The following units and commanders fought at the Battle of Guilford Court House on March 15, 1781.[1][2][3]
Abbreviations used[]
Military rank[]
- LTG = Lieutenant General
- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
- Maj = Major
- Cpt = Captain
Other[]
- (w) = wounded
- (mw) = mortally wounded
- (k) = killed in action
British forces[]
LTG Charles, Earl Cornwallis
MG Alexander Leslie, second in command
Brigade
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Regiments and Others
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Right Wing
MG Alexander Leslie
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- 1st Guards Battalion: Ltc Chapel Norton
- 2nd Battalion, 71st Regiment of Foot: Cpt Robert Hutcheson
- Regiment von Bose: Maj Johann Christian du Buy
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Left Wing
Ltc (mw)
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- 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
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Reserve
BG Charles O'Hara (w)
Ltc James Stuart (k)
BG Charles O'Hara[4]
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- 2nd Guards Battalion: Ltc James Stuart (k)
- Grenadier Guards Company
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Cavalry
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Royal Artillery
Lt John McLeod
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- 1 (or 2) six-pounders
- 2 three-pounders
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American forces[]
MG Nathanael Greene
BG Isaac Huger, second in command (w)
Division
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Brigade
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Regiments and Others
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Continentals
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Maryland Brigade
Col Otho Williams
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Virginia Brigade
BG Isaac Huger (w)
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- Buford's Virginia Battalion: Maj. Thomas Ridley
- Green’s Virginia Battalion: Ltc John Green
- Hawes' Virginia Battalion: Ltc Samuel Hawes
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Independent Continental units
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North Carolina Militia
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Hillsborough District Brigade
BG John Butler
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- 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)
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Salisbury District Brigade
BG Ambrose Ramsey
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Halifax District Brigade
BG Thomas Eaton
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- (detached from New Bern District Brigade: (1 company)
- (detached from New Bern District Brigade): Lt Col William Linton (6 companies)
- (detached from New Bern District): Col (1 company)
- Hyde County Regiment (detached from Edenton county regiment)
- (detached from Edenton District Brigade): (1 company)
- (detached from Edenton District Brigade): (1 company)
- : Col Whitmell Hill (7 companies)
- : Col Andrew Haynes (2 companies)
- : Col Pinketham Eaton (8 companies)
- : Ltc John Eaton (3 companies)
- : Col Benjamin Williams (5 companies)
- Warren County Regiment: Col Herbert Haynes (6 companies)
- Botetourt County Riflemen: Col Charles Lynch (10 companies)
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Other
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- North Carolina cavalry: Cpt Charles-Francois Sevelinges, Marquis de Bretigney
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Virginia Militia
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First Virginia Brigade
BG Edward Stevens (w)
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- Militia regiment: Col Samuel McDowell
- Militia regiment: Col George Moffet
- Militia regiment: Col Nathaniel Cocke
- Militia regiment: Col Peter Perkins
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Second Virginia Brigade
BG Robert Lawson
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- Militia regiment: Col Robert Munford
- Militia regiment: Col John Holcombe
- Militia regiment: Col Beverly Randolph
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Rifle units
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Notes[]