List of American Revolutionary War battles

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Campaigns and theaters of the American Revolutionary War

* Boston
* Quebec
* Nova Scotia
* Northern
* New York and New Jersey
* Saratoga
* Philadelphia
* Northern after Saratoga
* Western
* Southern
* Gulf Coast
* Yorktown
* Naval (West Indies)

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American Revolutionary War: Boston campaign

Prelude; 1774

* Powder Alarm
* Suffolk Resolves

1775

* Lexington and Concord
* British Retreat to Boston
* Meriam's Corner
* Lexington Alarm
* Siege of Boston
* Thompson's War
* Menotomy
* Fairhaven
* Chelsea Creek
* Machias
* Bunker Hill
* Gloucester
* Saint John
* Falmouth
* Charlottetown

1776

* Knox artillery train
* Dorchester Heights

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Invasion of Quebec (1775)

1775

* Ticonderoga
* Fort St. Jean
* Longue-Pointe
* Arnold's expedition
* Quebec

1776

* Saint-Pierre
* The Cedars
* Trois-Rivières
* Valcour Bay

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Southern theater
1775–1779

1775

* Gunpowder Incident
* Kemp's Landing
* Snow Campaign
* Savage's Old Fields
* Great Cane Brake
* Great Bridge

1776

* Norfolk
* Moore's Creek Bridge
* Rice Boats
* Tybee Island
* Round Mountain
* Sullivan's Island
* Gwynn's Island
* Lindley's Fort
* Coweecho River

1777

* Thomas Creek

1778

* Alligator Bridge
* 1st Savannah

1779

* Beaufort
* Van Creek
* Kettle Creek
* Brier Creek
* Chesapeake raid
* Stono Ferry
* Fort Bute
* Lake Pontchartrain
* Charles Town
* Baton Rouge
* 2nd Savannah

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New York and New Jersey campaign
1776–1777

* Long Island
* The Turtle
* Staten Island Peace Conference
* Kip's Bay
* Harlem Heights
* Pell's Point
* Mamaroneck
* White Plains
* Fort Washington
* Fort Lee
* Geary Ambush
* Iron Works Hill
* Delaware crossing
* Trenton
* Assunpink Creek
* Princeton
* Forage War
* Millstone

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Saratoga campaign
1777

* Fort Ticonderoga
* Hubbardton
* Fort Anne
* Slaying of Jane McCrea
* Fort Stanwix
* Oriskany
* Bennington
* Saratoga
* Freeman's Farm
* Bemis Heights
* Forts Clinton and Montgomery
* Kingston

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Philadelphia campaign
1777–1778

* Bound Brook
* Short Hills
* Staten Island
* Cooch's Bridge
* Brandywine
* Clouds
* Paoli
* Germantown
* Red Bank
* Fort Mifflin
* Gloucester
* White Marsh
* Matson's Ford
* Valley Forge
* Conway Cabal
* Quinton's Bridge
* Clow Rebellion
* Crooked Billet
* Barren Hill
* Carlisle Peace Commission
* Monmouth

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Northern frontier
after 1777

* Cobleskill
* Wyoming Valley
* Big Runaway
* German Flatts
* Unadilla and Onaquaga
* Carleton's Raid
* Cherry Valley
* Minisink
* Sullivan Expedition
* Newtown
* Boyd and Parker
* Royalton Raid
* Klock's Field
* Johnstown
* Cedar Bridge

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American Revolutionary War: Post-1777 New York City theater

* Baylor
* Edgar's Lane
* Stony Point
* Paulus Hook
* Young's House
* Connecticut Farms
* 1st Long Island
* Springfield
* Bull's Ferry
* Pine's Bridge
* 2nd Long Island
* Delaware Bay

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Southern theater
1780–1783

1780

* 1st Mobile
* Charleston
* Moncks Corner
* Lenud's Ferry
* Waxhaws
* Mobley's Meeting House
* Ramsour's Mill
* Huck's Defeat
* Colson's Mill
* Rocky Mount
* Hanging Rock
* Camden
* Fishing Creek
* Musgrove Mill
* Graham's Fort
* Wahab's Plantation
* Black Mingo
* Charlotte
* McIntyre Farm
* Kings Mountain
* Shallow Ford
* Tearcoat Swamp
* Fishdam Ford
* Blackstock's Farm

1781

* Yorktown Campaign
* Richmond
* Waters Creek
* Cape Henry
* Blandford
* Spencer's Ordinary
* Green Spring
* Francisco
* Chesapeake
* Yorktown

