American Revolution Battles /// Matteo DeGeorge /// Block 4

Battles of Lexington and Concord

Apr 19, 1775

Commanding officers for Redcoats:
- Lieutenant General Hugh Percy
- Major John Pitcairn
- Major General Francis Smith Commanding officers for Colonists:
- Colonel James Barrett
- Colonel John Buttrick
- Doctor Joseph Warren
- John Parker
- William Heath Importance:
The battles of Lexington and Concord began the war. Tension had been building up for many years prior to the battles.

Battle of Fort Ticonderoga

May 10, 1775

Commanding officers of Redcoats:
- William Delaplace Commanding officers of Colonists:
- Ethan Allen
- Benedict Arnold Importance:
The fort provided heavy artillery that the colonists needed to bombard General Gage out of Boston

Battle of Bunker Hill

Jun 17, 1775

Commanding officers for the Redcoats:
- William Howe
- Thomas Gage
- Sir Robert Pigot
- James Abercrombie Commanding officers for the Colonists:
- William Prescott
- Israel Putnam
- Joseph Warren
- John Stark Importance:
Colonists severely damaged the forces of the Redcoats, and the battle served as a confidence boost to them

Battle of Trenton/Princeton

Dec 26, 1776

Commanding officers for redcoats:
- Johann Rall Commanding officers for colonists:
- George Washington
- Nathanael Greene Importance:
- Huge morale boost for colonists in the cold winter

Battle of Saratoga

Sep 19, 1777

Commanding officers for redcoats:
- John Burgoyne
- Simon Fraser
- Baron Riedesel Commanding officers for colonists:
- Horatio Gates
- Benedict Arnold
- Benjamin Lincoln
- Enoch Poor
- Ebenezer Lerned
- Daniel Morgan
- James Livingston Importance:
- Major turning point in the war, in favor of the colonists. The British respected them after this battle

Siege of Charleston

Mar 29, 1780

Commanding officers for redcoats:
- Henry Clinton
- Lord Cornwallis
- Alexander Leslie
- Mariot Arbuthnot Commanding officers for colonists:
- Benjamin Lincoln
- William Moultrie
- James Hogun
- William Woodford
- Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
- Abraham Whipple
- Louis Duportail Importance:
- Huge blow to Americans, as it was the largest surrender of arms in war

Battle of King’s Mountain

Oct 7, 1780

Commanding officers for redcoats:
- Patrick Ferguson
- Abraham DePeyster Commanding officers for colonists:
- William Campbell
- James Johnston
- John Sevier
- Frederick Hambright
- Joseph McDowell
- Benjamin Cleveland
- James Williams
- Isaac Shelby
- Joseph Winston
- William Chronicle Importance:
- First major colonist victory post-Charleston. Major morale boost, momentum swing.

Siege of Yorktown

Sep 28, 1781

Commanding officers for redcoats:
- Lord Cornwallis
- Charles O'Hara
- Banastre Tarleton
- Robert Abercromby
- Thomas Dundas
- Thomas Symonds
- Matthew Fuchs
- August Voight Commanding officers for colonists:
- George Washington
- Benjamin Lincoln
- Henry Knox
- Alexander Hamilton
- Marquis de Lafayette
- Baron von Steuben
- Thomas Nelson
- Moses Hazen
- Comte de Rochambeau
- Comte d'Aboville Importance:
- This battle ended the war. The British signed the treaty of Paris shortly after