Guilford Court House order of battle

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The following units and commanders fought at the Battle of Guilford Court House on March 15, 1781. [1] [2] [3]

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Other

British forces

LTG Charles, Earl Cornwallis
MG Alexander Leslie, second in command

BrigadeRegiments and Others
Right Wing


   MG Alexander Leslie

  • 1st Guards Battalion: Ltc Chapel Norton
  • 2nd Battalion, 71st Regiment of Foot: Cpt Robert Hutcheson
  • Regiment von Bose: Maj Johann Christian du Buy
Left Wing


   Ltc James Webster (mw)

  • 23rd Regiment of Foot: Cpt Thomas Peter
  • 33rd Regiment of Foot: Ltc James Webster (mw), Cpt James Campbell
  • Light Infantry Company (Guards): Cpt William Maynard (w)
  • Ansbach-Bayreuth Jäger Company: Cpt Friedrich Wilhelm von Röder
Reserve


   BG Charles O'Hara (w)
   Ltc James Stuart (k)
   BG Charles O'Hara [4]

  • 2nd Guards Battalion: Ltc James Stuart (k)
  • Grenadier Guards Company
Cavalry
Royal Artillery


   Lt John McLeod

  • 1 (or 2) six-pounders
  • 2 three-pounders

American forces

MG Nathanael Greene
BG Isaac Huger, second in command (w)

DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

Continentals

Maryland Brigade


   Col Otho Williams

Virginia Brigade


   BG Isaac Huger (w)

  • Campbell's Virginia Battalion: Ltc Richard Campbell
  • Green’s Virginia Battalion: Col John Green
  • Hawes' (formerly Buford's) Virginia Battalion: Ltc Samuel Hawes
Independent Continental units

North Carolina Militia

Hillsborough District Brigade


   BG John Butler

  • Randolph County Regiment: Ltc James Dougan (7 companies)
  • Chatham County Regiment: (2 companies)
  • Wake County Regiment: (2 companies)
  • Bladen County Regiment (detached from Wilmington District Brigade: Lt. Col. James Richardson (3 companies)
  • Cumberland County Regiment (detached from Wilmington District Brigade (2 companies)
  • Duplin County Regiment (detached from Wilmington District Brigade (1 company)
Salisbury District Brigade


   BG Ambrose Ramsey

Halifax District Brigade


   BG Thomas Eaton

Other
  • North Carolina cavalry: Cpt Charles-Francois Sevelinges, Marquis de Bretigney

Virginia Militia

First Virginia Brigade


   BG Edward Stevens (w)

  • Militia regiment: Col Samuel McDowell
  • Militia regiment: Col George Moffet
  • Militia regiment: Col Nathaniel Cocke
  • Militia regiment: Col Peter Perkins
Second Virginia Brigade


   BG Robert Lawson

  • Militia regiment: Col Robert Munford
  • Militia regiment: Col John Holcombe
  • Militia regiment: Col Beverly Randolph
Rifle units

Notes

  1. ↑ Lewis, J.D. "The American Revolution in North Carolina, Guilford Court House" . Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  2. ↑ Tonsetic, Robert L. (2011). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Casemate (ed.). 1781, The Decisive Year of the Revolutionary War., ISBN   978-1-61200-063-3
  3. ↑ Unknown. "Revolutionary War 101 website".
  4. ↑ O'Hara had been wounded during the attack on the first American line but resumed command shortly before the end of the battle. Tonsetic, p. 89.

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