* The Village
* Cowpens
* Cowan's Ford
* Torrence's Tavern
* Hart's Mill
* Summerfield
* Pyle's Massacre
* Wetzell's Mill
* Pensacola
* Guilford Court House
* Fort Watson
* Hobkirk's Hill
* Fort Motte
* Portevent’s Mill
* Augusta
* Ninety-Six
* House in the Horseshoe
* Elizabethtown
* Eutaw Springs
* Lindley's Mill
* Raft Swamp

1782

* Videau's Bridge
* Wambaw
* Combahee River
* James Island

1783

* Chesapeake Bay

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Western theater

* Island Flats
* 1st Fort Henry
* Boonesborough
* Illinois
* Vincennes
* Fort Pitt
* Fort Laurens
* Chillicothe
* St. Louis
* Bird's invasion
* Piqua
* La Balme's Defeat
* Fort St. Joseph
* Coshocton
* Lochry's Defeat
* Long Run
* Gnadenhütten
* Little Mountain
* Crawford expedition
* Bryan Station
* Blue Licks
* 2nd Fort Henry
* Arkansas Post

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American Revolutionary War: Atlantic naval theatre

* Nassau
* Block Island
* Turtle Gut Inlet
* Barbados
* Yarmouth
* 1st Halifax
* Frederica
* North Channel
* 1st Charleston
* 1st Long Island
* 1st Cape Henry
* Cape Split
* Cape Breton
* Delaware Capes
* Cape Ann
* 1st Chesapeake
* 2nd Charleston
* 1st Delaware Bay
* 2nd Halifax
* 2nd Cape Henry
* Hudson Bay
* 2nd Long Island
* 2nd Delaware Bay
* Kedges Strait
* 3rd Delaware Bay
* 2nd Chesapeake Bay

This is a list of military actions in the American Revolutionary War. Actions marked with an asterisk involved no casualties.

Major campaigns, theaters, and expeditions of the war

* Boston campaign (1775–1776)
* Invasion of Quebec (1775–1776)
* New York and New Jersey campaigns (1776–1777)
* Saratoga campaign (1777)
* Philadelphia campaign (1777–1778)
* Yorktown campaign (1781)
* Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War after Saratoga (1778–1781)
* Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783)
* Western theater of the American Revolutionary War (1777–1782)
* Naval operations in the American Revolutionary War

## Battles (in chronological order)

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Battle | Date | Location | Outcome  | Ref

