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British and American Army Units at Guilford Court House

March 15, 1781

[British Army]{.underline}

COMMANDER: Lieutenant General Lord Charles, Second Earl Cornwallis

SIZE: 1,900[^1] (approx.)

UNITS ENGAGED:

-   BRIGADE OF Guards (BG Charles O'Hara)

> \--First Battalion of Guards (LC\_\_\_\_\_ Norton)
>
> \--Second Battalion of Guards (COL James Stewart)
>
> \--Grenadiers of the Guards

-   LESLIE'S BRIGADE (LG Alexander Leslie)

> \--71^st^ Regiment of Foot, Second Battalion ("Frazier's Highlanders")
>
> \--Light infantry compnay, 71^st^ of Foot
>
> \--Musketeer Regiment Von Bose (Hesse-Cassel)(LC Johann C. Du Buy)

-   WEBSTER'S BRIGADE (COL \[Brevet BG\] James Webster)

> \--23^rd^ Regiments of Foot (Royal Welch Fusiliers)
>
> \--33^rd^ Regiment of Foot
>
> \--Light Infantry Battalion
>
> \--Light infantry company of the Guards
>
> \--Light infantry companies of line regiments
>
> \--Light infantry company, 23^rd^ of Foot
>
> \--Light infantry company, 33^rd^ of Foot
>
> \--Light infantry company, 82^nd^ of Foot[^2]
>
> \--Remnants of British Legion infantry
>
> \--Feldjäger (riflemen) Battalion
>
> \--Anspach-Beyreuth Kompanie
>
> \--Hesse-Cassel Kompanie

-   BRITISH LEGION (a.k.a. "Tarleton's Legion")(LC Banastre Tarleton)

> \--British Legion cavalry
>
> \--17^th^ Dragoons (remnant)

-   ROYAL ARTILLERY (LT John MacLeod)

> \--6-gun Detachment from 4^th^ Battalion (2 three-pounders & 4
> six-pounders)

-   REMNANTS of 7^th^ Royal Fuxiliers[^3]

[American Army]{.underline}

COMMANDER:Major-General Nathanael Greene

SIZE: 4,500 (approx.)

UNITS ENGAGED:

-   CONTINENTAL ARMY (Infantry)

> \--MARYLAND BRIGADE (DOL Otho H. Williams)[^4]
>
> \--First Maryland Regiment (COL John Gunby)
>
> \--Second Maryland Regiment (COL Benjamin Ford)
>
> \--Delaware Regiment (Company of CPT Peter Jacquett)[^5]
>
> \--NORTH CAROLINA COMPANIES (COL James Thackston)[^6]
>
> \--Company 1 (CAPT Edward Yarborough)
>
> \--Company 2 (CAPT Clement Hall, Jr.)

-   CONTINENTAL Army (Cavalry)

> \--WASHINGTON'S LEGION (COL William Washington)
>
> \--First Continental Dragoons
>
> \--Third Continental Dragoons
>
> \--Fourth Continental Dragoons
>
> \--North Carolina & Virginia Mounted Militia (attached)[^7]
>
> \--LEE'S LEGION (cavalry & infantry)(LC Hentry "Light-horse Harry"
> Lee)

-   CONTINENTAL ARMY (Artillery)

> \--FIRST CONTINENTAL (HARRISON'S) ARTILLERY (COL Charles Harrison)
>
> \--Singleton's detachment (2 six-pounders)(CPT Anthony Singleton)
>
> \--Finley's detachment (2 six-pounders)(CPT-LT Ebenezer Finley)

-   VIRGINIA BRIGADE (BG Isaac Huger)

> \--VIRGINIA STATE REGIMENTS (18-month Regiments)(COL Richard Campbell)
>
> \--Green's Regiment (COL John Green)
>
> \--Hawes' Regiment (COL Samuel Hawes)

-   MILITIA

> \--NORTH CAROLINA MILITIA[^8]
>
> \--BUTLER'S BRIGADE (BG John Butler)
>
> \--Orange County Militia
>
> \--Guilford County Militia
>
> \--Rowan County Militia
>
> \--Surry County Militia
>
> \--smaller militia units from Mecklinburg & Wilkes County
>
> \--EATON'S BRIGADE (BG Thomas Eaton)
>
> \--Warren County Militia
>
> \--Halifax County Militia
>
> \--Edgecombe County Militia
>
> \--Granville County Militia
>
> \--smaller militia units from Bertie, Pitt, and Bute County
>
> \--VIRGINIA MILITIA[^9]
>
> \--STEVENS' BRIGADE (BG Edward Stevens)
>
> \--Augusta County Militia
>
> \--Rockbridge County Militia
>
> \--Berkeley County Militia
>
> \--Fincastle.Washington County Militia
>
> \--Henry County Militia[^10]
>
> \--Pittsylvania County Militia
>
> \--Botetourt County Militia
>
> \--Charlotte County Militia
>
> \--LAWSON'S BRIGADE (BG Robert Lawson)
>
> \--Amherst County Militia[^11]
>
> \--Halifax County Militia
>
> \--Mecklinburg County Militia
>
> \--Goochland County Militia
>
> \--Prince Edward County Militia
>
> \--Nottoway County Militia
>
> \--Chesterfield County Militia
>
> \--Powhatan County Militia
>
> \--CAMPBELL'S RIFLE REGIMENT[^12] (BG WILLIAM CAMPBELL)
>
> \--Virginia Militia rifle units
>
> \--North Carolina militia rifle units
>
> \--LYNCH'S RIFLE REGIMENT[^13] (COL Thomas Lynch)
>
> \--Virginia rifle units
>
> *NB. This order of battle is subject to revision as new information is
> found.*
>
> *GUCO 6/2000 Rev. 04/13/05*

[^1]: This number is the estimated size of the British Army in the
    Guilford battle. Cornwallis's return for the battle shows 1,924 and
    does not include COL Hamilton's 250 NC Volunteers and 120 British
    regulars detached from the army to guard the baggage. Casualties
    suffered at the mid-morning fight at New Garden would have reduced
    the beginning figure to around 1,900 at battle time.

[^2]: The light infantry company of the 82^nd^ of Foot was attached to
    Cornwallis's army. The rest of the regiment garrisoned Charleston.

[^3]: A document in the Cornwallis Papers lists several men of this
    regiment among the wounded. The 7^th^ Regiment of Foot (Royal
    Fusiliers) had been technically captured at Cowpens in January 1781,
    but several must have escaped or some had stayed with the main army
    in Winnsborough, SC, (sick, etc.?) and missed being captured in that
    battle. A 7^th^ Regiment button was found near Yorktown, VA.

[^4]: The Marylanders were reorganized by Greene in January 1781 into
    two units. The First included all remnants of the six regiments sent
    from Washington's Army in 1780. The Second Maryland was Greene's
    designation for the Maryland Regiment Extra recruited in that state
    in 1780 for service with the Southern Army. Guilford was the
    Second's first real battle test.

[^5]: The Delaware Regiment was divided. CPT Robert Kirkwood's company
    of infantry was attached to William Washington's dragoons to create
    a legion. The other company under CPT Peter Jacquett was assigned to
    the Maryland Brigade.

[^6]: These 100 newly-raised NC Continental infantrymen are believed to
    have been assigned as a guard to Singleton's Continental artillery
    placed on the first line and then withdrawn to the third line
    (research on-going). "Thackston" is sometimes misspelled "Axton".

[^7]: COL William Washington's unit was made up of infantry and cavalry.
    Most of the Virginia mounted militia were attached to his command.

[^8]: The two brigades of NC Militia likely contained men of militia
    units of nearby counties to those named. Some NC Militia units may
    have had assignments to other units.

[^9]: The two brigades of VA Militia likely contained men of militia
    units of nearby counties to those named. Some VA Militia units or
    men from these counties may have had assignments to other units.

[^10]: Henry County militia participants have been traditionally
    associated to the battle by the March 11, 1781 roll by COL Abram
    Penn, however this is no evidence that any Henry County militia
    companies arrived in time for the battle. Other historical evidence
    (pension application accounts, etc.) shows that the Henry County men
    arrived *after* the battle. How many, if any, *were* in the battle
    is unknown.

[^11]: Pension applications of several men from Amherst County indicate
    that the three companies of CPT James Franklin, CPT James Dilliard
    and CPT Younger Landrum did not arrive in time for the battle, but
    were close enough to hear the sound of guns and witness the retreat.
    After the battle, some of the Amherst men were placed under CPT
    Younger Landrum and assigned to BG Robert Lawson's Brigade; the rest
    under COL Charles Lynch.

[^12]: BG ("COL") William Campbell's Virginia riflemen were attached to
    LTC Henry Lee and positioned on the left wing of the first line.
    Campbell had, according to pension applicants, several Virginia and
    North Carolina Militia companies under his command.

[^13]: COL Charles Lynch's Virginia riflemen were positioned on the
    right wing of the first line with COL Washington's "Corps of
    Observation".