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The Guilford Courthouse Flag exemplifies the diversity of American flags during the Revolutionary War period. It features an elongated canton with a white background, 13 blue eight-sided stars, and matching blue stripes. The eight-sided stars represent the combined forces from eight states that comprised Major General Nathanael Greene's Southern Army. This flag was present at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina, on March 15, 1781, where Greene's combined Continental and militia forces halted the British conquest of the Carolinas and turned Cornwallis's then decimated army back to seaport towns to their final defeat.
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