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Powder Alarm* | September 1, 1774 | Massachusetts | British soldiers remove military supplies  | [1]
Storming of Fort William and Mary* | December 14, 1774 | New Hampshire | American insurgents seize powder and shot after brief skirmish.  | [2]
Battles of Lexington and Concord | April 19, 1775 | Massachusetts | American insurgent victory: British forces raiding Concord driven back into Boston with heavy losses.  | [3]
Battle of Meriam's Corner | April 19, 1775 | Massachusetts | American victory. Patriots attack and inflict casualties on the British, as they retreat from Concord.
Siege of Boston | April 19, 1775 –
March 17, 1776 | Massachusetts | American victory: British eventually evacuate Boston after Americans fortify Dorchester heights  | [4]
Gunpowder Incident* | April 20, 1775 | Virginia | Virginia governor Lord Dunmore removes powder to a Royal Navy ship, standoff with American insurgents is resolved peacefully  | [1]
New York Armory Raid* | April 23, 1775 | New York | American victory: Sons of Liberty capture muskets, bayonets and cartridge boxes from the armory at City Hall  | [citation needed]
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga | May 10, 1775 | New York | Major American victory, capture British posts at Ticonderoga and Crown point  | [5]
Battle of Chelsea Creek | May 27–28, 1775 | Massachusetts | American victory - capture of British ship Diana | [6]
Battle of Machias | June 11–12, 1775 | Massachusetts (present-day Maine) | American forces capture the HM schooner Margaretta |
Battle of Bunker Hill | June 17, 1775 | Massachusetts | British victory: British drive American forces from the Charlestown peninsula near Boston but suffer heavy losses  | [7]
Capture of Turtle Bay Depot* | July 20, 1775 | New York | American victory: Sons of Liberty capture storehouse and magazine  | [8]
Battle of Gloucester | August 8, 1775 | Massachusetts | American victory  | [9]
Raid on the Battery | August 23, 1775 | New York | American victory: 23 royal cannon from The Battery were taken under fire from HMS Asia offshore  | [10]
Siege of Fort St. Jean | September 17 –
November 3, 1775 | Quebec | American victory - capture of British force and subsequently overrun Montreal and much of Quebec  | [11]
Battle of Longue-Pointe | September 25, 1775  | Quebec  | British victory  | [12]
Burning of Falmouth | October 18, 1775 | Massachusetts | British burn Falmouth  | [13]
Battle of Kemp's Landing | November 14, 1775 | Virginia | British victory  | [14]
Siege of Savage's Old Fields | November 19–21, 1775 | South Carolina | American insurgent victory - defeat of British loyalist force  | [15]
Battle of Great Bridge | December 9, 1775 | Virginia | American victory: Lord Dunmore's loyalist force is defeated  | [16]
Snow Campaign | December 1775 | South Carolina | American insurgent victory; a campaign against loyalists in South Carolina  | [15]
Battle of Great Cane Break | December 22, 1775 | South Carolina | American victory  | [17]
Battle of Quebec | December 31, 1775 | Quebec | British victory: British repulse American assault on Quebec city  | [18]
Burning of Norfolk | January 1, 1776 | Virginia | British bombard Norfolk; Americans destroy what they see as a loyalist stronghold  | [19]
Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge | February 27, 1776 | North Carolina | American victory: loyalist force of Regulators and Highlanders defeated  | [20]
Battle of the Rice Boats | March 2–3, 1776 | Georgia | British victory  | [21]
Raid of Nassau | March 3–4, 1776 | Bahamas | American victory. They raided against the Bahamas to obtain supplies  | [22]
Battle of Saint-Pierre | March 25, 1776 | Quebec | American victory  | [23]
Battle of Block Island | April 6, 1776 | Rhode Island | British victory  | [24]
Battle of The Cedars | May 18–27, 1776 | Quebec | British victory  | [25]
Battle of Round Mountain | June 1, 1776 | North Carolina | American victory
Battle of Trois-Rivières | June 8, 1776 | Quebec | British victory: Americans forced to evacuate Quebec  | [26]
Battle of Sullivan's Island | June 28, 1776 | South Carolina | American victory: British attack on Charleston is repulsed  | [27]
Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet | June 29, 1776 | New Jersey | American victory  | [28]
Battle of Gwynn's Island | July 8–10, 1776  | Virginia  | American victory  | [29]
Battle of Lindley's Fort | July 15, 1776 | South Carolina | American victory: Native Americans' attack repulsed  | [30]
Battle of Long Island | August 27, 1776 | New York | British victory: in the largest battle of the war the American army of George Washington is outflanked and routed on Long Island but later manages to evacuate to Manhattan  |
Landing at Kip's Bay | September 15, 1776 | New York | British victory: British capture New York City and hold it for the duration of the war  |
