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American Revolution Battles
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The Battle of Lexington and Concord and Concord Massachusetts
During this event British soldiers marched from Boston to Concord in order to take over a nearby arms hideaway. Paul Revere sounded the alarm with the help of many other riders, the Militiamen stationed there began to mobilize and got into position to attack the British at Lexington very soon the British began their retreat from the battle. -
The Siege of Fort Ticonderoga Fort Ticonderoga New York
In this battle Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys along with the help of Benedict Arnold initiated a before dawn surprise attack on the British troops and take over the Fort and give the Colonials much needed artillery. -
The Battle of Chelsea Creek Suffolk County, Massachusetts
The colonists sieged Boston by removing livestock and hay out of British regulars reach, the British schooner as destroyed and its weaponry was taken by the colonists, this was the first naval capture of the war and a big morale boost to the colonists. -
The Battle of Bunker (Breeds) Hill Charlestown, Massachusetts
This event took place on June 16th and was led by Colonel William Prescott who had the colonists build a small base on Breeds hill where most of the battle took place. This battle was when the famous line of don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes cam from, the colonists held off the British for two attacks but after falling short on ammo the third time the hill was taken over, -
The Battle of Quebec Quebec City, Province of Quebec
The attack was set into action on the last day of 1775 and was led by Colonel Benedict Arnold, and General Richard Montgomery for Canadian support in the war, this attack failed and Montgomery died being the first major defeat. -
The Battle of Long Island (Brooklyn Heights) Long Island, New York
During this Battle George Washingotn stationed about one third or 20,000 troops on his left flank in Brooklyn, after General Nathaniel Greene fell ill he was replaced by General Israel Putnam. The British attacked and were surprised and had to retreat and during the night of August 29th Washington abandoned Long Island -
The Battle of White Plains White Plains, New York 1
In this Battle George Washington began to attack General William Howe's men as they landed on the east of the Bronx River Washington' men attacked them and sent them back to their boats where they went up river and landed again, Washington predicted this and went up to White Plains to attack them, Washington still did wind up retreating but not without significant damage. -
The Battle of Fort Washington Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York 1
General William Howe after successfully winning against Washington back in August went go and attack again, Washington this time set up a defense and while the colonists were outnumbered 3,00 men to 8,000 the Colonists received initial success getting many casualties and repulsing two Hessian charges. The British did punch through the lines and caused damage. After this General Magaw saw this as a lost cause and surrendered the fort and walked away with his 2,800 surviving defenders -
The Battle of Trenton Trenton, New Jersey
Washington crossed the Delaware River the day before and attacked the many Hessian soldiers stationed at Trenton, Colonel Johann Ral was attacked by surprise by all sides and was fatally wounded in the fight, the Hessian soldiers were quick to surrender and were completely dismantled during the attack, many claim they were drunker from the Christmas Day celebrations but this was never certified, in the end 22 Hessian were killed 92 were wounded 918 were captured and 400 escaped. -
The Battle of Princeton, Princeton New Jersey
During this fight Washington sent a small group with General Hugh Mercer in charge to destroy a bridge. Mercer encountered Red Coats and was killed in the fight, after small sieges from other colonels Washington arrived and rode straight through the firing lines until his horse refused to go on, after this the Americans rallied and broke through the lines -
The Battle Of Oriskany, Oriskany New York
An American party trying to help aid the current siege of Fort Stanwix a party of Loyalists and allies of several American Indian tribes, primarily Iroquois intercepted them. 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. This also marks one of the bloodiest in comparison to number with 600 total casualties. -
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,with aid from other generals and 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. It reduced the size of Burgoyne's army by nearly a thousand men. -
The Battle of Brandywine Near Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania
This battle occurred near Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania during Howe's campaign to take Philadelphia. More troops fought at Brandywine than any other battle of the American Revolution. It was also the longest single-day battle of the war, with continuous fighting for 11 hours. Due to poor scouting and planning by American Patriots they were not aware until Howe and his men were right at their right flank. -
The Battle of Saratoga (Freeman's Farm) Saratoga County, New York
