GILLIES REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Location: GUILFORD COURTHOUSE NATIONAL MILITARY PARK
City: GREENSBORO
State: North Carolina
Zip Code: 27410
Type of Memorial: War Memorial Honor Plaques, Panels. Stones (Individuals)
Year Dedicated: 1898
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Photograph By: BILL COUGHLIN
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
“LIGHT HORSE HARRY LEE’S BUGLE BOY”
ERECTED BY THE LITERARY SOCIETIES AND ALUMNI OF OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE MAY 6TH 1898 TO THE MEMORY OF THE GALLANT GILLIES WHO FELL UNDER THE SWORDS OF THE TARLETON’S DRAGOONS NEAR OAK RIDGE N.C. FEB 12TH, 1781. A NOBLE SACRIFICE TO HIS OWN GENEROSITY AND FOR HIS COUNTRY’S FREEDOM.
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