he decided to make a stand that guilford courthouse. in the meantime, general cornwallis who had this mindset as he was going to smash the continental army, took out from present-day high point in marched from there to here at guilford courthouse. he did not have any intelligence, general cornwallis that is. by intelligence i mean scouts were not out finding out what greene's this position was, how his army was laid out and what his numbers were. all he knew was that greene was ahead of him. he marched the hallway the morning of march 15 from deep river to guilford courthouse p general greene decided to establish three lines of defense. a defense in depth. he was going to put his north china militia on the first line. about one thousand soldiers. he was going to put about 1000 virginia militia soldiers on the second line. the third line was going to be greene's strongest troops, the continental soldiers. this is a copy of a map that was drawn by british engineer following the battle of guilford courthouse. this illustrates the battle of

cornwallis was the commander of the british army in the southern area, and here at guilford courthouse he commanded the british army, and they were made up of veteran british soldiers. in the southern campaign, this was the first battle in which cornwallis and green had met each other on the battlefield and both of the generals were of different mindsets. cornwallis had a mindset of move forward and hit hard and continue hit and continually march, and general greene had a mindset of hit and back up and retreat, hit and back up and retreat, but by the time this battle came, general greene had raised an army to almost twice the size of the british army, so he felt pretty good about his odd. well, first general cornwallis was in can't in the present day high point about nine miles from here, and general greene found out he was camped there, and general greene brought the soldiers and militia here at guilford courthouse and set his lines of defense to wait for cornwallis to come. general greene had thought about attacking general cornwallis while he was on the march, but that ended in disa

home of the guilford county courthouse. although american forces lost the battle during the revolutionary war, the writing left british forces weekend -- weekend--weakened. together with our time warner cable partners, we visited many sites exploring greensboro's rich history. learn about greensboro all weekend here on american history tv. >> in these mass marches going through down down streets, some of them and water dumped on their heads from building. it never got to the point where it was like, isn't this nice? it was never nice. it was just more than the city could handle in the final amount. it was about unanimity and solidarity and we are all in this together. i grew up in ohio. ohio was a little less segregated. not less racist, but less segregated. so while i grew up in ohio and i understood that things were different in the south, i also grew up in a family that was very sophisticated about politics and what the situation was. i knew both sides of the coin and how i felt about it was that of course it was unjust

although american forces lost the battle of guilford courthouse during the american wards, -- during the american war, the fighting left the dish we can. our staff recently visited many sites exploring greensboro's history. learn more about greensboro all weekend here on american history tv. >> going through and down the street, some of them had eggs going through them -- eggs thrown at them and water dumped on their heads from building. it never got to the point where -- isn't this nice? it was never nice. it was just more than the city could handle in the final amount. it was about unanimity and solidarity and we are all in this together. i grew up in ohio. ohio was a little less segregated. not less racist, but less segregated. so while i grew up in ohio and i understood that things were different in the south, i also grew up in a family that was very sophisticated about politics and what the situation was. i knew both sides of the coin and how i felt about it was that of course it was unjust and it needed to be changed. my father was very much involved in african-american rights

. -- guilford courthouse. during the revolutionary war the british had captured georgia and south carolina and were moving into north carolina to try to restore authority, which meant they would conquer the land. that is how they landed here at guilford courthouse. march, 15, 1781. general nathanael greene was pitted against the british army under lord cornwallis. lord cornwallis was making his march through north carolina and general greene wanted to stop that. nathanael greene was george washington's most trusted general. he was picked by general washington to come south and save the southern army. the southern army had lost two major battles at charleston and camden, south carolina. last many men. there were few soldiers left. general washington sent general greene south to stop general cornwallis. charles cornwallis was the commander of the british army in the southern department. at guilford courthouse, he commanded the army made of veteran british soldiers. this was the first battle in which cornwallis a

