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Battle of Bunker Hill
The battle was a tactical victory for the British: Bunker Hill in Charleston, Massachusetts, which was peripherally involved in the battle. command of William Prescott -
Battle of Brandywine
was fought between the American army of General George Washington and the British army of General Sir William Howe, -
Battle of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga marked a turning point in the Revolutionary War. The Battle of Saratoga was the turning point of the Revolutionary War.; Commander: Benedict Arnold, -
Valley Forge
military camp; northwest of Philadelphia where the American Continental Army spent the winter of 1777–78 during the American Revolutionary War. Starvation, disease, malnutrition, February 1778; General George Washington -
Battle of Guilford Courthouse
During the American Revolutionary War. A 2,100-man British force under the command of Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis defeated Major General Nathanael Greene's 4,500 Americans. -
Battle of Charleston
after the British began to shift their strategic focus to the American Southern Colonies. After about six weeks of siege, Continental Army Major General Benjamin Lincoln surrendered forces numbering about 5,000 to the British. -
Battle of Camden
was a major victory for the British in the Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War; of Major General Horatio Gates -
Battle of Kings Mountains
an important American victory during the Revolutionary War. The battle was the first major patriot victory to occur; commanded by British Major Patrick Ferguson -
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, during the Southern campaign of the American Revolutionary War. It was a turning point in the patriots' reconquest of South Carolina from British control -
Battle of Yorktown
Was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops led by the Comte De Rochambeau over a British Army commanded by British lord and Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis.
