Green Spring--Cornwallis's Order of Battle

British outposts in Virginia.  Painting by Edward Lamson-Henry

After campaigning in South and North Carolina, Lord Charles Cornwallis advanced into Virginia, where he linked up with a British army under Benedict Arnold which was already in the area.  The Marquis de Lafayette was sent to keep Cornwallis from overrunning the state. But Cornwallis laid a trap for Lafayette at Green Spring.  There, he made it appear that most of his army had crossed the James River.  Major-General "Mad" Anthony Wayne attacked--only to find most of Cornwallis's battle-hardened veterans waiting for him.  To buy time, Wayne organized a counter-attack and Lafayette was able to extricate him from his dangerous situation.  This order of battle for Cornwallis's army at the Battle of Green Spring (July 6, 1781) was taken from http://web.archive.org/web/20060709171639/http://www.battleofgreenspring.org/participants/participanthistory/orderofbattle.html

Advanced Guard, Colonel Bannistre Tarleton

• 17^th Light Dragoons
• British Legion
• Jaegers

Camp Guard

• 71^st Regiment of Foot, 2^nd Battalion
• 82^nd Regiment of Foot, Light Company
• Regiment von Bose

Dundas's Brigade

• Royal Artillery
• 43^rd Regiment of Foot
• 76^th Regiment of Foot
• 80^th Regiment of Foot

Yorke's Brigade

• 1^st Battalion of Light Infantry
• 2^nd Battalion of Light Infantry
• Brigade of Guards
• 23^rd Regiment of Foot
• 33^rd Regiment of Foot

A Rifleman of the Queen's Rangers

Baggage Guard, Lt. Colonel Simcoe
(Simcoe's troops had crossed

the James River and did not participate in the battle)

• Queen's Rangers
• North Carolina Volunteers