Guilford Courthouse: National Military Park North Carolina
Reid CT. 1961. Guilford Courthouse: National Military Park North Carolina. Historical Handbook Series
THE BATTLE OF GUILFORD COURTHOUSE, fought March 15, 1781, marked the beginning of the end of the Revolutionary struggle. It was a British victory, but a victory which left the enemy so weak that it caused them to lose the campaign in the Southern Colonies—a victory that started the armies of Cornwallis on the road to Yorktown and surrender. Inscribed on the Nathanael Greene monument in the park is this statement on the significance of the battle by C. Alphonso Smith: In the maneuvering that preceded it, in the strategy that compelled it, in the heroism that signalized it, and in the results that flowed from it, the Battle of Guilford Court House is second to no battle fought on American soil. Over the brave men who fell here their comrades marched to ultimate victory at Yorktown, and the cause of constitutional self-government to assured triumph at Philadelphia. To officer and private, to Continental soldier and volunteer militiaman, honor and award are alike due. They need neither defense nor eulogy but only just recognition. . . .
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Reid, Courtland
- Date of Issue
- 1961
- Units
- GUCO , HIST
- Keywords
- Administrative, Company, Cultural Resources, ehistory, History, Military, Organization, Revolutionary War