**The Crucible at Guilford Courthouse: A Victory That Lost the War**
PEOPLE
General Lord Charles Cornwallis
British General, Southern Army Commander, Lieutenant General
Major General Nathanael Greene
Continental Army General, Southern Department Commander
Brigadier General Otho Holland Williams
Continental Army General, Maryland Line Commander, Adjutant General
Lieutenant Colonel James Webster
British Infantry Commander, Regiment Commander
KEY EVENTS
STORIES
HISTORICAL VOICE
The Victor Who Lost
Greene knew before the guns fired what the battle was supposed to accomplish. Not a victory — he wasn't going to beat Cornwallis's regulars in a straight fight. He was going to make Cornwallis pay a p...
MODERN VOICE
You Have to Walk It
People come here having read about the battle with a picture of an open field — ranks of soldiers, volleys at close range, the kind of thing you see in paintings. Then they walk the trail and they lo...