Battle of Harlem Heights | September 16, 1776 | New York | American victory: Americans repulse British attack on Manhattan  |
Battle of Coweecho River | September 19, 1776 | North Carolina | American victory  |
Battle of Valcour Island | October 11, 1776 | New York | British victory: British defeat American naval force on Lake Champlain, but victory comes too late to press the offensive against the Hudson valley  |
Battle of Mamaroneck | October 22, 1776  | New York  | British tactical victory  |
Battle of White Plains | October 28, 1776 | New York | British victory  |
Battle of Fort Cumberland | November 10–29, 1776 | Nova Scotia | British victory  |
Battle of Fort Washington | November 16, 1776 | New York | British victory: British capture 3,000 Americans on Manhattan in one of the most devastating defeats of the Continental Army in the war  |
Battle of Fort Lee | November 20, 1776 | New Jersey | British victory: Americans begin general retreat  |
Ambush of Geary | December 14, 1776 | New Jersey | American victory  |
Battle of Iron Works Hill | December 22–23, 1776 | New Jersey | British victory  |
Battle of Trenton | December 26, 1776 | New Jersey | American victory: Americans capture Hessian detachment at Trenton  |
Second Battle of Trenton | January 2, 1777 | New Jersey | American victory  |
Battle of Princeton | January 3, 1777 | New Jersey | American victory: Americans defeat a small British force, the British decide to evacuate New Jersey  |
Battle of Millstone | January 20, 1777 | New Jersey | American victory  |
Forage War | January–March 1777 | New Jersey | Americans harass remaining British forces in New Jersey  |
Battle of Punk Hill | March 8, 1777 | New Jersey | American victory  |
Battle of Bound Brook | April 13, 1777 | New Jersey | British victory  |
Battle of Ridgefield | April 27, 1777 | Connecticut | British victory  |
Battle of Thomas Creek | May 17, 1777 | East Florida | British victory  |
Meigs Raid | May 24, 1777 | New York | American victory  |
Battle of Short Hills | June 26, 1777 | New Jersey | British victory  |
Siege of Fort Ticonderoga | July 5–6, 1777 | New York | British victory  |
Battle of Hubbardton | July 7, 1777 | Vermont | British victory  |
Battle of Fort Ann | July 8, 1777 | New York | British victory  |
Siege of Fort Stanwix | August 2–23, 1777 | New York | American victory: British fail to take Fort Stanwix  |
Battle of Oriskany | August 6, 1777 | New York | British victory  |
Battle of the Flockey | August 13, 1777  | New York  | American victory; first American Cavalry charge  |
Second Battle of Machias | August 13–14, 1777 | Massachusetts (present-day Maine) | British victory  |
Battle of Bennington | August 16, 1777 | New York | American victory  |
Battle of Staten Island | August 22, 1777 | New York | British victory  |
Battle of Setauket | August 22, 1777 | New York | British victory  |
First siege of Fort Henry | September 1 or 21, 1777 | Virginia | American victory  |
Battle of Cooch's Bridge | September 3, 1777 | Delaware | British victory  |
Battle of Brandywine | September 11, 1777 | Pennsylvania | British victory  |
Battle of the Clouds | September 16, 1777 | Pennsylvania | Battle called off due to rain  |
Battle of Freeman's Farm | September 19, 1777 | New York | British tactical victory: First of the two Battles of Saratoga |
Battle of Paoli | September 21, 1777 | Pennsylvania | British victory  |
Siege of Fort Mifflin | September 26 –
November 15, 1777 | Pennsylvania | British victory  |
Battle of Germantown | October 4, 1777 | Pennsylvania | British victory  |
Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery | October 6, 1777 | New York | British victory  |
2nd Battle of Saratoga | October 7, 1777 | New York | American victory: Also called the Battle of Bemis Heights. British under Burgoyne driven back and forced to surrender 10 days later; American victory demonstrates to France that the Americans can win; Franco-American treaty follows in 1778.  |
Battle of Red Bank | October 22, 1777 | New Jersey | American victory  |
Battle of Gloucester | November 25, 1777 | New Jersey | American victory  |
Battle of White Marsh | December 5–8, 1777 | Pennsylvania | American victory  |
Battle of Matson's Ford | December 11, 1777 | Pennsylvania | British victory  |
Battle of Barbados | March 7, 1778 | Barbados | British victory  |
Battle of Quinton's Bridge | March 18, 1778 | New Jersey | British victory  |
North Channel Naval Duel | April 24, 1778 | Great Britain | American victory  |
Battle of Crooked Billet | May 1, 1778 | Pennsylvania | British victory  |
Battle of Barren Hill | May 20, 1778 | Pennsylvania | Indecisive  |
Mount Hope Bay raids | May 25–30, 1778 | Rhode Island | British victory  |
Battle of Cobleskill | May 30, 1778 | New York | British-Iroquois victory  |
