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Description: This is the only monument at Guilford Battlefield that honors a British soldier. It honors James Stuart (or Stewart), who died here along the third line. It is a marble shaft placed on a granite base and stands nearly six feet tall.
Inscription:
East face: OF THE SECOND BAT- / ALION OF THE QUEENS / GUARDS, WAS KILLED / AT THIS SPOT BY / CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH / OF THE FIRST MARY- / LAND REGIMENT.
South face: COL. STUART'S SWORD / WAS UNBURIED HERE / IN 1866.
North face: ERECTED BY THE / G.B.G CO. IN HONOR / OF A BRAVE FOE. / 1895
Dedication date: 1895
Materials & Techniques: White marble shaft with granite base.
Sponsor: Guilford Battleground Company
Subject notes: James Stuart was a colonel and commander of the Second Guards Battalion during the battle. He was engaged in a duel by Captain John Smith of the First Maryland but was supposedly killed by a bullet shot from a musket in the First Maryland. In 1866 a sword belonging to James Stuart was plowed up in the battlefield at the spot where this monument was erected. However, the location of the sword is unknown today.
Controversies: There is variation in the spelling of his last name and has been printed as both Stewart and Stuart.
Landscape: The monument is located off of Historic New Garden Road, near the Delaware and Maryland monuments.
City: Greensboro
County: Guilford
Subjects: Revolutionary War