This was the first part of a two battle series of events where Burgoyne was trapped and surrounded by American Patriot men. On September 19 he led an attack to try and break out of the entrapment, he obtained a small victory over General Horatio Gates but suffered significant casualties. -
The Battle of Germantown Germantown, Pennsylvania
In this battle Washington composed two flanking columns were composed of 3,000 militia. The ambition behind the plan was to surprise and destroy the British force, much in the same way as Washington had surprised and decisively defeated the Hessians at Trenton. In Germantown, Howe had his light infantry and the 40th Foot spread across his front as pickets. Fog led to confusion and defeat on American side but they had already impressed the French enough that after this the French lent a hand. -
The Battle of Saratoga (Bemis Heights) Saratoga County, New York
This battle took place 18 days after the battle in Freeman's farm Saratoga and was another attack by General Burgoyne against General Horatio Gates, however this time Gates captured some British defenses and was forced to surrender his army to Gates who refused to take his sword. -
The Battle of Monmouth Monmouth, New Jersey
In this battle Major General Nathanael Greene took the intiative and attcaked the British troops in the heat, requiring Cornwallis to withdraw. Finally, Washington tried to hit the exhausted British rear guard on both flanks, but darkness forced the end of the engagement. Both armies held the field, but the British commanding general Clinton withdrew undetected at midnight to resume his army's march to New York City. -
The Capture of Savannah Savannah, Georgia
General Sir Henry Clinton dispatched a force of 3,1000 men from New York to capture the Georgian City. He attacked the relatively weak defenses by himself with his men not waiting for the go ahead or authorization and easily seized part of the city and capture a large part or Geeral Howe's army. -
The Siege of Charleston Charleston, South Carolina
During this siege of Charleston South Carolina, General Clinton set into action a siege of the southern city hoping that a large abundance of Loyalists residing in the south would help the British forces and rise against the America patriots. After taking control Major General Benjamin Lincoln surrendered the town to the British resulting in one of the worst defeats for the Patriots in the entire war. -
The Battle of Camden North of Camden, South Carolina
Gates ordered a night march to commence at 10 PM on the 15th, despite his army of 3,052, of which two-thirds were militia, having never maneuvered together.On a collision course was Cornwallis' army, also on a 10 PM night march. A short period of confusion ensued when both forces collided around 2 AM, but both sides soon separated, not wanting a night battle. A Battle ensued the next day due to a lack of ability Americans fled resulting in a major defeat, Gates would never command an army again. -
The Battle of King's Mountain Near Blackburn, SC and King's Mountain, NC
Often regarded as the largest all American fight of the war. General Ferguson was commanding a Loyalist militia when he came into contact with a Patriot militia as Ferguson began to retreat the Patriots rushed surprising Ferguson and his men, after suffering heavy casualties Ferguson was killed and later his army surrendered. -
The Battle of Cowpens Cowpens, South Carolina
In this battle Tarleton attacked General Daniel Morgans militia as they began forming and setting up the British troops took this as a sign o movement or retreat so they began to rush to prevent such, however by the time they arrived to the front lines they were met with a volley of rifle fire and attacks. This resulted in 800 British casualties out of the 1,100 men there while the Americans suffered just 100. -
The Battle of Guilford Courthouse Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina
After a strong campaign at taking back Southern colonies by the British command General Cornwallis began to engage in a battle with General Greene. Despite the clear numbers advantage by the American patriots some say the amount of men being about 4,500 compared the British forces only 2,100, Greene lost the battle and retreated but many say he took out about 27% of the British forces in this fight which led to a strategic numbers win for the American patriots in this battle. -
The Battle of Eutaw Springs Near present-day Eutawville, South Carolina
In this battle General Greene decided to try and end the British campaign to take over the southern colonies. After strategically runnign away a month or so prior Greene came back to the garrison and led Captain John Coffin right into an ambush, Greene marched to the British forces and bega attacking taking a strong control of the battle, finally after the British failed calvary Greene ordered a retreat leaving the British forces decimated. -
The Battle of Yorktown Yorktown, Virginia
This being known as the final battle of the Revolutionary War. This battle was between General George Washington and General Cornwallis directly. With the French aid having come directly in from the seas the British were surrounded by the American Patriots army and the French naval fleets. After a short battle by the British General Cornwallis surrendered marking the end of the war. nearly 7,500 British soldiers were captured. At the ceremony General Cornwallis was absent.
