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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD4C_brig-gen-jethro-sumner_Greensboro-NC.html
Brig - Gen. Jethro SumnerBorn in the year 1733Died March 18, 1785————————Colonel of the Third North CarolinaContinental TroopsApril 15, 1776Charleston, June 28, 1776Brandywine, Sept. 11, 1777Germanto…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA8U_liberty-oak-tree_Greensboro-NC.html
Seedling fromLiberty Oak TreeRevolutionary War Planted March 1987byGuilford Battle Chapter NSDAR
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7OG_signers-of-the-declaration_Greensboro-NC.html
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 rela…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7H1_col-arthur-forbis_Greensboro-NC.html
In Honor ofCol. Arthur Forbisof the N.C. Troopswho fell at hispost in thedischarge of dutyon this memorablefield of battle. March 15, 1791. Presented byMcGalliard & HuskeJuly, 4 1887.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7H0_local-hero_Greensboro-NC.html
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 str…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7GY_legend-vs-reality_Greensboro-NC.html
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7GV_backcountry-courthouse_Greensboro-NC.html
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 defen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7GN_the-british-perspective_Greensboro-NC.html
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7GL_death-of-stewart_Greensboro-NC.html
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. Acco…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7GK_expanding-battle_Greensboro-NC.html
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 seco…