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Reenactments

o you love excitement, energy, and entertainment? If you do, you should attend the reenactments of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. Or even become a member of a reenactment group which participates in the event. Each year on the weekend nearest the anniversary of the battle, March 15, 1781, the reenactment attracts hundreds of participants and thousands of onlookers to see a live recreation of the original battle. From the opening cannon fusillades to the last solitary musket shot, there is a whirl of intense activity as the American and British troops fire, advance, attach bayonets, charge, retreat, reload and fire again amid the swirling smoke and acrid odor of gunpowder.

ike any great story, even if you know the ending, it is still captivating to see the action that brings you to the climax. But this event recreates a story of real life and death. Not only of the men who fought and died on this hallowed ground, but also of the end of an old way of life and the beginning of a new nation.

he GBC is appreciative of all reenactors who portray their units’ action in the battle. They provide a great service to the community by reminding us of the sacrifices that were made by our forefathers over two hundred years ago, and we trust that the public will show their appreciation by their attendance.

hile you are at the park, we hope you will take time to walk over some of the original battlefield and try to imagine what it must have been like during the many battles that were fought during the Revolutionary War. See the exhibits, film and battle map presentations in the Military Park Visitors' Center. Also, visit the Colonial Heritage Center and park area located where the Joseph Hoskins farmhouse stood at the time of the battle. It was here that Lord Cornwallis organized the lines of his British troops and dispatched them into the fray.

he only cost for all of this adventure is just a little of your time. So spend it wisely and be at the next reenactment.

eenactors also have to cook, eat, sleep, drill and prepare for battle. Come visit with them during all phases of their reenactment weekend at Guilford Courthouse.

Some of the units which have participated in recent reenactments are:

American
1st Maryland-Southern Campaign
1st Maryland Regiment of the Continental Line
1st North Carolina Regiment
1st Virginia Regiment
2nd Continental Light Dragoons
2nd North Carolina Regiment
2nd Virginia Regiment
3rd New York Regiment
4th Creek Company of 1st Rowan county Militia
4th South Carolina Regiment
5th Pennsylvania light Infantry Company
6th Massachusetts Regiment
6th North Carolina
7th Virginia Regiment
10th Massachusetts Regiment
Campbell's Rifles
Col. Hay's Regiment, Orange County Militia
Crockett's Western Battalion
Johnston County Militia
Kirkwood's Delaware Infantry
Kirkwood’s Delaware Regiment
Locke's Militia/ Kingsbury's NC Artillery
Maryland Company, Waynes Light Infantry
New Jersey Light Infantry
South Carolina Independent Rangers
St. John's Artillery
The Company of Overmountain Men
2nd South Carolina Regiment

British
3rd Regiment of Foot Guards
3rd Regiment of Guards
4th Company Brigade of Guards
7th Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
23rd Regiment of Foot Ferguson's Company
Royal Welch Fusiliers
33rd Foot Light Infantry Company
33rd Regiment of Foot, Colonel's Coy
33rd Regiment, Salvin's Company
42nd Light Infantry of Foot
55th Regiment of Foot, Captain James Taylor Trevor's Company
64th Regiment of Foot
71 Highland Regiment
84th Regiment of Foot - 5th Company
84th Regiment of Foote
84th Royal Highland Emigrants, 7th Co, 2nd Bttn
Battery H, Royal Artillery
British Legion, Captain Stewart’s Coy
Captain Roeder's Companie-Hessian Jaegers
Col. David Fanning's Regiment-NCLM
First Foot Guards, British Brigade
Fusilier Regiment von Knyphausen
Hesse-Kassel Jager Korps, Ewald's Company
His Majesty’s 65th Regiment of foot
Infanterie Regiment ERB-Prinz
Kings Own Patriots
King's Royal Regiment of New York
NCHR/ 71st Highland
Queens Rangers
Von Roeder's Jaeger Companie
Regiment von Bose - Hessians
Royal North Carolina Regiment