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.
Location
Details
Memorial Type:
Plaques On Stone
Access:
Public
Wars Commemorated:
REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Year Dedicated:
1929
Photograph By:
ANN BROWNLEE
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