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

Military rank

• LTG = Lieutenant General
• MG = Major General
• BG = Brigadier General
• Col = Colonel
• Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
• Cpt = Captain

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 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	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

American forces

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

Sources

• 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