Battle of Monmouth | June 28, 1778 | New Jersey | Draw: British break off engagement and continue retreat to New York  |
Battle of Alligator Bridge | June 30, 1778 | East Florida | British victory  |
Battle of Wyoming | July 3, 1778 | Pennsylvania | British-Iroquois victory  |
First Battle of Ushant | July 27, 1778 | Bay of Biscay | Indecisive  |
Battle of Newport | August 29, 1778 | Rhode Island | British victory  |
Grey's raid | September 5–17, 1778 | Massachusetts | British victory  |
Invasion of Dominica | September 7, 1778 | Dominica | French victory  |
Siege of Boonesborough | September 7, 1778 | Virginia | American victory  |
Attack on German Flatts | September 17, 1778 | New York | British-Iroquois victory  |
Baylor Massacre | September 27, 1778 | New Jersey | British victory  |
Battle of Edgar's Lane | September 30, 1778  | New York  | American victory  |
Raid on Unadilla and Onaquaga | October 2–16, 1778 | Indian Reserve | American victory  |
Battle of Chestnut Neck | October 6, 1778 | New Jersey | British victory  |
Affair at Little Egg Harbor | October 16, 1778 | New Jersey | British victory  |
Carleton's Raid | October 24-November 14, 1778 | Vermont | British victory  |
Cherry Valley Massacre | November 11, 1778 | New York | British-Iroquois victory  |
Action of 12 December 1779 | December 15, 1778 | Honduras | British victory  |
Capture of St. Lucia | December 18–28, 1778 | St. Lucia | British victory  |
Capture of Savannah | December 29, 1778 | Georgia | British victory  |
Battle of Beaufort | February 3, 1779 | South Carolina | American victory  |
Battle of Kettle Creek | February 14, 1779 | Georgia | American victory  |
Siege of Fort Vincennes | February 23–25, 1779 | Indiana | American victory  |
Battle of Brier Creek | March 3, 1779 | Georgia | British victory  |
Battle of Chillicothe | May 1779 | Quebec | American victory  |
Chesapeake raid | May 10–24, 1779 | Virginia | British victory  |
Capture of Saint Vincent | June 16–18, 1779 | St. Vincent | French victory  |
Battle of Stono Ferry | June 20, 1779 | South Carolina | British victory  |
Great Siege of Gibraltar | June 24, 1779 – February 7, 1783 | Gibraltar | British victory  |
Capture of Grenada | July 2, 1779 | Grenada | French victory  |
Tryon's raid | July 5–14, 1779 | Connecticut | British victory  |
Battle of Grenada | July 6, 1779 | Grenada | French victory  |
Battle of Stony Point | July 16, 1779 | New York | American victory  |
Battle of Minisink | July 22, 1779 | New York | British-Iroquois victory  |
Penobscot Expedition | July 24-August 29, 1779 | Massachusetts | British victory  |
Battle of Paulus Hook | August 19, 1779 | New Jersey | American victory  |
Battle of Newtown | August 29, 1779 | Indian Reserve | American victory  |
Capture of Fort Bute | September 7, 1779 | West Florida | American-Spanish victory  |
Battle of Lake Pontchartrain | September 10, 1779 | West Florida | American victory  |
Boyd and Parker ambush | September 13, 1779 | Indian Reserve | British-Iroquois victory  |
Action of 14 September 1779 | September 14, 1779 | Azores | British victory  |
Siege of Savannah | September 16-October 18, 1779 | Georgia | British victory  |
Battle of Baton Rouge | September 20–21, 1779 | West Florida | American-Spanish victory  |
Battle of Flamborough Head | September 23, 1779 | Great Britain | American victory  |
Action of 6 October 1779 | October 6, 1779  | France  | French victory  |
Battle of San Fernando de Omoa | October 16-November 29, 1779 | Guatemala | British victory  |
Action of 11 November 1779 | November 11, 1779 | Portugal | British victory  |
Action of 20 November 1779 | November 20, 1779  | Portugal  | British victory  |
First Battle of Martinique | December 18, 1779 | Martinique | British victory  |
Action of 8 January 1780 | January 8, 1780 | Spain | British victory  |
Battle of Cape St. Vincent | January 16, 1780 | Portugal | British victory  |
Battle of Young's House | February 3, 1780 | New York | British victory  |
Battle of Van Creek | February 11, 1780  | Georgia  | Loyalist victory  |
San Juan Expedition | March–November, 1780 | Guatemala | American-Spanish victory  |
Battle of Fort Charlotte | March 2–14, 1780 | West Florida | American -Spanish victory  |
Siege of Charleston | March 29-May 12, 1780 | South Carolina | British victory: British recapture South Carolina following the battle  |
Battle of Monck's Corner | April 14, 1780 | South Carolina | British victory  |
Second Battle of Martinique | April 17, 1780 | Martinique | American victory  |
Battle of Lenud's Ferry | May 6, 1780 | South Carolina | British victory  |
Bird's invasion of Kentucky | May 25-August 4, 1780 | Virginia | British victory  |
Battle of St. Louis | May 25, 1780 | Louisiana (present-day Missouri) | Patriot-Spanish victory  |
Battle of Waxhaws | May 29, 1780 | South Carolina | British victory  |
