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Upload date User Bytes Dimensions Comment 2008-02-02 05:06:59: DevinCook: 23702: 1000×390 {{Information |Description=Guilford Courthouse Flag. This flag was flown during the Battle of Guilford Courthouse during the American Revolutionary War.
The Guilford Courthouse Flag is the name given to a North Carolina militia banner that was reported to have flown at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse (March 15, 1781, Greensboro, North Carolina). The flag is recognizable by the reverse colors normally seen on American flags: red and blue stripes in the field with eight-pointed blue stars on an ...
Letter from George Washington to the Comte de Rochambeau (31 March 1781), in which Washington reports he is hearing first reports from the Battle of Guilford Court House. The battle lasted 90 minutes. The British engaged half as many as the Americans yet won possession of the battlefield. However, almost a quarter of the British became casualties.
Battle of Green Spring: July 6, 1781: Virginia: British victory Naval battle of Louisbourg: July 21, 1781: Nova Scotia: Franco-American victory Battle of Dogger Bank: August 5, 1781: North Sea: British victory Battle of Piqua: August 8, 1781 Ohio American victory Invasion of Minorca: August 19, 1781 – February 5, 1782: Minorca: Franco-Spanish ...
The Guilford County Regiment was authorized on September 9, 1775 by the Third North Carolina Provincial Congress. It was subordinate to the Salisbury District Brigade of militia. The regiment was engaged in battles and skirmishes against the British and Cherokee during the American Revolution in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia ...
Camden: The Battle of Camden on August 16, 1780; Cowpens: The Battle of Cowpens on January 17, 1781; Guilford Court House: The Battle of Guilford Court House on March 16, 1781; Yorktown: The Siege of Yorktown from September 28 to October 19, 1781
The flag at her neighbor’s house on Harrison Avenue was smaller than the main display in the heart of the city, but it was hard to miss. Her neighborhood began showing up on TV news and social ...
The British Legion, commanded by Tarleton, captured them at the Battle of Waxhaws on 29 May 1780. They are the only remaining intact stand of colours from the Revolution. The 50¼ inches (hoist) x 45 3/8 inches (fly) regimental flag is the oldest surviving American flag having a canton of five-pointed stars.