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American Revolution Battles
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Battle of Lexington and Concord
Hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord, Massachusetts in order to seize a hidden store of weapons. The colonists also began to form their own militias as they expected an attack from the British army. While the colonists lost many minutemen, the Battles of Lexington and Concord were considered a major military victory -
The Siege of Fort Ticonderoga
The Siege of Fort Ticonderoga took place in Fort Ticonderoga, New York. A small force of Green Mountain Boys led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold surprised and captured the fort's small British garrison. This battle served as a morale booster and provided key artillery for the Continental Army in that first year of war. Cannons captured at Fort Ticonderoga would be used during the successful Siege of Boston the following spring. -
The Battle of Chelsea Creek
The Battle of Chelsea Creek took place in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, it was the second battle of the Boston Campaign. General Artemis Ward ordered an aggressive raid on the islands and assigned John Stark with the task. After the first raid on the two islands were over the British bumbled into a mess when the armed schooner Diana ran aground and could not be moved. -
The Battle of Bunker (Breeds) Hill
In Charlestown, Massachusetts 2,200 British forces under the command of Major General William Howe and Brigadier General Robert Pigot landed on the Charlestown Peninsula then marched to Breed’s Hill. Americans let loose with a lethal barrage of musket fire, throwing the British into retreat. The outnumbered Americans were forced to retreat. However, by the end of the engagement, the Patriots’ gunfire had cut down some 1,000 enemy troops, with more than 200 killed and more than 800 wounded. -
The Battle of Quebec
Patriot forces under Colonel Benedict Arnold and General Richard Montgomery attempted to capture the British-occupied city of Quebec and with it win support for the American cause in Canada. The attack failed, and the effort cost Montgomery his life. The Battle of Quebec was the first major defeat of the Revolutionary War for the Americans. -
The Battle of Long Island (Brooklyn Heights)
The British first attacked in the early morning hours of August 27 sending in a small force at the center of the American defense. While the Americans focused on this smaller attack, the main force of the British army attacked from the east nearly surrounding the Americans. Rather than losing his entire army to the British, Washington ordered the army to retreat to Brooklyn Heights. -
The Battle of White Plains
The British and American forces met in battle at the village of White Plains (New York) under General Howe and General George Washington. The 13,000 British and Hessians were ranged against 14,500 Americans although only around 4,000 on each side were actually engaged in the Battle of White plains. -
The Battle of Fort Washington
The Battle of Fort Washington was fought in Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York between the United States and Great Britain. It was a British victory that gained the surrender of the remnant of the garrison of Fort Washington near the north end of Manhattan Island. -
The Battle of Trenton
The Battle of Trenton took place in Trenton, New Jersey. The Americans arrived on the outskirts of Trenton around daybreak on the 26th. Washington split his force into two columns. One, commanded by Nathaniel Greene attacked from the North, while a second under John Sullivan attacked from the west to cut the line of retreat to the south. This battle resulted in another American win against the British. -
The Battle of Princeton
The Battle of Princeton was a classic meeting engagement, both sides stumbled into one another, and neither expected to fight on the ground where the battle raged. Forty Patriots and 275 British soldiers died during The Battle of Princeton. -
The Battle of Oriskany
The Battle of Oriskany was part of British operations in the Hudson Valley. The British, under the overall command of General John Burgoyne, planned to move south from Quebec and capture Fort Ticonderoga and Albany. British General William Howe was to march north from New York and rendezvous with Burgoyne at Albany, effectively severing New England from the rest of the colonies. -
The Battle of Bennington
A rebel force of 2,000 men, primarily made up of New Hampshire and Massachusetts militiamen, led by General John Stark, and reinforced by men led by Colonel Seth Warner and members of the notorious Green Mountain Boys, decisively defeated a detachment of General John Burgoyne’s army led by Lieutenant Colonel Friedrich Baum, and supported by more men under Lieutenant Colonel Heinrich von Breymann. -
The Battle of Brandywine
General George Washington was determined to prevent the British from capturing the American seat of government, Philadelphia. Taking up positions along Brandywine Creek, Washington mistakenly believed that his army blocked all fords across the Brandywine. Opposing Washington was Sir William Howe and an army of 15,500 British Regulars and Hessian troops. -
The Battle of Saratoga (Freeman's Farm)
The Battle of Saratoga was a victory for the British. Despite being held to a standstill and being picked off by American sharpshooters, they eventually drove the Americans from the battlefield with the help of German reinforcements that arrived during the day.Burgoyne had taken the Freeman’s Farm but suffered nearly 600 casualties, most of them to Hamilton’s center column.The British and Brunswick forces constructed redoubts on the farm and fortified their original crossing point of the Hudson. -
The Battle of Germantown
The Battle of Germantown was a major engagement in the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War. It was fought at Germantown, Pennsylvania, between the British Army led by Sir William Howe, and the American Continental Army, with the 2nd Canadian Regiment, under George Washington. -
The Battle of Saratoga (Bemis Heights)
Burgoyne’s second attack met with a fierce American resistance, lead by Major General Benedict Arnold, in the wooded area of Bemis Heights south of Saratoga. This American victory proved to be a major turning point in the Revolutionary War. -
The Battle of Monmouth
The British, Sir Henry Clinton, the new British commander, retreated from Philadelphia to New York. As Sir Henry Clinton led the British army across the Jerseys, George Washington decided to attack. British and German troops against the American Continental Army and Colonial Militia fought in this war in Monmouth, New Jersey. -
The Capture of Savannah
The city of Savannah, Georgia, had been captured by a British force under Lieutenant-Colonel Archibald Campbell. The siege of Savannah was undertaken by a joint French and American force in an attempt to retake Savannah from the British. -
The Siege of Charleston
The battlefield in which the British and American Forces fought during the Battle of Charleston was located in Charleston, South Carolina. The Siege of Charleston ended in victory for the British. -
The Battle of Camden
The Battle of Camden was one of several devastating defeats suffered by the Americans in the early stages of the British military offensive in the South. the Revolutionary War Battle of Camden, South Carolina, pitted American forces under Major General Horatio Gates against a small British field force commanded by Lieutenant General. -
The Battle of King's Mountain
The Battle of Kings Mountain was a military engagement between Patriot and Loyalist militias in South Carolina during the Southern Campaign of the American Revolutionary War. This battle too place Mountain Near Blackburn, SC and King's Mountain, NC. -
The Battle of Cowpens
In The Battle of Cowpens the Continental Army forces in this battle were led by Brigadier General Daniel Morgan. The British forces in this battle were led by Colonel Banastre Tarleton. This battle too place in Cowpens, South Carolina. -
The Battle of Guilford Courthouse
The American and British forces clashed for several hours near Guilford Courthouse. The battle was the culmination of several months of hard campaigning by the armies of Nathanael Greene and Lord Charles Cornwallis. -
The Battle of Eutaw Springs
The Battle of Eutaw Springs was fought near Charleston, South Carolina, between British troops under Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Stewart and American forces commanded by General Nathanael Greene. This battle is said to be one of the hardest fought and bloodiest battles of the Revolution and proved to be the last major engagement of the war to take place in the South. -
The Battle of Yorktown
The Continental Army, led by General George Washington, won a decisive victory against the British Army, led by General Lord Charles Cornwallis. This battle took place in Yorktown, Virginia, near the York River.
