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Battle of Bunker hill
early battle in the war
British commander
Continental Army :
William Prescott
Israel Putnam
John Stark
British Army :
William Howe
Thomas Gage
Sir Robert Pigot
Henry Clinton
British victory -
Battle of Brandywine
The British Army defeated the American Army and forced them to withdraw toward the American capital of Philadelphia -
Battle of Saratoga
convinced the French to side with the Colonists
British General John Burgoyne
American General Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold
American voctory -
Valley Forge
harsh winter in which Washington camped outside Philadelphia, training his troops. Troops became stronger and were able to fight the British easier. -
Battle of Charleston
Toward the end of the war helped stop the British's new strategy.
American General Benjamin Lincoln
British Admiral Mariot Arbuthnot
Sir Henry Clinton
Victory for the British -
Battle of Camden
Horatio gates was so ashamed Following the battle, he never held a field command again. His political connections, however, helped him avoid inquiries and courts martial into the debacle. Commanders and leaders British American
Charles Cornwallis Marquis de La Rouërie
Banastre Tarleton Johann de Kalb †
Francis Rawdon-Hastings Horatio Gates -
Battle of Kings Mountain
Decisive victory in the South for the loyalist militia against the north.
Northern commanders Southern Commander
James Johnston Abraham DePeyster
William Campbell
John Sevier
Frederick Hambright
Joseph McDowell
Benjamin Cleveland
James Williams †
Isaac Shelby
Joseph Winston
William Chronicle † -
Battle of Cowpens
The Battle of Cowpens was a battle fought by Continental Army forces under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan in South Carolina against the British Army led by Colonel Banastre Tarleton
American Victory -
Battle of Guilford Courthouse
The battle was the “largest and most hotly contested battle of the American Revolution’s southern campaign and led to the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. American victory
American Commander British Commander
Nathanael Greene Charles Cornwallis -
Battle of Yorktown
Last Battle of the revolutionary war. British commander, Cornwallis. American General George Washington.
Victory for America
