Weitzel's Mill

In the spring of 1781 Cornwallis had an opportunity to corner and destroy a major portion of Green's army when the Americans divided their forces for subsisting purposes. He sent Tarleton’s dragoons in a rapid march and followed with his …

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In the spring of 1781 Cornwallis had an opportunity to corner and destroy a major portion of Green's army when the Americans divided their forces for subsisting purposes. He sent Tarleton’s dragoons in a rapid march and followed with his heavier forces. The American arrival of Washington's cavalry and Lee’s Legion prevented the initial entrapment and allowed the American forces to draw up in protected positions behind a creek to face the arrival of the British infantry.

Guilford County, North Carolina

The Battle of Wetzell's Mill was an American Revolutionary War battle fought on March 6, 1781, between detachments of Nathanael Greene's Continental Army and militia and Banastre Tarleton's Loyalist provincial troops in Guilford County, North Carolina.

Wikipedia: Battle of Wetzell's Mill

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