The American and British armies clashed at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse on March 15, 1781. The 233rd anniversary fell on a Saturday this year, allowing reenactors to "fight" on the actual day.
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| Pulling artillery back to the Second Line |
Shooting started that long-ago morning in New Garden, a Quaker village that is part of modern-day Greensboro. Many history books call it a skirmish. Algie Newlin makes the case for a separate battle in his book,
The Battle of New Garden.
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| A surprise bayonet attack against musket fire |
I finally made it this year. The Battleground park is huge. The announcer told the spectators that we were postitioned on the actual hill where the Americans had claimed the high ground in this hilly, wooded area; however, the actual armies were much bigger and the different groups were out of sight of each other.
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| The calvary attacks! |
General Nathanael Greene had organized his army into three main lines. As General Charles Cornwallis' troops advanced, the Americans fought, then moved back to the next line.
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| An orderly retreat |
They finally retreated to Virginia, but after giving the British heavy losses.
Greene lost the battle, but won the campaign, leaving most of his men alive to fight another day.
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