Guilford Court House order of battle

The following units and commanders fought at the Battle of Guilford Court House on March 15, 1781.

Abbreviations used

LTG Charles, Earl Cornwallis
MG Alexander Leslie, second in command

Brigade	Regiments and Others
Right wing MG Alexander Leslie	1st Guards Battalion: Ltc Chapel Norton 2nd Battalion, 71st Regiment of Foot: probably Maj. Simon Fraser Regiment von Bose: Ltc Johann Christian de Puis
Left wing Ltc James Webster (w)	23rd Regiment of Foot: Ltc James Webster 33rd Regiment of Foot Light Infantry Company (Guards): Capt Maynard Hesse Cassel Jager company: Capt Ryder
Reserve BG Charles O’Hara (w) Ltc James Stuart (k) BG Charles O'Hara^[1]	2nd Guards Battalion: Ltc James Stuart (k) Grenadier Guards Company
Cavalry	British Legion Cavalry: Ltc Banastre Tarleton
Royal artillery Lt John McLeod	1 (or 2) six-pounders 2 three-pounders

MG Nathanael Greene
BG Isaac Huger, second in command (w)

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Continentals	Maryland Brigade Col Otho Williams	1st Maryland Regiment: Col John Gunby (w), Lieut. Col. John Eager Howard 2nd Maryland Regiment:, Ltc Benjamin Ford
	Virginia Brigade BG Isaac Huger (w)	Green’s Virginia Regiment: Ltc John Green Hawes' Virginia Regiment: Ltc Samuel Hawes
	Independent Continental Units	Delaware Company: Capt Robert Kirkwood 1st and 3rd Continental Light Dragoons: Ltc William Washington Lee's Legion: Ltc Henry Lee 1st Continental Artillery Regiment: Capt Anthony Singleton, Capt Ebenezer Finley (2 batteries of 2 six-pounders)
North Carolina militia	Butler’s Brigade BG John Butler	North Carolina militia
	Eaton’s Brigade BG Thomas Eaton	Militia regiment: Col William Linton Militia regiment: Col Benjamin Williams
	Other	North Carolina Rifle corps: Maj Joseph Winston North Carolina cavalry: Capt Marquis de Bretigney
Virginia militia	First Virginia brigade BG Edward Stevens (w)	Militia regiment: Col Samuel McDowell Militia regiment: Col George Moffet two other militia regiments
	Second Virginia brigade BG Robert Lawson	three militia regiments
	Rifle units	Virginia Rifle Corps Campbell’s Virginia Rifle Corps: Col William Campbell Lynch’s Virginia Rifle Corps: Col Charles Lynch

↑ O'Hara had been wounded during the attack on the first American line but resumed command shortly before the end of the battle. Tonsetic, p. 89.

Tronsetic, Robert L. 1781: The Decisive Year of the Revolutionary War. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Casemate, 2011. ISBN 978-1-61200-063-3
Revolutionary War 101 website

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