Guilford Courthouse

First American Line Site (North Carolina Militia)

Landmark · Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, Greensboro, NC 27410

Reconstructed position of the NC militia first line at the wood's edge along New Garden Road. A split-rail fence marks the approximate position where militia were ordered to fire two volleys and fall back. Interpretive signs explain Greene's layered defense rationale.

Guilford Courthouse Battlefield Cemetery

Cemetery · Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, Greensboro, NC 27410

Cemetery within the military park containing graves of soldiers killed on March 15, 1781. Lieutenant Colonel James Webster, mortally wounded in the fighting, is among those commemorated. Among the oldest marked Revolutionary War graves in North Carolina.

Guilford Courthouse National Military Park

Battlefield · 2332 New Garden Rd, Greensboro, NC 27410

220-acre national military park preserving the March 15, 1781 battle ground. Reconstructed positions for all three American lines, trail network, monuments, and museum. Walking the wooded, broken terrain makes legible what documents only partially convey.

Guilford Courthouse National Military Park Visitor Center

Museum · 2332 New Garden Rd, Greensboro, NC 27410

Visitor center with exhibits on the battle, Southern Campaign, and soldiers on both sides. Original weapons, period uniforms, topographic maps of the three-line deployment, orientation film, and battlefield trail guides.

Nathanael Greene Monument

Monument · Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, Greensboro, NC 27410

Equestrian statue of Greene erected in 1915, marking the approximate third-line position where the battle's climactic fighting occurred and where Greene made the decision to withdraw rather than risk his army's destruction.

New Garden Road (Battle Approach Route)

Trail · New Garden Rd, Greensboro, NC 27410

The road Cornwallis advanced along toward the American first line on March 15, 1781. The modern road overlies much of the original route; the NPS trail follows the approximate British line of advance through the same terrain.