Record #:

29296

Author(s):

Powell, William S.

Abstract:

On March 15, 1781, the Battle of Guilford Courthouse in North Carolina was lost by Americans to the British. Despite the British victory, the battle ultimately weakened the British Army and led to General Cornwallis’s surrender at Yorktown.

Source:

Tar Heel (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 9 Issue 3, Mar 1981, p34-36, il, por, map

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783