Battles+of+the+Revolution

= The Battle of Guilford Courthouse =

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**The Battle of Guilford Courthouse was commanded by General Cornwallis on March 15, 1781 in North Carolina.** **Major General Lord Cornwallis fought against Major General Nathaniel Greene. The sizes of the armies were around 1,900 British against 4,400 Americans. The British wore red coats and bearskin hats, leather caps or tricorne hats depending on whether the troops were grenadiers, light infantry or battalion company men. Tarleton’s Legion wore green uniforms and light dragoon helmets. The German infantry wore blue coats and retained the Prussian style grenadier mitre with brass front plate. The Americans dressed as best they could. Increasingly as the war progressed regular infantry regiments of the Continental Army wore blue uniform coats but the militia continued in rough clothing. Both sides were armed with muskets and guns. The Pennsylvania regiments carried long, small calibre, rifled weapons.** =====