TRADING FORD REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL
GENERAL NATHANAEL GREENE IN HIS MASTERLY RETREAT FROM BRITISH ARMY UNDER LORD CORNWALLIS, CROSSED THE YADKIN AT TRADING FORD, ONE-HALF MILE SOUTHEAST OF THIS SPOT, FEBRUARY 2-3, 1781. A SUDDEN RISE IN THE RIVER PREVENTED THE PASSAGE OF THE BRITISH AND PERMITTED THE AMERICAN ARMY TO ESCAPE AND PREPARE FOR THE BATTLE OF GUILFORD COURTHOUSE.
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Listing Details
- Public
- REVOLUTIONARY WAR
- Plaques On Stone
- 1929
- OLD SALISBURY ROAD AND SOWERS ROAD
- 27299
- ANN BROWNLEE
- COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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