Battle of Guilford Court House

When

15 Mar 1781

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

36.13° N, 79.84° W

Description

1781 battle of the American Revolutionary War

1781 battle of the American Revolutionary War

The Battle of Guilford Court House was fought on 15 March 1781 during the American Revolutionary War, near Greensboro, North Carolina. A 2,100-man British force under the command of Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis defeated Major General Nathanael Greene's 4,500 Americans. The British Army suffered considerable casualties, with estimates as high as 27% of their total force.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “American Revolutionary War – Battle of Guilford Court House: American General Nathanael Greene loses to the British”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die von Charles Cornwallis kommandierten Briten besiegen unter großen Verlusten die doppelt so große amerikanische Armee unter dem Befehl von Nathanael Greene…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Сражение при Гилфорд-Кортхауз”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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