TRADING FORD REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Plaques On Stone
Year Dedicated: 1929
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Photograph By: ANN BROWNLEE
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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.
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