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Quoted from Richard K. Showman and Dennis M. Conrad, eds., The Papers of General Nathanael Greene, vol. VII (Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1994), 448.
Time will not permit me to be very particular, and therefore I shall only Confirm the account of there having been an action on the 15th. The battle was fought near Guilford Court House. It was long and severe. We gave up the ground and were obliged to leave our artillery, all the horses being killed. We retreated in good order....The Enemy loss is very great, much more than ours. We ought to have had a victory, and had your Militia stood by their officers it was certain. However the enemy have gained no advantage, except the ground and field pieces. Their operating force is diminished in such a manner, that I am not without hope of turning their victory into defeat, if the Militia don’t leave me....
On March 16, Greene’s adjutant, Col. O. H. Williams compiled a list of casualties to send to Samuel Huntington, President of Congress:
| Unit: | Killed | Wounded | Missing | Total |
| Virginia Regulars | 29 | 40 | 39 | 108 |
| Maryland Regulars | 15 | 42 | 97 | 154 |
| Del. Batt’n | 7 | 13 | 15 | 35 |
| VA Militia, lst Brig. | 11 | 36 | 141 | 188 |
| VA Militia, 2nd Brig. | 1 | 16 | 87 | 104 |
| Rifle Regts. | 3 | 16 | 94 | 113 |
| Cavalry | 3 | 8 | 3 | 14 |
| Partizan Legion | 3 | 8 | 7 | 18 |
| NC Cavalry | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| NC Militia | 6 | 5 | 563 | 574 |
| TOTALS | 79 | 185 | 1,046 | 1,310 |
NOTE: Most of the missing Americans were militiamen who simply went home after the battle. For this reason, most authorities figure total American casualties as 264 killed and wounded.
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