Guilford Court House order of battle explained

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

Abbreviations used

Military rank

• LTG = Lieutenant General
• MG = Major General
• BG = Brigadier General
• Col = Colonel
• Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
• Maj = Major
• 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, Fraser's Highlanders: Cpt Robert Hutcheson Regiment von Bose: Maj Johann Christian du Buy
Left Wing   Ltc James Webster (mw)	23rd Regiment of Foot: Cpt Thomas Peter 33rd Regiment of Foot: Ltc James Webster (mw), Cpt James Campbell Light Infantry Company (Guards): Cpt William Maynard (w) Ansbach-Bayreuth Jäger Company: Cpt Friedrich Wilhelm von Röder
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	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), Ltc John Eager Howard 2nd Maryland Regiment: Ltc Benjamin Ford
	Virginia Brigade   BG Isaac Huger (w)	Campbell's Virginia Battalion: Ltc Richard Campbell Green’s Virginia Battalion: Col John Green Hawes' (formerly Buford's) Virginia Battalion: Ltc Samuel Hawes
	Independent Continental units	1st and 3rd Continental Light Dragoons: Ltc William Washington Lee's Legion: Ltc Henry Lee 1st Continental Artillery Regiment: Cpt Anthony Singleton, Cpt Ebenezer Finley (2 batteries of 2 six-pounders) Delaware Company: Cpt Robert Kirkwood Wallace's Virginia Light Infantry Company: Cpt Andrew Wallace (k), Lt Reuben Long Huffman's Virginia Light Infantry Company (cooperated with Kirkwood's Company): Lt Philip Huffman (k)
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	Surry County Rifles: Col Martin Armstrong (3 companies) Surry County Regiment: Col Joseph Williams (12 companies) Rowan County Regiment: Col Francis Locke Sr. (8 companies) Mecklenburg County Regiment Col Francis Locke Sr., Detachment (8 companies) Wilkes County Regiment: Ltc James Miller, Detachment (3 companies) Lincoln County Regiment: Maj John Carruth, Detachment (6 companies) Rutherford County Regiment: Ltc James Miller Detachment (2 companies) Burke County Regiment Detachment Washington County Regiment: Ltc Charles Robertson Detachment (3 companies) Anson County Regiment: Col Hicks and Col William Lofton (2 companies) Guilford County 1st Regiment: Col James Martin (13 companies) and 2nd Regiments: Col John Peasely (13 companies)
	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 County 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	Campbell’s Virginia Rifle Corps: Col William Campbell Lynch’s Virginia Rifle Corps: Col Charles Lynch Virginia Rifle Corps

Notes and References

1. Web site: The American Revolution in North Carolina, Guilford Court House. Lewis, J.D.. March 24, 2019.
2. Book: Tonsetic, Robert L. . 1781, The Decisive Year of the Revolutionary War . 2011 . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Casemate.,
3. Web site: Revolutionary War 101 website. Unknown.
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.