Battle of Guilford Court House
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Battle of Guilford Court House
A pivotal battle in the Revolutionary War in North Carolina in March 1781. It was a costly British victory under Gen. Charles Cornwallis, but it strategically altered the course of the war and marked the beginning of Nathanael Greene's liberation of the South for the Americans.
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