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]

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 Regiments 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 (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)

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Continentals

Maryland Brigade


   Col Otho Williams

Virginia Brigade


   BG Isaac Huger (w)

  • Buford's Virginia Battalion: Maj. Thomas Ridley
  • Green’s Virginia Battalion: Ltc John Green
  • Hawes' 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

  • (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)
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. ^ Tronsetic, 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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