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American Revolution Battles
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The Battles of Lexington and Concord Lexington and Concord Massachusetts
These battles kicked off the American Revolutionary War. The battles in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy, and Cambridge. This was the first of many wins for the colonists in the war. -
The Siege of Fort Ticonderoga
This battle was a focal point in the colonist's momentum and position in the war. Fewer than a hundred colonists, under the command of their leaders, Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold of Massachusetts, crossed Lake Champlain at dawn, surprising and capturing the still-sleeping British garrison at Fort Ticonderoga. These few colonists beat Lieutenant General John Burgoyne's 8,000-man army and took control of Fort Ticonderoga. -
The Battle of Chelsea Creek
This battle took place in 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
The battle is named after Bunker Hill in Charlestown, Massachusetts, which was peripherally involved in the battle. 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
This battle took place in Quebec City, on New Years Eve of 1775. The battle was the first major defeat of the war for the Americans, and it came with heavy losses. General Richard Montgomery was killed, Benedict Arnold was wounded, and Daniel Morgan and more than 400 men were taken prisoner. This messed with the Colonists mental and physical state in the war. -
The Battle of Long Island
This battle took place in Long Island, New York. The victory over the Americans gave the British control of the strategically important city of New York. -
The Battle of White Plains
The Battle of White Plains was a battle in the New York and New Jersey campaign of the American Revolutionary War. This war was won by the British due to George Washington being chased from retreating by William Howe and his men -
The Battle of Fort Washington
This battle was fought in Manhattan, New York at Fort Washington, which was crontrolled by the colonists. 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
The Battle of Trenton was a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War that took place in Trenton, NJ. After a brief battle, almost two-thirds of the Hessian force was captured, with negligible losses to the Americans. The battle significantly boosted the Continental Army's flagging morale, and inspired re-enlistments. -
The Battle of Princeton
he Battle of Princeton was a battle of the American Revolutionary War, fought near Princeton, New Jersey. General Lord Cornwallis had left 1,400 British troops under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Mawhood in Princeton. 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
This battle took place in Oriskany, New York. It was one of the bloodiest battles in the North American theater of the American Revolutionary War and a significant engagement of the Saratoga campaign. This was one of the few battles in the war in which almost all of the participants were American; Patriots and allied Oneida fought against Loyalists and allied Indians in the absence of British regular soldiers. -
The Battle of Bennington
This battle took place in 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
This battle took place in Near Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. The "Redcoats" of the British Army defeated the American rebels in the Patriots' forces and forced them to withdraw northeast toward the American capital and largest city of Philadelphia where the Second Continental Congress had been meeting since 1775. -
The Battle of Saratoga
This battle was fought in Saratoga County, New York. British General John Burgoyne achieved a small, but costly victory over American forces led by Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold. -
The Battle of Germantown
This battle takes place in 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 end result was a British victory. -
The Battle of Saratoga (Bemis Heights)
This battle took place in Sartoga, New York. In this battle some 20,000 American soldiers surrounded Burgoyne's remaining 5,000 Redcoats at Saratoga. With supplies dwindling, Burgoyne surrendered his forces on October 17. Collectively, the two Battles of Saratoga were seen as a crucial turning point in the Revolutionary War. -
The Battle of Monmouth
This battle was fought in Monmouth County, New Jersey. The Continental Army under General George Washington attacked the rear of the British Army column commanded by Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton as they left Monmouth Court House. This war actually resulted in a "tactical draw". -
The Capture of Savannah
This battle takes place in Savannah, Georgia. Patriot militia and Continental Army units, holding the city, against a British invasion force under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell. This battle resulted in a British victory. -
The Siege of Charleston
This battle was fought in Charleston, South Carolina. 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. This battle resulted in a British victory, and the city of Charleston was surrendered to the British. -
The Battle of Camden
This battle took place in North of Camden, South Carolina.
The Battle of Camden was a major victory for the British in the Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War. -
The Battle of King's Mountain
This battle takes place Near Blackburn, SC and King's Mountain, NC. 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 of Cowpens
This battle takes place in Cowpens, South Carolina. The fight was American Colonial forces under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan and British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Sir Banastre Tarleton, as part of the campaign in the Carolinas. The result was a decisive American victory. -
The Battle of Guilford Courthouse
This battle took place in Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina. A 2,100-man British force under the command of Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis defeated Major General Nathanael Greene's 4,500 Americans. The British Army, however, lost a considerable number of men during the battle. Such heavy British casualties resulted in a strategic victory for the Americans. -
The Battle of Eutaw Springs
This battle takes place near present-day Eutawville, South Carolina and was the last major engagement of the war in the Carolinas. Both sides claimed victory. -
The Battle of Yorktown
This battle takes place in Yorktown, Virginia. This 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 peer and Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis.
