Though some residents are confused about which war it was, most North Carolinians know that the famous battle for Guilford Courthouse was fought in what is now NW Greensboro in 1781. Everyone knows that it was one of the most crucial battles of the Revolutionary War with Britain. Didn't know that? The cunning and tenacity of this battle "broke the back" of the mighty British army as they attempted to swashbukle through the southern colonies and punish the American army. In fact, General Cornwallis won the battle, but his army was bruised and very nearly destroyed in the process. So effectively did General Nathaneal Greene oppose him, that Cornwallis's army never recovered from the battle scars. His army limped out of North Carolina and found refuge on the Virginia coastline where General Washington joined up with General Greene and bottled up Cornwallis until he surrendered and ended the Revolutionary War. After the battle, Cornwallis said of the American Army, "I never saw such fighting since God made me, the Americans fought like Demons!"
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Guilford Courthouse National Military Park is built on the very grounds of the battlefied and it is a wonderful way to discover the full significance of the major conflict during the Revolutionary War in America.
Though there were no major battles fought in Greensboro during the Civil War, the city played an important role in the outcome of the war. Bet you can't wait to hear about that.
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