Of Carolina and the ides of March
Something smokey 237 years ago today…
Dressed in a period correct Continental uniform, Guilford Courthouse National Park ranger Jason Baum fires a rifle similar to those Continental soldiers would have employed against the British Army during the Revolutionary War. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Javier Amador)
The Battle of Guilford Courthouse was a fought on March 15, 1781, was a tactical win for Cornwallis, but the losses he suffered (~500 killed, wounded and missing, a full quarter of his effectives) forced him to abandon his campaign for the Carolinas and head for Virginia, which was a strategic end of the line that led to Yorktown.