The+Battle+of+Guilford+Courthouse

=__The Battle of Guilford Court House__= The Battle of Guilford Court House was fought on March 15, 1781 in Greensboro, North Carolina. The battle was was fought near the court house however the front line was a few miles from the actual court house. The battle was fought between the British troops led by Lord Corwallis and the Contiental Army troops and both North Carolina and Virginia militia led by Nathanael Greene. The battle began with a short engagement of dragoons from both side, which were light horse cavalry, until the British send their 23rd infantry regiment and and the patriot cavalry was forced to fall back to the American front line. The first line of the Continental army was behind a rail fence that sat infront of the woods and consisted of 1000 North Carolina militia, two 6 pound cannons, continental army soliders, and cavalry. The second line consisted of 1200 Virginia militia and some Continental soldiers and was 350 yards back from the first line and was seated in heavy woods, and the third line which was 500 yards back from the second line, and was the main line of defence was made up of 1400 Contiental soldiers from Virginia, Deleware, and Maryland. When the British attacked their first line Cornwallis had two cannons brought in to deal with the American artillary and divided his force on 1900 men into two wings and charged the American front line only firing one volley and then proceeding with a bayonet charge, which to the British's suprise the North Carolina militia did not retreat from, but was eventaully pushed back and forced to retreat. The American second line however did not fall as easily because of their positions in the woods, the battle was much deadlier than the taking of the first line, but the British eventually ended up turning the American right flank and forcing them to retreat once again to their final and main line of defence. Infront of the court house the Amercian third line of defence was the strongest, the British were able to take the American left flank, but it was soon taken back by the American cavalry. Soon after that Cornwallis ordered his artillary to fire over his own men killing several of them but sucessfully stopped the American counterattack. Greene soon saw that they would not be able to hold off the British and ordered a retreat up Reedy Road and the British had finally won the battle. After the battle even though victors, the British were low on supplies and marched towards Virginia allowing the Southern colonies to be retaken within the next few months by the colonists.

Jason Bermudez period 4

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