Wednesday, May 10, 2017

American Order of Battle Guilford Courthouse Campaign



   The following are the troops available, each month for the American commander.  Please note that the order of battle changes each month.  This is due to reinforcements arriving, and militia enlistment ending so they are going home.

 January 1781

Brigadier General Daniel Morgan 

Continental Light Brigade:
Lieutenant Colonel John Eager Howard 
Maryland/Delaware Light Battalion (30)
Triplett’s Virginia Battalion (24)
Washington's Dragoons (10)

Pickens' South Carolina Militia Brigade (3rd South Carolina Brigade of Militia):
Colonel Andrew Pickens 
1st Spartan SC Militia Regt. (30)
2nd Spartan SC Militia Regt. (30)
McCall's State Dragoons (6)
Cunningham's Rifle Battalion (12) (mounted)


Sumter's South Carolina Partisan Brigade (@400) (1st S.C. Brigade of Militia):
BG Thomas Sumter 
Left Wing/Sumter (mounted) 24)
Right Wing/Sumter (mounted) (24)
Hampton's South Carolina State Dragoons (6)

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February 1781

American Southern Army (division): 
Major General Nathaniel Greene 
Brigadier General Daniel Morgan 
Singleton's Continental Artillery (2 guns and crew)

Continental Light Brigade:
Lieutenant Colonel John Eager Howard 
Maryland/Delaware Light Battalion (30)
Militia battalion (24)
Rifle Battalion (12)

Virginia Continental Brigade (Brigadier-General Isaac Huger)
1st Virginia Regiment (Lieutenant-Colonel John Green) (30)

Maryland Continental Brigade (Colonel Otho Williams).
1st Maryland Regiment (Colonel John Gunby) (30)
2nd Maryland Regiment (Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin Ford) (30)

Washington's Dragoons (10)

Lee's Legion (brigade)
Lee's Legion Dragoons (12)
Lee's Legion Infantry (12)   

Stevens' Virginia Militia Brigade 
Brigadier General Edward Stevens
Stevens' Virginia Militia (24)

North Carolina Militia Brigade (873)
Brigadier General William Davidson 
William's Surrey County, North Carolina Militia Battalion (24)
Polk's Mecklenburg Militia Battalion (24)
Locke's Rowan County, N.C. Militia Battalion (24)
Graham's Mecklenburg County, N.C. Dragoons (6)
McDowell's North Carolina Riflemen (12) (mounted)
Winston's North Carolina Riflemen (mounted) (12)

Pickens' South Carolina Militia Brigade (3rd South Carolina Brigade of Militia):
Colonel Andrew Pickens 
1st Spartan SC Militia Regt. (30)
2nd Spartan SC Militia Regt. (30)
McCall's State Dragoons (6)
Cunningham's Rifle Battalion (12) (mounted)
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March 1781

Virginia Continental Brigade (Brigadier-General Isaac Huger)
1st Virginia Regiment (Lieutenant-Colonel John Green) (30)
2nd Virginia Regiment (Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hawes) (30)

Maryland Continental Brigade (Colonel Otho Williams).
1st Maryland Regiment (Colonel John Gunby) (30)
2nd Maryland Regiment (Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin Ford) (30)

Virginia Militia Brigade (Brigadier-General Edward Stevens).
2 battalions of 24 figures each

Virginia Militia Brigade (Brigadier-General Robert Lawson).
2 battalions of 30 each

North Carolina Militia Brigade (Brigadier-General John Butler).
1 battalion of 30

North Carolina Militia Brigade (Brigadier-General Thomas Eaton).
2 battalions of 30 each


Rifle Regiments
(one corps was led by Colonel William Campbell, another by Colonel Charles Lynch
2 battalions of 12 each

Light Dragoons and Partisan Corps:

Delaware Light company
12 figures

William Washington’s Light Dragoons:
8 Cavalry

Lee’s Legion:
9 Infantry
 8 Cavalry

Continental Artillery (two 2-gun sections)





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