Guilford Court House order of battle

The following units and commanders fought at the Battle of Guilford Court House on March 15, 1781.[1][2][3]

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Other
  • (w) = wounded
  • (mw) = mortally wounded
  • (k) = killed in action

British forces

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 du Buy
Left Wing


   Ltc James Webster (w)
Reserve


   BG Charles O'Hara (w)
   Ltc James Stuart (k)
   BG Charles O'Hara[4]
  • 2nd Guards Battalion: Ltc James Stuart (k)
  • Grenadier Guards Company
Cavalry
Royal Artillery


   Lt John McLeod
  • 1 (or 2) six-pounders
  • 2 three-pounders

American forces

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

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Continentals

 Maryland Brigade


   Col Otho Williams
Virginia Brigade


   BG Isaac Huger (w)
  • Green’s Virginia Regiment: Ltc John Green
  • Hawes' Virginia Regiment: Ltc Samuel Hawes
Independent Continental units

North Carolina Militia

 Hillsborough District Brigade


   BG John Butler
  • Randolph County Regiment: Ltc James Dougan (7 companies)
  • Chatham County Regiment: (2 companies)
  • Wake County Regiment: (2 companies)
  • Bladen County Regiment (detached from Wilmington District Brigade: Lt. Col. James Richardson (3 companies)
  • Cumberland County Regiment (detached from Wilmington District Brigade (2 companies)
  • Duplin County Regiment (detached from Wilmington District Brigade (1 company)
Salisbury District Brigade


   BG Ambrose Ramsey
Halifax District Brigade


   BG Thomas Eaton
  • Jones County Regiment (detached from New Bern District Brigade: (1 company)
  • Nash County Regiment (detached from New Bern District Brigade): Lt Col William Linton (6 companies)
  • Johnston County Regiment (detached from New Bern District): Col William Bryan (1 company)
  • Hyde County Regiment (detached from Edenton county regiment)
  • Camden County Regiment (detached from Edenton District Brigade): (1 company)
  • Gates County Regiment (detached from Edenton District Brigade): (1 company)
  • Martin County Regiment: Col Whitmell Hill (7 companies)
  • Northampton County Regiment: Col Andrew Haynes (2 companies)
  • Halifax County Regiment: Col Pinketham Eaton (8 companies)
  • Edgecombe County Regiment: Ltc John Eaton (3 companies)
  • Franklin County Regiment: Col Benjamin Williams (5 companies)
  • Warren Couty Regiment: Col Herbert Haynes (6 companies)
  • Botetourt County Riflemen: Col Charles Lynch (10 companies)
Other
  • North Carolina cavalry: Cpt Charles-Francois Sevelinges, Marquis de Bretigney

Virginia Militia

 First Virginia Brigade


   BG Edward Stevens (w)
  • Militia regiment: Col Samuel McDowell
  • Militia regiment: Col George Moffet
  • Militia regiment: Col Nathaniel Cocke
  • Militia regiment: Col Peter Perkins
Second Virginia Brigade


   BG Robert Lawson
  • Militia regiment: Col Robert Munford
  • Militia regiment: Col John Holcombe
  • Militia regiment: Col Beverly Randolph
Rifle units

Notes
  1. Lewis, J.D. "The American Revolution in North Carolina, Guilford Court House". Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  2. Tronsetic, Robert L. (2011). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Casemate (ed.). 1781, The Decisive Year of the Revolutionary War., ISBN 978-1-61200-063-3
  3. Unknown. "Revolutionary War 101 website".
  4. 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.
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