents essays on battles and campaigns...partisans, and the battles of Camden...Cowpens, and Guilford Courthouse. Perhaps the...of the 1774 battle of Point Pleasant...Charleston and battles of Camden and Guilford Courthouse in...
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Southern History in Periodicals, 2008: A Selected Bibliography
Journal article; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 75, 2009
Subjects: Historical works--Bibliography
...July, 1-32. CRUSE, J. BRETT. The Battle of Round Timber Creek and the Use of Experimental...FOSTER JR. In the Aftermath of the Battle of Olustee: A Beechers Surprise Visit...646-77. GALLAGHER, PATRICK. Through Battle, Prison, and Disease: The Civil War...
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Some Reflections on the South in the American Revolution
Journal article by Don Higginbotham; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 73, 2007
Subjects: American revolutionaries--History, Franklin, John Hope--History, United States history
...1771, led to bloodshed in the Battle of Alamance, which saw the insurgents...frazzle, left him bloodied at Guilford Courthouse in North Carolina, and returned...Babits, A Devil of a Whipping: The Battle of Cowpens (Chapel Hill, 1998...
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magazine articles on: Guilford Courthouse Battle Of  - 7 results

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Tankers and Troopers: a Heritage of Courage
Magazine article by John F. Antal; Army, Vol. 60, August 2010
Subjects: American Revolution, Armed forces, Evacuations & rescues, Military history
...April 1775 at the battles of Lexington and...mounted. At the Battle of Brandywine near...subsequent battle at Guilford Courthouse forced British Gen...guns during the battle, the lessons learned...proven again in battles along many main...tanks in the 1968 battle for Hue) and in...
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The Roads to Revolution
Magazine article; History Today, Vol. 48, May 1998
Subjects: North Carolina--History, South Carolina--History, United States history--Revolution, 1775-1783
...more than a skirmish, but the Battle of Hucks Defeat was a major...before pursuing Cornwallis to Guilford Courthouse. Three miles from uptown Charlotte...the city of Greensboro is the Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, site...
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Covering the Carolinas
Magazine article by Shannon Hanson; VFW, Veterans of Foreign Wars Magazine, Vol. 92, January 2005
Subjects: American history, Museums, North Carolina, South Carolina, States
...programs in the summer. Guilford Courthouse National Military Park...1781 Revolutionary War battle considered to have changed...civilian life at time of battle. Moores Creek National...exhibits explaining the battle, memorial grounds...14 Revolutionary War battles. Features restored...
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Historical Flags of the United States
Magazine article; Social Studies Review, Vol. 41, Spring 2002
...Green Mountain Boys Guilford Courthouse Pinetree Sons of Liberty...Gen. Stark at the Battle of Bennington. Its...celebrated wildly. The Guilford Courthouse flag. This...It was raised over Guilford Courthouse, North...one of the bloodiest battles of the long war with...
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The Old Wagoner: Daniel Morgan Brilliantly Commanded American Soldiers during Two of the Lowest Points of the War for Independence, Rightfully Earning the Title of American Hero
Magazine article by Thomas R. Eddlem; The New American, Vol. 18, October 21, 2002
...fled in countless battles, from Long Island...he avoid a pitched battle. "It is not our...militia before the battle, asking them to pull...Morgans strategy at Guilford Courthouse and other battles. Despite Morgans...
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newspaper articles on: Guilford Courthouse Battle Of  - 2 results

 
 
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How the Redcoats Gave Their Best Shot; 18th Century Warfare ... the British Redcoats and American Patriots in a Skirmish at the Battle of Lexington in April 1775
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), December 16, 2007
Subjects: American Revolution, 1775-1783, United States history--Revolution, 1775-1783
...Massacre. It was a battle, pure and simple...and in terrain at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse in March 1781yet Cornwalliss...Bay, one of the few battles in which the Royal...The Redcoats won battle after battle against...
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Two Centuries for the Army
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 14, 2005
Subjects: United States. Army, Washington, George (American president)
...organize and fight a large battle. Facing them in Boston...overwhelmed at the battle of Guilford Courthouse in 1781, the highly...assault during the battle. When the British...to Washington as the battles commander and victor...


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encyclopedia articles on: Guilford Courthouse Battle Of  - 8 results

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Guilford Courthouse, Battle Of
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GUILFORD COURTHOUSE, BATTLE OF in the Carolina campaign of the American Revolution, fought Mar. 15, 1781. The site is included in a national military park...
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National Parks and Monuments
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Gettysburg , Pa. Guilford Courthouse MP N N.C. 1917 223 (90) See Guilford Courthouse, battle...of the Civil War battle of Pea Ridge...Scene of the Battle of the Crater and...Commemorates Civil War battles of Cold Harbor...
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Greensboro
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...pop. 183,521), seat of Guilford co., N central N.C.; inc...site of the Revolutionary War battle of Guilford Courthouse is a national military park...Greensboro, Greensboro College, Guilford College, North Carolina Agricultural...
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Lynch, Charles
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...his authority, but he was later exonerated by the state legislature. He led a volunteer regiment at the battle of Guilford Courthouse in 1781. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the...
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Tarleton, Sir Banastre
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Charleston and in the Carolina campaign before he was overwhelmed by Daniel Morgan at Cowpens. After the battle of Guilford Courthouse, he retreated into Virginia and was active in the Yorktown campaign . Tarleton returned (1782) to England...
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