IN HONOR OF COL. ARTHUR FORBIS OF THE N.C. TROOPS WHO FELL AT HIS POST IN THE DISCHARGE OF DUTY ON THIS MEMORABLE FIELD OF BATTLE. COLONEL ARTHUR FORBIS WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED DURING THE BATTLE OF GUILFORD COURTHOUSE.

THIS MONUMENT WAS DEDICATED TO THE DELAWARE CONTINENTAL SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT AT THE BATTLE OF GUILFORD COURTHOUSE AND THE THREE DELAWARE SOLDIERS WHO WERE REBURIED BENEATH IT IN 1888. THESE MEN HAVE SINCE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS PRIVATE WILLIAM DREW, JOHN TOLAN ...