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Preserving the Battle Field Where Light Horse Harry Lee Fell
A 1912 article notes Guilford Battle Field in North Carolina near Greensboro, honoring General Greene with a monument funded by Congress. It details private preservation, congressional debate, and the push to create a national park, including figures like Uncle Joe Cannon and Major Joseph Motley Morehead, and the Guilford Battlefield Association’s efforts since 1887.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford Battleground
Greensboro
North Carolina
Congress
Guilford
General Greene
Guilford Battle
Greene
Lord Cornwallis
Guilford Court House
Wilmington
N. C
Yorktown
Lord Corniwallis
Washington
Old North
Guilford Battle Fields
Joe” Cannon
Joseph Motley Morehead
House
National Park
Guilford Battle Field
Cannon
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Chickamauga
Valley Force
Shiloh Battle Fields
David Schenck
Guilford Battlefield
Tural
Georgia
South Carolina
South
Davidson Arch
John Penn
Willian ‘Penn Hooper
Hewes
Clio
Judge Schenck
Richmond
A. P. Hill
Winston
Jesse Franklin
Valrant
Judeo Schenck
Major Morehead
Wseneral Greene
Lord Sotunots
Continental Congress
Francis Nash
Williamg D Davidson
Afra. Turner
Maryland
Turner
Atanda
Tuner
Faenies A. Morehead
Mra
Tauroer
Bandaon
Lurner
Kentucky
United Sales
Tarteton
Cereensbhare
M eNathaniel Macon
Alamance
Orange County
N. Cy