Battle of Connecticut Farms | June 7, 1780 | New Jersey | British victory  |
Battle of Mobley's Meeting House | June 10–12, 1780 | South Carolina | American victory  |
Battle of Ramsour's Mill | June 20, 1780 | North Carolina | American victory  |
Battle of Springfield | June 23, 1780 | New Jersey | American victory  |
Huck's Defeat | July 12, 1780 | South Carolina | American victory  |
Battle of Bull's Ferry | July 20–21, 1780 | New Jersey | Loyalist victory  |
Battle of Colson's Mill | July 21, 1780 | North Carolina | American victory  |
Battle of Rocky Mount | August 1, 1780 | South Carolina | Loyalist victory  |
Battle of Hanging Rock | August 6, 1780 | South Carolina | American victory  |
Battle of Pekowee | August 8, 1780 | Quebec | American victory  |
Action of 9 August 1780 | August 9, 1780 | Atlantic | Franco-Spanish victory  |
Action of 10 August 1780 | August 10, 1780  | France  | British victory  |
Action of 13 August 1780 | August 13, 1780  | Ireland  | British victory  |
Battle of Camden | August 16, 1780 | South Carolina | British victory  |
Battle of Fishing Creek | August 18, 1780 | South Carolina | British victory  |
Battle of Musgrove Mill | August 18, 1780 | South Carolina | American victory  |
Battle of Black Mingo | August 28, 1780 | South Carolina | American victory  |
Battle of Graham's Fort | September 1, 1780 | North Carolina | American victory  |
Battle of Wahab's Plantation | September 20, 1780 | South Carolina | American victory  |
Battle of Charlotte | September 26, 1780 | North Carolina | British victory  |
Action of 30 September 1780 | September 30, 1780  | Bermuda  | British victory  |
Battle of McIntyre Farm | October 3, 1780 | North Carolina | American victory  |
Battle of Kings Mountain | October 7, 1780 | South Carolina | American victory: halts first British invasion of North Carolina  |
Battle of Shallow Ford | October 14, 1780  | North Carolina  | American victory  |
Royalton Raid | October 16, 1780 | Vermont | British victory  |
Battle of Klock's Field | October 19, 1780 | New York | American victory  |
Battle of Tearcoat Swamp | October 25, 1780  | South Carolina  | American victory  |
La Balme's Defeat | November 5, 1780 | Quebec | British-Iroquois victory  |
Battle of Fishdam Ford | November 9, 1780 | South Carolina | American victory  |
Battle of Blackstock's Farm | November 20, 1780 | South Carolina | American victory  |
Battle of Fort St. George | November 23, 1780 | New York | American victory  |
Battle of Hammond's Store | December 30, 1780 | South Carolina | American Victory  |
Battle of Jersey | January 6, 1781 | Jersey | British victory  |
Battle of Mobile | January 7, 1781 | West Florida | American-Spanish victory  |
Battle of Cowpens | January 17, 1781 | South Carolina | American victory  |
Battle of Cowan's Ford | February 1, 1781 | North Carolina | British victory  |
Capture of Sint Eustatius | February 3, 1781 | Sint Eustatius | British victory  |
Battle of Summerfield | February 12, 1781 | North Carolina  | Patriot victory  |
Battle of Harts Mill | February 17, 1781 | North Carolina | American victory  |
Battle of Haw River | February 24, 1781 | North Carolina | American victory  |
Battle of Wetzell's Mill | March 6, 1781 | North Carolina | British victory  |
Siege of Pensacola | March 9-May 8, 1781 | West Florida | American-Spanish victory  |
Battle of Guilford Court House | March 15, 1781 | North Carolina | British victory  |
Battle of Cape Henry | March 16, 1781 | Virginia | British strategic victory, tactically indecisive  |
Battle of Beattie's Mill | March 21, 1781 | South Carolina | American victory  |
Siege of Fort Watson | April 15–23, 1781 | South Carolina | American victory  |
Battle of Porto Praya | April 15, 1781 | Cape Verde | Draw  |
Battle of Blandford | April 25, 1781 | Virginia | British victory  |
Battle of Hobkirk's Hill | April 25, 1781 | South Carolina | British victory  |
Battle of Fort Royal | April 29, 1781 | Martinique | French victory  |
Action of 1 May 1781 | May 1, 1781 | France | British victory  |
Battle of Fort Motte | May 8–12, 1781 | South Carolina | American victory  |
Battle of Pine's Bridge | May 14, 1781  | New York  | Loyalist victory  |
Battle of Portevent's Mill | May 16, 1781  | North Carolina  | American victory  |
Siege of Augusta | May 22-June 6, 1781 | Georgia | American victory  |
Siege of Ninety-Six | May 22-June 18, 1781 | South Carolina | British victory  |
Invasion of Tobago | May 24-June 2, 1781 | Tobago | French victory  |
Action of 30 May 1781 | May 30, 1781 | Barbary Coast | British victory  |
Battle of Spencer's Ordinary | June 26, 1781 | Virginia | British victory  |
Francisco's Fight | July 1781 | Virginia | American victory  |
Battle of Green Spring | July 6, 1781 | Virginia | British victory  |
Naval battle of Louisbourg | July 21, 1781 | Nova Scotia | Franco-American victory  |
