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Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord kicked off the American Revolutionary War. Tensions had been building for many years between residents of the 13 American colonies and the British authorities, particularly in Massachusetts. -
Bunker Hill (Breed's Hill)
2,200 British forces under the command of Major General William Howe and Brigadier General Robert Pigot landed on the Charlestown Peninsula then marched to Breed's Hill. -
Long Island
The battle of Long Island, also known as the battle of Brooklyn Heights, was a defeat for the Continental Army under General George Washington. -
Trenton and Princeton
In the American Revolution, battles notable as the first successes won by the Revolutionary general George Washington in the open field -
Tinconderoga
The Siege of Fort Ticonderoga occurred between 2 and 6 July 1777 at Fort Ticonderoga, near the southern end of Lake Champlain in the state of New York. -
Brandywine Creek
This battle took place in Pennsylvania, and was fought between the American Army of General George Washingotn and the British Army of General Sir William Howe. -
Saragota
The Battles of Saratoga marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War. -
Monmouth
The Battle of Monmouth was an American Revolutionary War battle fought on June 28, 1778 in Monmouth County, New Jersey. -
Savannah
The Siege of Savannah was an encounter of the American Revolutionary War in 1779. The year before, the city of Savannah, Georgia, had been captured by a British expeditionary corps under Lieutenant-Colonel Archibald Campbell. -
Vincennes
The Siege of Fort Vincennes was final victory on behalf of an Illinois patriot militia led by Revolutionary War commander Lt. Col. -
Charleston
After a storn that began on April 2, 1780, Americans suffer their worst defeat of the revolution on this day in 1780, with the unconditional surrender of Major General Benjamin Lincoln to British Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton and his army of 10,000 at Charleston, South Carolina. -
Camden
The Revolutionary War Battle of Camden set against American forces under Major General Horatio Gates against a small British field force commanded by Lieutenant General. Charles, Lord Cornwallis. -
King's Mountain
The Battle of Kings Mountain was a decided victory in South Carolina for the Patriot militia over the Loyalist militia in the Southern campaign of the American Revolutionary War. -
Cowpens
The Battle of Cowpens was a final victory by Continental Army forces under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan in South Carolina over the British Army led by Colonel Banastre Tarleton, during the Southern campaign of the American Revolutionary War. -
Guilford Courthouse
American and British forces clashed for several hours near Guilford Courthouse. The battle was the climax of several months of hard campaigning by the armies of Nathanael Greene and Charles Cornwallis. -
Yorktown
The Siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the Surrender at Yorktown or the German Battle, ending on October 19, 1781 at Yorktown, Virginia, was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington
