| North Carolina (Guilford County), Archdale — Mustering out of Confederate Army |
| | General Johnston's men
paid off and mustered
out near here, May 1-2,
1865, after surrender
near Durham. April 26. — Map (db m17845) |
| North Carolina (Guilford County), Greensboro — A Heroine of ‘76 — 1781 – 1902 |
| | Mrs. Keren Happuch Turner mother of Elizabeth the wife of Joseph Morehead of N.C., and grandmother of Captain James and of John Morehead, a young N.C. soldier under Greene, rode horse-back from her Maryland home and at Guilford Court House nursed to health a badly wounded son. — Map (db m19926) |
| North Carolina (Guilford County), Greensboro — J 78 — Albion W. Tourgée |
| | 1835–1905. Union army officer, author, judge. Member of 1868 Convention. Home was 2 blocks S. — Map (db m2325) |
| North Carolina (Guilford County), Greensboro — Backcountry Courthouse — Guilford Courthouse National Military Park |
| | To Cornwallis, Guilford Courthouse was not a military or strategic objective. Greene’s army was his target. After receiving intelligence that the British were marching toward the American camp, Greene switched his battle plans from attack to defense. At this point along the main road General Greene began deploying his troops. In 1781 the county seat of Guilford served as the hub of a small farming community of about fifty English, Scots-Irish, and nearby Quakers. At the courthouse these . . . — Map (db m11592) |
| North Carolina (Guilford County), Greensboro — Brig. Gen. Jethro Sumner |
| | Brig – Gen. Jethro Sumner Born in the year 1733 Died March 18, 1785 ---------------- Colonel of the Third North Carolina Continental Troops April 15, 1776 Charleston, June 28, 1776 Brandywine, Sept. 11, 1777 Germantown, Oct. 4, 1777 Monmouth, June 20, 1778 Stono Ferry, June 20, 1779 Eutaw Springs, Sept. 8, 1781 ---------------- Spotless in character, pure in patriotism, the most eminent soldier among the North Carolina Troops. Side of Monument: To the memory of General Jethro Sumner, . . . — Map (db m19921) |
| North Carolina (Guilford County), Greensboro — Captain James Morehead — 1778-81. 1800 |
| | To Captain James Morehead of the 10th Regiment, N.C. Continental Line. Battle of Stong June 20, 1778 • • • • • • Elizabethton July 1781 Born 1750 Died 1815 — Map (db m19947) |
| North Carolina (Guilford County), Greensboro — Col. Arthur Forbis |
| | In Honor of Col. Arthur Forbis of the N.C. Troops who fell at his post in the discharge of duty on this memorable field of battle. March 15, 1791. Presented by McGalliard & Huske July, 4 1887. — Map (db m11598) |
| North Carolina (Guilford County), Greensboro — J 30 — Confederate Hospital |
| | Confederate hospital set up in the First Presbyterian Church to receive wounded from battle of Bentonville, 1865, was here. — Map (db m2284) |
| North Carolina (Guilford County), Greensboro — Death of Stewart — Guilford Courthouse National Military Park |
| | The small monument in the field commemorates the death of Lt. Col. James Stewart (Stuart) of the Second Battalion of Guards. During hand-to-hand fighting, Captain John Smith of the 1st Maryland Regiment cut down Stewart with a heavy saber. Accounts place Stewart’s death near the American third line. Guildford Battle Ground Company placed the monument on this site because they were told that Stewart’s sword was found here inside a hollow log in 1866. In reality, the monument’s location is more symbolic than historically accurate. — Map (db m11579) |
| North Carolina (Guilford County), Greensboro — Expanding Battle — Guilford Courthouse National Military Park |
| | This monument honors Maj. Joseph Winston and the Surry County rifleman who fought stubbornly beside William Campbell and “Light-Horse Harry” Lee. During the fierce struggle with British regiments, Lee’s Legion veered southeast of the American second line, with a large contingent of enemy troops in pursuit. You are looking in the direction of that separate engagement, but the fighting actually occurred a half-mile to the south, well beyond the present-day park boundary. The Battle . . . — Map (db m11578) |
| North Carolina (Guilford County), Greensboro — Fragmented Attack — Guilford Courthouse National Military Park |
| | Among these trees you may find it difficult to stay oriented to the battlefield. The combatants faced the same problem. Stationed here on the left flank of the American First Line, Lt. Col. Henry Lee and his legion of cavalry and infantry had orders to withdraw and support the second line after the first line gave way. Disoriented by the thick woods and chase of battle, Lee’s forces veered southeast and missed the left flank of the second line. This confusion had serious consequences for both . . . — Map (db m11576) |
| North Carolina (Guilford County), Greensboro — Gillies — “Light Horse Harry Lee’s bugler-boy” |
| | “Dulce et Decorum est pro patria morti” Erected by the Literary Societies and alumni of Oak Ridge Institute May 6th, 1898 to the memory of the gallant Gillies who fell under the swords of Tarleton’s dragoons near Oak Ridge, N.C. Feb. 12th, 1781. A noble sacrifice to his own generosity and for his country’s freedom. — Map (db m19949) |
| North Carolina (Guilford County), Greensboro — Legend vs. Reality — Guilford Courthouse National Military Park |
| | According to the Guilford Battle Ground Company, the British Guards emerged from the woods, crossed this open field, and clashed on the right with the American third line. In the 1880s this version of the battle seemed to agree with the historical research of Company founder David Schenck. Convinced that the third line action occurred here within the original boundaries of the park, he placed the American Cavalry obelisk on this hill. Benefiting from historical information that has come to . . . — Map (db m11595) |
| North Carolina (Guilford County), Greensboro — Liberty Oak Tree |
| | Seedling from Liberty Oak Tree Revolutionary War Planted March 1987 by Guilford Battle Chapter NSDAR — Map (db m15738) |
| North Carolina (Guilford County), Greensboro — Local Hero — Guilford Courthouse National Military Park |
| | This monument honors Capt. Arthur Forbis of the Guilford County militia. At approximately this site along the American first line, Forbis picked off one of the British officers who was leading the redcoat advance. Forbis was wounded during the struggle at the fenceline and was captured by the British. He was carried to his home and died a few days later. In the battle’s aftermath many reports mentioned the panic of the North Carolina militia. Forbis’s composure, described in eyewitness . . . — Map (db m11597) |
| North Carolina (Guilford County), Greensboro — J 104 — Mount Hecla Mill |
| | First steam-powered cotton mill in N.C. Operated ca. 1934-80 in large brick building that stood 2 blocks N. — Map (db m2288) |
| North Carolina (Guilford County), Greensboro — Nathanael Greene |
| | [Front of monument pedestal]:
Appointed Major General in command of the Southern Army October 14, 1780
Born in Rhode Island August 7, 1742
Died in Georgia June 19 1786
[Left Side of monument pedestal]:
Guilford Court House · Hobkirks Hill · Ninety – Six · Eutaw Springs
[Right Side of monument pedestal]:
Harlem Heights · Trenton · Princeton · Brandywine · Germantown · Monmouth
[Lower left of monument base]:
It is with a pleasure which . . . — Map (db m6975) |
| North Carolina (Guilford County), Greensboro — Nathaniel Macon |
| | Nathaniel Macon willed that his memorial should consist only of rude stones. ---------- Here they are. — Map (db m19929) |
| North Carolina (Guilford County), Greensboro — J 1 — O. Henry |
| | William Sydney Porter, 1862-1910, short story witer, lived in a house which stood near here. — Map (db m2320) |
| North Carolina (Guilford County), Greensboro — Signers of the Declaration — Guilford Courthouse National Military Park |
| | This monument honors the three North Carolina delegates to the Continental Congress who signed the Declaration of Independence of July 4, 1776. Although Hooper and Penn were reburied here in 1894, they had no direct ties to the battle. The relation is more symbolic; the Guilford Battle Ground Company founders wanted Guilford Courthouse to be North Carolina’s official Revolutionary War cemetery. Between the Declaration and Guilford Courthouse, between these signers and this battlefield, the . . . — Map (db m11891) |
| North Carolina (Guilford County), Greensboro — Sustained Firefight — Guilford Courthouse National Military Park |
| | After swiftly rolling over the American first line, the British met unexpected resistance here. Greene had posted the second line in the woods astride New Garden Road, and the Patriots held a strong position along the high ground just ahead. Firing from behind thick trunks of the ancient forest, Virginia militia exchanged heavy fire with advancing British infantry. The trees and undergrowth made it impossible to maintain the disciplined formations of classic 18th-century warfare. At this point . . . — Map (db m11577) |
| North Carolina (Guilford County), Greensboro — The Battle Begins — Guilford Courthouse National Military Park |
| | You are standing 200 yards behind the first American line, which stood looking across what was then an open field. A quarter-mile away the British arrived and formed well-ordered ranks on either side of New Garden Road. To the untrained North Carolina militia – citizen-soldiers – the approaching redcoats appeared confident and lethally professional. The battle began with a terrifying exchange of canon fire, the roll of drums, and a clear view of British bayonets. As the redcoats . . . — Map (db m11575) |
| North Carolina (Guilford County), Greensboro — The British Perspective — Guilford Courthouse National Military Park |
| | As a British soldier, you are far more disciplined and experienced in battle than the rag-tag militia. Here at Guilford Courthouse your troops are outnumbered by more than two to one, but hunger and exhaustion seem greater enemies. This is foreign soil and hundreds of miles away from resupply and reinforcement. A battalion of British Guards sweeps across this ground from right to left to assault the American third line. By this stage in the fighting, the Guards have momentum but their ranks . . . — Map (db m11582) |
| North Carolina (Guilford County), Greensboro — The Monument and the General |
| | Nathanael Greene’s statue, the largest in the park, looks like the monument of a victor. But by the end of the day the British had forced him from the field.
The fighting did not go according to plan for either side. After an orderly retreat, Greene expressed disappointment in the results of the battle. As reports trickled in, however, it became clear that the British army had suffered severe casualties. Cornwallis and his weakened army retired to the North Carolina coast. The battle for . . . — Map (db m6972) |
| North Carolina (Guilford County), Greensboro — Washington’s Southern States Tour |
| | In patriotic commemoration of George Washington on his tour of the Southern states 1791 Marked by the North Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution 1925 — Map (db m19952) |
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