Source: American Third Line Monument
American Third Line Monument, Guilford Courthouse
The monument is in the shape of a large tapered column; it is made of lightly colored granite and stands 15' high with a diameter of 1'8".
East Face: 1910
West Face: REGULARS / GREENE'S 3RD LINE
Guilford Battleground Company
July 4, 1910
36.134950 , -79.841430
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"The Battle Ground Company," Greensboro Patriot Weekly (Greensboro, NC), September 1, 1902, 1-2 Link
"The Fourth at Guilford Battle Ground," Greensboro Patriot Weekly (Greensboro, NC), July 9, 1902, 1 Link
"The Glorious Fourth," Greensboro Patriot Weekly (Greensboro, NC), July 1, 1901, 1 Link
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Vance, Zebulon. Address at the Guilford Battle Ground, May 4, 1889, (Greensboro, NC: Guilford Battle Ground Company, 1889), (accessed February 6, 2012) Link
Yes
Granite.
Regulars' Monument
The monument is supposed to commemorate the American Third Line; however, it is incorrectly placed. At this part of the battlefield the American Continentals were deployed. It was here that they hoped to stop the British attacks.
The marker can be reached from Guilford Courthouse Tour Road, on the left when traveling west. It is at the top of a ridge overlooking the Stuart monument.
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