Implications for Your Artillery & Map Overlay
- The Northlake ridge artillery position sits squarely between:
- Greene’s withdrawal route through Wagon Road—to the northeast, via Salisbury, to the Yadkin crossings
- Cornwallis’s advance westward, including Cowan’s and Beatties Ford and the Charlotte area
- Greene’s withdrawal route through Wagon Road—to the northeast, via Salisbury, to the Yadkin crossings
- This makes it a key observation and rear-guard point — able to see both armies’ movements and exert potential fire coverage or warning in either direction
- In your overlay, we can include:
- Two movement arrows:
- Green for Greene: from Charlotte northeast via Salisbury to Trading Ford, then toward the Dan River/Guilford
- Red for Cornwallis: from Charlotte westward toward Cowan’s and Beatties Ford, then northeast toward Salisbury/Shallow Ford
- Green for Greene: from Charlotte northeast via Salisbury to Trading Ford, then toward the Dan River/Guilford
- Milestone markers: Charlotte, Salisbury, Yadkin crossing, Guilford Courthouse
- Artillery cone overlay: positioned on ridge, sweeping both movement paths
- Two movement arrows: