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Continental soldiers
About this photograph
- Creator
- David Walbert
- Date created
- March 15, 2008
- Location
- Greensboro, North Carolina
- License
- This photograph copyright ©2008. Terms of use
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- Revolutionary North Carolina: Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the era of the American Revolution. Topics include the Regulators, the resistance to Great Britain, the War for Indpendence, and the creation of new governments. (Page 5.9)
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- Search LEARN NC for American Revolution, Battle of Guilford Courthouse, Continental Army, Guilford County, North Carolina, and soldiers.
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- See our collection of articles on visual literacy for ideas on using photographs meaningfully in the classroom.
Continental soldiers — portrayed here at a reenactment of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse — were of all ages and wore a variety of uniforms. They didn’t look like a professional army by European standards, but by 1781, they had learned to fight like one.
