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Lexington and Concord
Colonel Smith, Major Pitcairn and Lord Percy commanded the British Troops. Militia were commanded by Barrett, Buttrick, Robinson and many others. They’re not really important, they are just the first battles. -
Fort Ticonderoga
fewer than a hundred of these militiamen, under the joint command of their leader, Ethan Allen, and Benedict Arnold of Massachusetts. While it never fell to British forces, it was surrendered upon the French defeat. -
Bunker (Breeds) Hill
William Howe was the commander in chief of the British army at the Battle of Bunker Hill. Major General William Howe, leading the British forces. The inexperienced colonial forces inflicted significant casualties against the enemy, and the battle provided them with an important confidence boost. Although commonly referred to as the Battle of Bunke -
Trenton/Princeton
General George Washington against the Hessian Colonel Rahl. Washington defeated a formidable garrison of Hessian mercenaries before withdrawing. -
Battle of Saratoga
Major General John Burgoyne commanded the British and German force. Major General Horatio Gates and Brigadier Benedict Arnold commanded the American army. His surrender to American forces at the Battle of Saratoga marked a turning point in the Revolutionary War. -
Siege of Charleston
Major General Benjamin Lincoln, commanding the Charleston garrison, surrendered his forces to the British, resulting in one of the worst American defeats of the war. -
Kings Mountain
The British officer Major Patrick Ferguson commanded the loyalists. There were several officers of the same rank in the American force: Colonels Shelby, Campbell, McDowell, Sevier, Williams, Lacey, Cleveland, Hambright and Winston. The battle was the first major patriot victory to occur after the British invasion of Charleston, SC in May 1780. -
Yorktown
Charles, Lord Cornwallis, British commander in the South and George Washington was outside New York, preparing an assault on that British-held city with the help of the four-thousand-man. Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington as French and American forces trapped the British at Yorktown.