Battle of Dogger Bank | August 5, 1781 | North Sea | British victory  |
Battle of Piqua | August 8, 1781  | Ohio  | American victory  |
Invasion of Minorca | August 19, 1781 – February 5, 1782 | Minorca | Franco-Spanish victory  |
Lochry's Defeat | August 24, 1781 | Quebec | British-Iroquois victory  |
Battle of Elizabethtown | August 27, 1781 | North Carolina | American victory  |
Battle of the Chesapeake | September 5, 1781 | Virginia | French victory  |
Battle of Groton Heights | September 6, 1781 | Connecticut | British victory  |
Battle of Eutaw Springs | September 8, 1781 | South Carolina | British victory  |
Battle of Lindley's Mill | September 13, 1781 | North Carolina | American victory  |
Long Run Massacre | September 13, 1781 | Virginia | British-Iroquois victory  |
Battle of Yorktown | September 28-October 19, 1781 | Virginia | Franco-American victory: Cornwallis surrenders his entire force of over 7,000; escape blocked by the French navy. Last major land battle of the war.  |
Battle of Fort Slongo | October 3, 1781 | New York | American victory  |
Battle of Raft Swamp | October 15, 1781 | North Carolina | American victory  |
Battle of Johnstown | October 25, 1781 | New York | American victory  |
Second Battle of Ushant | December 12, 1781 | Bay of Biscay | British victory  |
Battle of Videau's Bridge | January 2, 1782 | South Carolina | British victory  |
Siege of Brimstone Hill | January 11-February 13, 1782 | St. Christopher | Franco-American victory  |
Action of 15 January 1782 | January 15, 1782  | Jamaica  | British victory  |
Capture of Demerara and Essequibo | January 22-February 5, 1782 | Demerara and Essequibo | Franco-American victory  |
Battle of Saint Kitts | January 25–26, 1782 | St. Christopher | British victory  |
Capture of Montserrat | February 22, 1782 | Montserrat | French victory  |
Battle of Wambaw | February 24, 1782 | South Carolina | British victory  |
Gnadenhütten massacre | March 8, 1782 | Ohio |  |
Battle of Roatán | March 16, 1782 | Guatemala | American-Spanish victory  |
Action of 16 March 1782 | March 16, 1782 | Strait of Gibraltar | British victory  |
Battle of Little Mountain | March 22, 1782 | Virginia | British-Iroquois victory  |
Battle of Delaware Bay | April 8, 1782 | New Jersey | American victory  |
Battle of the Saintes | April 9–12, 1782 | Dominica | British victory  |
Battle of the Black River | April–August, 1782 | Guatemala | British victory  |
Battle of the Mona Passage | April 19, 1782 | Mona passage | British victory  |
Action of 20–21 April 1782 | April 20–21, 1782 | Bay of Biscay | British victory  |
Capture of the Bahamas | May 6, 1782 | Bahamas | Patriot-Spanish victory  |
Crawford expedition | May 25-June 12, 1782 | Quebec | British-Iroquois victory  |
Naval battle off Halifax | May 28–29, 1782 | Nova Scotia | British victory  |
Raid on Chester | June 30, 1782 | Nova Scotia | British victory  |
Raid on Lunenburg | July 1, 1782 | Nova Scotia | American victory  |
Hudson Bay Expedition | August 8, 1782 | Rupert's Land | Franco-American victory  |
Siege of Bryan Station | August 15–17, 1782 | Virginia | American victory  |
Battle of Blue Licks | August 19, 1782 | Virginia | British-Iroquois victory  |
Battle of the Combahee River | August 27, 1782 | South Carolina | British victory  |
Action of 4 September 1782 | September 4, 1782 | France | British victory  |
Action of 5 September 1782 | 5 September 1782 | Long Island | Inconclusive  |
Siege of Fort Henry | September 11–13, 1782 | Virginia | American victory  |
Grand Assault on Gibraltar | September 13, 1782 | Gibraltar | British victory  |
Action of 15 September 1782 | 15 September 1782 | Delaware Bay | British victory  |
Action of 18 October 1782 | October 18, 1782 | Hispaniola | British victory  |
Battle of James Island | November 14, 1782 | South Carolina | British victory  |
Action of 6 December 1782 | December 6, 1782 | Martinique | British victory  |
Battle of the Delaware Capes | 20 - 21 December 1782 | Cape May | British victory  |
Battle of Cedar Bridge | December 27, 1782 | New Jersey | American victory: Captains Richard Shreve and Edward Thomas engaged John Bacon and his Loyalist bandits (known now as "Refugees") at Cedar Bridge. A brief exchange of gunfire took place, and Bacon and his men were able to escape. This was the last land battle in the U.S.  |
Action of 2 January 1783 | January 2, 1783 | Hispaniola | Inconclusive  |
Action of 22 January 1783 | January 22, 1783 | Virginia | British victory  |
Action of 15 February 1783 | February 15, 1783 | Guadeloupe | British victory  |
Action of 17 February 1783 | 17 February 1783 | Cuba | British victory  |
Recapture of the Bahamas | 14–18 April 1783 | Bahamas | British victory  |
Battle of Arkansas Post | 17 April 1783 | Louisiana (present-day Arkansas) | Spanish Victory

