Battle of Guilford Courthouse, the Largest Contest of the Southern Campaign

Kris White gives an in-depth tour of the largest battle of the Southern Campaign during the Revolutionary War. This video is part of our Petersburg and North Carolina Battlefield Tour series. Be sure to check out all of the other videos here: • Petersburg and North C...
Guilford Courthouse resulted in British Commander Charles Cornwallis taking his forces north to Yorktown, Virginia, leaving Nathanael Greene and his Continentals free rein to undo British control in the South. "I never saw such fighting since God made me. The Americans fought like demons." - Cornwallis.

[@blukeblue1235]

I don't know enough about the Revolution. This vid makes me want to learn more. Thanks!

[@ScottSmith64]

Wow. Thank you for shedding light on this battle. I did not know the true significance strategically for Cornwallis surrender at Yorktown. You guys all are my heroes!

[@stephenhodges5162]

Another super video. Guilford Courthouse is a place to visit. Thank you for sharing!

[@erenyeager504]

My great grandfather x3 fought in that battle as well was the battle of sonto ferry

[@jasonalexander1406]

On Cornwallis retreat to winnsboro after This battle Cornwallis his horse ate the top out of an oak tree when he stopped in Richburg s.c to rest .this was a local historian comment . Really enjoy America battlefield trust fantastic work !!!!

[@Ney1789]

Nicely done! This videos are great.

[@dolphinshark3202]

My 7x Great Grandfather was a Lt. With the Virginia Co. And fought at this battle as well as Kings Mountain.

[@tushkafilms1061]

My 6th great grandfather was in a Virginia unit as well there

[@earlyriser8998]

Chris knows his history stuff

[@ArleneGray-du9kf]

My 7th great grandfather and his son fought in this battle

[@claywebb786]

That's awesome to know! I'm still looking to track down my ancestory of that time. I know that I have ancestors at the time, because I have discovered immigration documents from the 1720's. How do you know that you have direct ancestry? Family rumor?

[@volsonrockytop690]

Great Battlefield to visit!

[@henochparks]

My ancestor Danial McGoodwin fought there.

[@johnromero1537]

"We fight; we get beat. We rise and fight again." -- N. Greene at 17:05.

[@bucktaylor6522]

I had a relative in the 2nd md very cool video

[@bfisch81]

“some others” - the Maryland Brigade merits a mention!

[@ramona14220]

Good job.

[@mimi73829]

الدجال هو سوس

[@colino5056]

Please cover Washington’s crossing of the Delaware ☹️ Go to Trenton/Morrisville and cover the invasion of Trenton please ☹️☹️☹️

[@johncarbutt4311]

Amazing job with explaining this battle! I was just in that visitor’s center last week! Great video

[@MarkWYoung-ky4uc]

On special occasions, park volunteer Scott Culclasure does an outstanding guided tour of the battlefield.

[@davidsachs4883]

I took a niece to watch a Shakespeare play and, before the play, got to talking with a couple sitting behind us. So I asked “What happened on the Ides of March?” When they said Julius Caesar was assassinated, I said the battle of Gifford courthouse in North Carolina. Of course George Washington’s I have not only grown old but nearly blind in the service of my country speech was also on the Ides of March

[@MarkWYoung-ky4uc]

I was there this morning.

[@tushkafilms1061]

My 6th Great Grandfather fought there with the Virginia Brigade, his name was Edward Moody.

[@sallyknopp]

Actually, Greene didn't chase Cornwallis, Cornwallis chased Greene. Greene was moving so fast because he knew the area through his militia, James Brown who married Jane Gillespie Brown. Greene knew if he could get Cornwallis out of the area and deplete his supplies Cronwallis would be forced north to resupply. Greene and his scouts got the army across the Deep Dan - by making sure they secured all the boats along it's banks. Cornwallis had to burn most of his supplies to catch up with Greene which left Cornwallis in more desperate state. Once he arrived on the heals of Greene at the Deep Dan, it took him a bit of time to get his army across it. By the time he does, Greene has returned to the other side of the Deep Dan and now, Cornwallis has no other option but to move north - to Yorktown. I'm the great granddaughter of that scout, James Brown. :)

[@williamfullingim7668]

Greetings, the more I study battles, wars and empires I have noticed a trend certain battles seem like a fixed boxing match. Is this something you have noticed too? If so, which battles do you recommend I look into??

[@jasonalexander1406]

Look into a battle of Rocky creek in s.c its right in great falls s.c there's also a monument and historic marker Alexander old field and one up the road a bit this was befor Camden this was a local fight but one that was important and not known as well .Justice John Gaston was the justice of the peace in Chester county s.c

[@joycekoch5746]

Why didn't the American officer have the Virginia militia in the 2nd line build breast works in the woods?

[@youtruckrek5121]

Thank you federal department of education.

[@davepangolin4996]

…. without baggage, necessaries, or provisions of any sort for officer or soldier , in the most barren inhospitable, unhealthy part of North America , opposed to the most savage, inveterate , perfidious, cruel enemy , with zeal and with bayonets only , it was resolved to follow Greene’s army to the end of the world..

[@skpjoecoursegold366]

2 of the Hessians were relatives, brothers, they went AWOL......................and the rest is Humbarger history.

[@youtruckrek5121]

I find this wonderful. Our children find this all lies because that is what we teach them.

[@sharetherisk7647]

Militia is not a four letter word. Only near the video end were the reliable Patriot Militia briefly mentioned, you remember, those men who single-handily w/o a single Continental Officer or Infantry, defeated not just Ferguson and his Army, but reversed Cornwallis' ambitions to advance north instead returning to South Carolina. Cowpens never would have happened without Kings Mountain, period, hard stop. And who did Daniel Morgan place in his front line to lure the British into the valley of their "double envelopment" demise? Patriot Militia. Greene sought to replicate the double envelopment strategy once again placing Patriot Militia to take first fire. This video get way down into the weeds of details seemingly determined to obscure the reliable, proven, Militia from deserved recognition. What did Sir Henry Clinton, Commander of the British forces in the Colonies, state caused his defeat? "the American victory at King’s Mountain was the first link in a chain of misfortunes that followed each other in regular succession until they ended in the total loss of America." Please, PLEASE...stop lionizing the Continental Army at the expense of deserved Militia recognition...especially Nathanael Greene. What did Greene achieve in the ENTIRE war outside of leading a column at Princeton and Trenton. Hobkirk Hill - Greene defeated. Eutaw Springs - Greene defeated. And what was he doing losing battle after battle n the deep south when he was IN CHARGE of Virginia where something really important happened in October 1781. C'mon, the history is well settled - tell it. Thank God for Lafayette and de Grasse who caught the victory toss spiraled from the Patriot Militia in the South.

[@roadwayrescue]

Stop calling German Auxiliaries "mercenaries". They didn't sell their services, their individual Prince or King depending upon which country they were from made a contract to the Crown of England for a set amount of troops and of certain types. Hence why they are referred to as "Auxiliaries" troops.

[@__hjg__2123]

we just call them losers in 'Merica!!!!!!!!!!!

[@carywest9256]

@@__hjg__2123 Squarehead losers at that!!!

[@thomasbeard838]

@Engage in spiritual WAR you have the face of a troll. Good thing you act like one too

[@thadrobinson8343]

@Engage in spiritual WAR that's what happens when anybody can vote

[@rungfang27]

Sounds like you just described a mercenary!