The Town of Guilford

Patuxent Branch Trail

The Town of Guilford

History

Once, a thriving community prospered here along the banks of the Little Patuxent River. Guilford was a center for milling, quarrying, and cotton=cloth production in the late 18th through the early 20th centuries. It ...

Col. Guilford Dudley Bailey

[Panel 1]

Born June 4, 1834, in Martinsburg, New York, this 1856 West Point graduate returned to his alma mater as an instructor following a tour of duty in the west and midwest. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Bailey ...

Guilford Honor Row

War Memorial

Guilford Honor Row

List of Guilford veterans

Marker is on Midland Highway, on the left when traveling north.

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Guilford Courthouse National Military Park

On March 15, 1781, the crackling of musket fire, the clamor of headlong cavalry charges, and the cries of the wounded disturbed the serenity of these woods and fields. Coming late in the war, the Battle of Guilford Courthouse was ...

Men of Greensboro and Guilford County

To the memory

of the men of Greensboro and Guilford County,

who fought for North Carolina and the Confederacy

in the War for Southern Independence.

1861 - 1865

These while in the prime of life,

fought, bled and died;

walking in the steps of Father

Abraham (Gen. 14:13-14)

in ...

Guilford Signal Station

Tracking the Confederates

During the Civil War, signal stations served as early warning posts, observation points, and communication centers. On June 19, 1863, 10,000-15,000 Union troops commanded by Gen. John Fullerton Reynolds, I Corps, Army of the Potomac, marched along the ...

Guilford County Health Department

Established in 1911, it was the first county health department in N.C. and second in U.S. Now two blocks north.

Marker is at the intersection of Wendover Avenue (U.S. 220) and Cherry Street, on the right when traveling west on Wendover ...

Guilford Courthouse Flag

This flag, often referred to as the Guilford Courthouse Flag, is an example of the diversity of American flags during the Revolutionary War period. It has the unique design elements of an elongated canton with white background and 13 blue, ...

Guilford Courthouse

Important battle of the Revolution between armies of Greene and Cornwallis. U.S. military park.

Marker is at the intersection of Battleground Ave (U.S. 220) and New Garden Road, on the right when traveling west on Battleground Ave.

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