Battle of Guilford Court House

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battle engagement

The Battle of Guilford Court House was a major 1781 engagement in North Carolina during the American Revolutionary War, where heavy British casualties weakened their Southern campaign and helped pave the way to their eventual defeat at Yorktown.

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Battle of Guilford Courthouse	2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Guilford Court House ⓘ surface form: Battle of Guilford Courthouse
belligerent	Continental Army ⓘ Great Britain ⓘ Hessian auxiliaries ⓘ Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ Province of North Carolina militia ⓘ surface form: North Carolina militia United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States Virginia militia ⓘ
casualtiesAndLosses	American about 250–300 killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ British about 500–600 killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ
commander	Alexander Leslie ⓘ Banastre Tarleton ⓘ 1st Marquess Cornwallis ⓘ surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis Nathanael Greene ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Guilford Courthouse National Military Park ⓘ
conflict	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
date	1781-03-15 ⓘ
followedBy	British withdrawal to Wilmington, North Carolina ⓘ Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
hasParticipant	British regulars ⓘ Continental Army soldiers ⓘ Loyalist troops ⓘ
location	Guilford County ⓘ surface form: Guilford County, North Carolina Guilford Court House, North Carolina ⓘ
memorial	Guilford Courthouse National Military Park ⓘ
notableFeature	American defensive deployment in three lines ⓘ heavy British casualties ⓘ
partOf	Carolina campaign of 1780 ⓘ surface form: Cornwallis’s 1781 Carolina campaign Carolina campaign of 1780 ⓘ surface form: Greene’s Southern campaign Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
precededBy	Race to the Dan ⓘ
presentDayLocation	Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
recognizedAs	turning point in the Southern campaign ⓘ
result	British tactical victory ⓘ Strategic advantage for American forces ⓘ
strategicConsequence	contributed to British decision to move to Virginia ⓘ helped pave the way to British defeat at Yorktown ⓘ weakened British Southern campaign ⓘ
strength	American force about 4,000–4,500 men ⓘ British force about 1,900 soldiers ⓘ
tacticUsed	American use of militia in forward lines ⓘ British bayonet charges ⓘ close-quarters fighting in wooded terrain ⓘ
terrain	rolling hills ⓘ wooded countryside ⓘ
year	1781 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Guilford Court House → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Guilford Court House ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Guilford Courthouse

Southern Department of the Continental Army → associatedWithBattle → Battle of Guilford Court House ⓘ

Banastre Tarleton → battle → Battle of Guilford Court House ⓘ

Battle of Cowpens → followedBy → Battle of Guilford Court House ⓘ

Battle of Kings Mountain → followedBy → Battle of Guilford Court House ⓘ

Greensboro, North Carolina → historicalEventAssociated → Battle of Guilford Court House ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Guilford Courthouse

British Army under Cornwallis → notableEngagement → Battle of Guilford Court House ⓘ

Nathanael Greene → participatedIn → Battle of Guilford Court House ⓘ

Battle of Eutaw Springs → precededBy → Battle of Guilford Court House ⓘ

Battle of Hobkirk’s Hill → precededBy → Battle of Guilford Court House ⓘ

Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War → significantEvent → Battle of Guilford Court House ⓘ