Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Battle of Guilford Courthouse

On this day in 1781,

Greensboro, NC is the current day site of a fight that lasted on ninety minutes between Cornwallis and Greene.

The battle is considered important because prior to it, the British controlled Georgia, and the Carolinas. After the battle, Greene moved south into South Carolina, while Cornwallis moved north into Virginia. This allowed Greene to wrest the control of the south from the Loyalists after The Battle of Guilford Courthouse.
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