is made by h c lam, or henry clarkson lam, and the family is one of gun smith's from jamestown in guilford county. his father was a gunsmith not for military purposes, but he made hunting rifles and guns. henry learned his trade from his father and went into production during the civil war. here's an example where the craft was passed on to a second generation, and he was awarded a contract the state of north carolina to provide arms for the confederacy. about 500 of these were believed to have been made to support the troops. this map shows all of the different armories and locations that are represented. there are 39 different makers or armories that are represented in the murphy collection, and each of the different stars on the map will show that. the piedmont rifles, again, this shows where the tarpleys were made. the armories are long gone, but the sites have been excavated. you see some relics and pieces that have been dug up and found at the site. again, it gives us further evidence that we know where the place actually was and further incomplete pieces that were not assembled or u

display different items from time to time, but trying to include her life story from her birth in guilfordounty to her death in 1849. some of the items he currently have on display, a carved ivory calling card case that has a card enclosed with dolly's signature, her name is anna, a small cut glass perfume bottle and a pair of silk slippers that have tiny ribbons that tie across the arch of her foot. the two dresses are the reproductions of a peach silk down that she wore early in life and a red velvet down which lasted and was part of this collection and there also is a legend that now companies this dress. >> watch oliver events from greensboro saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2 and sunday on american history tv on c-span 3. >> now, a discussion on government policy and the effect on the internet. harvard's institute of politics posted a discussion with representatives from google, yahoo! facebook, trip advisor, ebay, and government officials. this is 90 minutes. >> good morning. i feel like we should vote on something, but were not going to do that. my name is jonathan and on behalf o

he gets elected to the constitutional convention here as representative of guilford county.e things the documents i have and i discuss in the book, is the listing of i think it was 15 points that tourgee would advocate as a representative to the constitutional convention. and one was quality of all people, regardless of race quality of rights of all people quality -- the quality of boat grip on. free education for everyone in the state which all of those things would end up being in the constitution and guaranteed by the constitution. and changing the tax code to put the burden of taxation back on my him and in so those are pretty radical program and it really meant, it was not just a revolution in making the moxie stretched across racial lines but also the class privilege which is a big part of the power structure in north carolina. he was causing all kinds of racial lines and that really made him, that they this city off the site into certain degree but socially he was a much excluded. he was always viewed as a peculiar figure, sort of marginal to the social life of town.

displaying different items from time to time but trying to include her life story from her birth in guilford county to her death in 1849. some of the items that we currently have on display, a carved ivory calling card case that has a card enclosed with dolly's signature as well as that of her niece, anna, some small cut glass perfume bottles and a pair of silk slippers that have tiny little ribbons that tie across the arch of her foot. and the two dresses are reproductions of a silk peach silk gown that she wore earliest in life and a red velvet gown that has intrigued both that it lasted and was part of this collection, and there's also a legend that now accompanies this dress. >> watch all of our events from greensborough saturday afternoon on c-span books tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on c-span3. here on c-span3 we take you live to the national press club where the brookings institution is hosting a morning-long forum on the impact of technology on the u.s. economy and the work force. the event brings together former economic officials economic scholars, technology experts and business

displaying different items from time to time but trying to include her life story from her birth in guilfordounty to her death in 1849. some of the items we currently have on display -- a carved ivory calling card case that had the card enclosed with dolly's signature as well as that of her knees, ann -- of her niece anna. a pair of small perfume bottles and repair of silk slippers that have tiny little ribbons that tie across the arch of her foot. and reproductions of a silk -- a peach silk gown that she wore early in life, and a red velvet gown, which has intrigued both that it has lasted and that it is part of the collection. there's also a legend that accompanies this dress. >> watch all of our events from greensboro, saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv and sunday afternoon on american history tv on c-span3. washington journal continues. host: we continue our visit to historically black colleges and universities, and today the buses on the campus of florida agricultural and technological university. --florida agricultural and technical university. al myra magnum -- elmira mangum