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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNC6_regulars-monument_Greensboro-NC.html
RegularsGreene's 3rd Line
1890
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNC3_hon-lieut-colonel-stuart_Greensboro-NC.html
Of the Second Bat-alion of the QueensGuards, was killedat this spot byCaptain John Smithof the First Mary-land Regiment.
[ Left Side of Monument: ]Col. Stuart's swordwas unburied herein 1866.
[ Right Side of Monument: ]Erected by theG.B.G. C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNBZ_peter-francisco-marquis-of-bretigny-and-col-wm-washington_Greensboro-NC.html
To Peter FranciscoA giant in stature, might and courage -who slew in this engagement eleven of the enemy with his own broad sword rendering himself thereby perhaps the most famous private soldier of the Revolutionary War.
[ Reverse Side: ]1781 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNBW_washington-greene_Greensboro-NC.html
NONorthWashington1776NOSouthGreene1903
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNBU_signers-monument_Greensboro-NC.html
In MemoriamWilliam Hooper and John Penndelegates fromNorth Carolina 1776 to theContinental Congress and signersof the Declaration of Independence.Their remains were reinterredhere 1894. Hewes' grave is lost.He was the third signer.——&m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNBS_1st-virginia-cavalry_Greensboro-NC.html
This site was occupiedby the 1st Virginia Cavalryunder Lieutenant ColonelWilliam Washington Cont'lLine and it was here CaptainGriffin Fauntleroy, 1st Va.Lt. Dragoons, Cont'l Linewas mortally wounded onMarch 15, 1781.Born September 28, 1754.Northum…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNB3_tannenbaum-park_Greensboro-NC.html
This park is dedicated by the Guilford Battleground Company to the brave men and women who fought and served here for our freedom in the Battle of Guilford Courthouse on March 15, 1781 and to all those who came together to preserve this site for p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNAW_tannenbaum-historic-park_Greensboro-NC.html
In 1778 Joseph and Hannah Hoskins moved to Guilford County from Chester County, Pennsylvania, and purchased 150 acres of land here from James Ross. During the Battle of Guilford Courthouse on March 15, 1781, the British army formed its first battl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNAN_hoskins-farmstead_Greensboro-NC.html
Joseph Hoskins bought his 150-acre farmstead for ?200 "Current money of the State of North Carolina" in May 1778. Not much is known about the property and how it was utilized after Hoskins purchased it, but his will indicates some of the activitie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN9R_british-attack_Greensboro-NC.html
British General Lord Cornwallis placed troops on both sides of New Garden Road below the fields of Joseph Hoskins' farmstead. Ahead of them the North Carolina militia, drawn up behind a fence line, was supported by two cannons in the middle of the…