Troublesome Creek Ironworks

Continentals Camp before and after Guilford

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Coordinates: 36.3072, -79.7378.

Type: Sight
Tour: Guilford Battle
County: Rockingham

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The coordinates mark a wide shoulder you can park on safely, directly northeast of a bridge over Troublesome Creek. (If you drive from US 158, you are headed north and east is to your right; if from Reidsville, this is on the left before the bridge).

There are no remains of the Revolutionary-era features on this page, so you can stay in your vehicle. Visiting one of the sites requires an off-trail walk through the woods. The land is owned by the county historical association.

Context

Button for audio tourThe Continental Army of Maj. Gen. Nathanael Greene headed for Virginia to elude the British temporarily in early 1781, but ten days later it re-entered North Carolina, and the British Army moved out of Hillsborough to confront it.

Situation

Continental/Patriot

Greene constantly shifted position to avoid Cornwallis while gathering supplies and, more importantly, part-time soldiers called �