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American Revolution Battles
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The Battles of Lexington and Concord Lexington and Concord Massachusetts
These Battles were the first battles to start the American Revolutionary War. The night before and up until dawn, British troops arrived in Lexington where they were met by colonial militiamen. After the British defeated the militiamen, they moved on towards Concord. There the British came in contact with about 2,000 militamen that fired from behind objects like trees and walls. The British soon began to retreat. -
The Siege of Fort Ticonderoga Fort Ticonderoga, New York
On the morning of May 10, 1775, a very small number of militamen suprised attacked the British troops at Fort Ticonderoga and captured them. This was the first of the American Victories of the war. -
The Battle of Chelsea Creek Suffolk County, Massachusetts
This was the second military engagement for the Boston campaign in the war. This battle was fought on Chelsea Creek, marshes, mudflats, and islands of the Boston Harbor. The colonists removed livestock and burned hay on the islands northeast of the Boston peninsula, strengthing them. The British ship Diana was destroyed. This was the first naval engagement in the war. -
The battle of Bunker (Breeds) Hill Charlestown, Massachusetts
British troops numbering around 2,200 landed on Charlestown and marched into Bunker (Breeds) Hill. When the British became only yards away from the colonists that they were advancing towards, the colonists began shooting. The British retreated but quickly reformed and attacked. On the third attack, they engaged in hand to hand conflict. The Americans had no choice but to retreat. -
The Battle of Quebec Quebec City, Province of Quebec
Early in the morning, Americans advanced onto Quebec where the British troops were ready. However, General Richard Montgomery approached and the British opened fire on them. After Montgomery was killed, his men retreated. At the same time, Benedict Arnold, a colonial, and his men suffered when fire was opened on them. When the rest of the colonials arrived, the British were ready to attack again. The Americans retreated. -
The Battle of Long Island (Brooklyn Heights) Long Island, New York
The Battle of Long Island occurred when the British Army were able to move against the American Continental Army as a part of their campaign to seize New York. This gave the British the control they needed over New York to separate the northern colonies like they wanted to. The American forces escaped and continued to fight to avoid losing their whole army. -
The Battle of White Plains White Plains, New York
The American Continental Army and the British troops met, after a month of George Washington tracing their paths, at the village of White Plains. British forces numbered around 13,000 while American forces were about 14,500. However, only about 4,000 from each side fought. The Americans located where hills were behind them in case they needed to retreat. The British however, were able to make the Americans retreat. -
The Battle of Fort Washington Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York
Although the British gained control of New York City, the colonists refused to give up all of it. The American Continental Army still occupied a little piece of the northern tip. The British had planned a three-pronged attack on the colonists and Fort Washington. The British numbered around 8,000 men to the Americans 3,000. Although the colonists had little success, it did not last. The continentals retreated once again after seeing another line of British troops come through. -
The Battle of Trenton Trenton, New Jersey
Hessian forces at Trenton were around 1,400 men. Here, the leader, Colonel Johann Rall, was warned of the colonials moving. However, he pushed it aside as his men were tired and not prepared. Some say the men were actually drunk instead of tired. Washington approached Trenton and divided his men. At the same time, cannons fired on the British. Rall tried to get his men together but failed. This was a victory for the colonists. -
Battle of Princeton Princeton, New Jersey
At dawn, Washington sent a small number of men to destroy a bridge . Those men came face to face with British Redcoats, where General Hugh Mercer, leader of the Americans, was killed. Although militamen arrived, they had no effect. Washington soon arrived and and refused to retreat. The Americans rallied and were able to brake through. -
The Battle of Oriskany Oriskany, New York
This was one of the bloodiest battles of the war. This also contributed to the British fail of taking over the north. British troops marches eastward across New York to join other British men in Albany. They arrived at Fort Schuyler where 800 colonial troops arrived in attempt to win it back. However, they were ambushed by British troops. -
The Battle of Bennington Bennington, New York
British forces were commanded to advance towards Bennington to seize rebels and their supplies. Much to the British's surprise, nearly 2,000 American militman were waiting for them. They both prepared for battle on the next day, were the British forces were defeated. However, British help came soon and forced a withdrawal. -
The Battle of Brandywine Near Chadds For, Pennsylvania
This day the British attacked patriots and George Washington at Brandywine. 18,000 British troops were split into two. The troops were hidden by the fog of the morning. Taken out of surprise, the British were able to attack Washington and his men. Americans were able to slow down the attack but not stop it. Washington ordered all of his men, 11,000 of them, to retreat. -
The Battle of Saratoga (Freeman's Farm) Saratoga County, New York
This battle is known as the turning point in the war. British General John Burgoyne attacked the Colonial army. However, Benedict Arnold was granted permission to bring troops into the woods to form a block against the British. The battle took part on land known as Freeman's Farm. The British were left in possession of the land. -
The Battle of Germantown Germantown, Pennsylvania
Leading to Germantown was four routes able to be taken. Washington sent his troops divided on them. One group didn't make it and another one shot but didn't follow through. Led by John Sullivan, the first group had the job of attacking the British. The group was successful at taking the British by surprise and drove them back. The last group caused turmoil when it approached. Because the group came later, they could not see through the smoke and both American forces shot on eachother. -
The Battle of Saratoga (Bemis Heights) Saratoga County, New York
This battle is the second part of the Saratoga Battles. Burgoyne, a British General, led 1,500 me on a mission. Colonial scouts relayed the news of British troops on their way, allowing for the Americans to let out soldiers to attack. The two met at Bemis Heights. Unfortunately, the Americans were driven back by the British forces again. -
The Battle of Monmouth Monmouth, New Jersey
This battle began when British General Clinton led his men through Jersey. On the morning of June 28th (an extremely hot day), Washington had his men attack the British near Monmouth. All day, the two sides fought. Here, Mary Hays brought pitchers of water to the men and even took her husbands place at the canon when he fell during fighting. After hard fighting all day and the British attempting to drive American lines back, the British troops fell back and the Americans were left on the field. -
The Capture of Savannah Savannah, Georgia
Outnumbered greatly, the American forces were surprised by an attack from the British. American general Howe demanded the city to be evacuated and for the army to step back. During that time, the British forces took many loses when Howe's other men cut them off. However, Savannah still was under British control. -
The Siege of Charleston Charleston, South Carolina
British Commander Sir Henry Clinton landed on the coast between Savannah and Charleston. After this, Clinton marched through the land straight into Charleston, where he surrounded and took control. Although the Americans did hold out, in the end they lost. -
The Battle of Camden North of Camden, South Carolina
On this day, American General Gates took for granted the size of his men against the British, despite them outnumbering the British two to one. Unfortunately, when General Gates realized this, it was too late. By when the British charged, the Americans ran. -
The Battle of King's Mountain Near Blackburn, SC and King's Mountain, NC
British forces led by Major Ferguson advanced. Colonial forces under Colonel Campbell all grouped in the backcountry to keep bac Ferguson's advances. Ferguson lined his men up behind King's Mountain in defense. The colonial forces charged the mountain many times. Ferguson was not willing to let the Americans win so he charged down the mountain and wound up dying. Some of his men tried to surrender but unlucky for them, they were all killed by the patriots. -
The Battle of Cowpens Cowpens, South Carolina
Commander Greene of the Continental Army split his men in order to make the big British forces shrink smaller in order to fight all of Greene's men. As a result of that, the British were sent out with Tarleton to get the patriots to stop an uprising. As the British attacked, the patriots were instructed to leave the front line after two rounds fired. The British mistook that and wound up able to escape after coming in contact with rifles. This was seen as a great win for the Americans. -
The Battle of Guilford Courthouse Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina
Under Cornwallis, about 1,900 British soldiers went up against Greene's about 4,450 colonial men, who had been camping around Guilford Courthouse. The battles went on for around two hours until Greene had his men retreat. -
The Battle of Eutaw Springs Near present-day Eutawville, South Carolina
This battle was one of the bloodiest and hardest battles fought in the war. In the early morning, patriots approached British forces and forced them to abandon what was going on to fight. The British had many less men then the patriots. However, British forces, commanded by another, sprang into action when patriots began going through the camp. Both sides ended in retreating from the camp after much blood was shed. This was said to be the last major engagement in the war that was in the South. -
The Battle of Yorktown Yorktown, Virginia
This battle proved to be the last battle in the war. Before the battle, General Cornwallis had retreated to Yorktown. The British forces were eventually surrounded at Yorktown by the French and Patriots. For eleven days the forces went at the British. Finally, Cornwallis surrendered. At first, Cornwallis made many agreements with his surrender but Washington did not agree to any of them. However, when the patriots went to attack again, he surrendered.