## See also

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* Modern history portal

* List of British Forces in the American Revolutionary War
* List of Continental Forces in the American Revolutionary War
* List of George Washington articles

## References

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| Philosophy|

* American Enlightenment
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Royalists|

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* Loyalists
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Colonials|

* Loyal Nine
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* Committee of Secret Correspondence
* Halifax Resolves
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* Declaration of Independence
* Model Treaty
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* Confederation Congress

Events|

* French and Indian War
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* Boston Massacre
* British credit crisis of 1772–1773
* Gaspee affair
* Hutchinson letters affair
* Boston Tea Party
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* Powder Alarm

* Combatants
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* Colonies

| Combatants|

| United Colonies/Thirteen Colonies|

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Kingdom of Great Britain|

* Parliament
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* European allies of King George III

Colonial allies|

* France
* Franco-American Treaty
* Army
* Navy
* Hortalez et Cie
* German supporters of Congress

Campaigns and
theaters

* Boston
* Quebec
* Nova Scotia
* New York and New Jersey
* Saratoga
* Philadelphia
* Northern
* Northern after Saratoga
* Southern
* Western
* Yorktown
* Naval battles

Major battles|

* Lexington and Concord
* Boston
* Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
* Bunker Hill
* Quebec
* Valcour Island
* Long Island
* Harlem Heights
* Fort Washington
* Trenton
* Assunpink Creek
* Princeton
* Siege of Fort Ticonderoga
* Bennington
* Saratoga
* Oriskany
* Brandywine
* Germantown
* Monmouth
* St. Lucia
* Grenada
* Stony Point
* Sullivan Expedition
* Savannah
* Gibraltar
* Cape St. Vincent
* Charleston
* Connecticut Farms
* Springfield
* Camden
* Kings Mountain
* Cowpens
* Pensacola
* Guilford Court House
* Lochry's Defeat
* Chesapeake
* Yorktown
* The Saintes

Other events|

* Staten Island Peace Conference
* "First Salute"
* Washington's crossing of the Delaware River
* Conway Cabal
* Valley Forge
* Entry of France into war
* Carlisle Peace Commission
* Gordon Riots
* Pennsylvania Mutiny of 1781
* Sint Eustatius
* Newburgh Conspiracy
* Pennsylvania Mutiny of 1783

Related conflicts|

* Cherokee–American wars
* Fourth Anglo-Dutch War
* Second Anglo-Mysore War

Involvement (by
colony or location)

| Rebel colonies|

* Connecticut
* Delaware
* Georgia
* Maryland
* Massachusetts
* New Hampshire
* New Jersey
* New York
* North Carolina
* Pennsylvania
* Rhode Island
* South Carolina
* Virginia

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Loyal colonies|

* East Florida
* Nova Scotia
* Quebec
* West Florida

Leaders

| British|

| Military|

* Arbuthnot
* Brant
* Burgoyne
* Campbell
* Carleton
* Clinton
* Cornwallis
* Fraser
* Gage
* Graves
* Richard Howe
* William Howe
* Knyphausen
* Rodney

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Civilian|

* King George III
* Amherst
* Barrington
* Germain
* North
* Rockingham
* Sandwich
* Shelburne

Colonial|

| Military|

* Washington
* Alexander
* Allen
* Arnold
* Barry
* Claghorn
* Clark
* Duportail
* Gates
* Greene
* Hamilton
* Hopkins
* Jones
* de Kalb
* Knox
* Lafayette
* Charles Lee
* Lincoln
* Mercer
* Montgomery
* Nicholson
* Putnam
* Rodney
* St. Clair
* Schuyler
* von Steuben
* Sullivan
* Ward
* Wayne

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Civilian|

* John Adams
* Samuel Adams
* Carroll
* Dickinson
* Franklin
* Hancock
* Hanson
* Henry
* Huntington
* Jay
* Jefferson
* Laurens
* Richard Henry Lee
* McKean
* Morris
* Revere
* Rush
* Witherspoon

Colonial allies|

| French|

* Louis XVI
* Beaumarchais
* d'Estaing
* de Grasse
* de Guichen
* Luzerne
* de Rochambeau
* Suffren
* Vergennes

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Aftermath

* Society of the Cincinnati
* Treaty of Paris (1783)
* Evacuation Day (1783)
* Ratification Day (1784)
* Constitutional Convention
* The Federalist Papers
* Constitution
* Bill of Rights
* Shays's Rebellion
* Jay Treaty

* Related topics

| Military|

* Prisoners
* The Turtle
* Tomb of the Unknown Revolutionary War Soldier

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Political|

* Founding Fathers
* Diplomacy
* Liberty Tree
* Yankee Doodle

Other topics|

* Timeline of the American Revolution
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