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American Revolution Battles
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The Battles of Lexington and Concord Massachusetts
The Battles of Lexington and Concord Massachusetts. The Battle was the first of the Revolutionary war -
The Siege of Fort Ticonderoga, New York
The capture of Fort Ticonderoga occurred during the American Revolutionary War on May 10, 1775, when a small force of Green Mountain Boys led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold surprised and captured the fort's small British garrison. -
The Battle of Chelsea Creek Suffolk County, Massachusetts
The Battle of Chelsea Creek ended in victory for the American colonists - it was also the first naval engagement of the Revolutionary War. -
The Battle of Bunker (Breeds) Hill Charlestown, Massachusetts
the British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. Despite their loss, the inexperienced colonial forces inflicted significant casualties against the enemy, and the battle provided them with an important confidence boost. -
The Battle of Quebec Quebec City, Province of Quebec
The battle was the first major defeat of the war for the Americans, and it came with heavy losses. -
The Battle of Long Island (Brooklyn Heights) Long Island, New York
The Battle of Long Island is also known as the Battle of Brooklyn and the Battle of Brooklyn Heights. The victory over the Americans gave the British control of the strategically important city of New York. -
The Battle of White Plains White Plains, New York
The battle on 28th October 1776, leading to the American withdrawal to the Delaware River and the capture of Fort Washington by the British -
Battle of Fort Washington
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
General George Washington’s army crossed the icy Delaware on Christmas Day 1776 and, over the course of the next 10 days, won two crucial battles of the American Revolution. In the Battle of Trenton (December 26), Washington defeated a formidable garrison of Hessian mercenaries before withdrawing. -
The Battle of Princeton
George Washington's troops followed on January 3, 1777. Washington advanced to Princeton by a back road, where he pushed back a smaller British force but had to retreat before Cornwallis arrived with reinforcements. The battles of Trenton and Princeton were a boost to the morale of the patriot cause, leading many recruits to join the Continental Army in the spring. -
the Battle of Oriskany, Oriskany, New York
British and Loyalist troops under Sir John Johnson and Col. John Butler, and Indian forces led by Mohawk Joseph Brant, set a trap in a boggy ravine west of Oriskany Creek. As the unsuspecting American troops crossed the swampy bottom and marched up the ravine, the British attacked. The patriots fought in brutal hand-to-hand combat, and in spite of heavy losses, caused the Seneca and the Mohawks, followed by the British and Loyalists to retreat. -
The Battle of Bennington,Bennington, New York
A rebel force of 2,000 men, primarily New Hampshire and Massachusetts militiamen, led by General John Stark, and reinforced by Vermont militiamen led by Colonel Seth Warner and members of the Green Mountain Boys, decisively defeated a detachment of General John Burgoyne's army led by Lieutenant Colonel Friedrich Baum, and supported by additional men under Lieutenant Colonel Heinrich von Breymann. -
The Battle of Brandywine , Near Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania 9
The engagement occurred near Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania during Howe's campaign to take Philadelphia, part of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). More troops fought at Brandywine than any other battle of the American Revolution. -
The Battle of Saratoga (Freeman's Farm). Saratoga County, New York
Officially, the Battle at Freeman's farm—the first 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 lost 2 men for each rebel -
The Battle of Germantown, Germantown, Pennsylvania
The Battle of Germantown was a major engagement in the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War. It was fought on October 4, 1777, 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) Saratoga County, New York
The second battle, the Battle of Bemis Heights, when Burgoyne determined to break free from the encircling colonial forces and drive them from the field. The British troops and their German allies were devastated and nearly lost their entrenched positions. Fighting on horseback, Benedict Arnold, received a wound in his leg during this battle; his contribution to the battle is commemorated by a statue of his boot, with no other reference to the hero turned traitor. -
The Battle of Monmouth Monmouth, New Jersey
The Battle of Monmouth took place on Sunday, June 28, 1778 at Monmouth, New Jersey. 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. -
The Capture Of Savannah, Georgia
The Capture of Savannah, or sometimes the First Battle of Savannah, was an American Revolutionary War battle fought on December 29, 1778 pitting local American Patriot militia and Continental Army units, holding the city, against a British invasion force under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell. -
The Siege of Charleston Charleston, South Carolina
The Siege of Charleston was a major engagement fought during the American Revolutionary War. The British, following the collapse of their northern strategy in late 1777 and their withdrawal from Philadelphia in 1778, shifted their focus to the American Southern Colonies. After approximately six weeks of siege, 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. -
The Battle of Camden North of Camden, South Carolina
The Battle of Camden, August 16, 1780. Fought on August 16, 1780, 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. Charles, Lord Cornwallis. -
The Battle of King's Mountain Near Blackburn, SC and King's Mountain, NC
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, resulting in a decisive victory for the Patriots. The battle has been described as "the war’s largest all-American fight". -
The Battle of Cowpens Cowpens, South Carolina
At the Battle of Cowpens in South Carolina on January 17, 1781, during the Revolutionary War (1775-83), American troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan (1736-1802) routed British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton (1754-1833). The Americans inflicted heavy casualties on the British, and the battle was a turning point in the war’s Southern campaign. -
The Battle of Guilford Courthouse Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina
The Battle of Guilford Courthouse in North Carolina, on March 15, 1781, proved pivotal to the American victory in the American Revolutionary War. Although British troops under Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis scored a tactical victory at Guilford Courthouse over American forces under Major General Nathanael Greene, the British suffered significant troop losses during the battle. Afterward, Cornwallis abandoned his campaign for the Carolinas and instead took his army into Virginia. -
The Battle of Eutaw Springs Near present-day Eutawville, South Carolina
The Battle of Eutaw Springs was a battle of the American Revolutionary War and was the last major engagement of the war in the Carolinas. British Tactical victory, American Strategic victory. -
The Battle of Yorktown Yorktown, Virginia
The Battle of Yorktown, also called the Siege of Yorktown, was the final battle of the American Revolutionary War even though the Treaty of Paris, ending the war, would not be signed for another 2 years.
