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American Revolution Battles
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Battles of Lexington and Concord
This battle kicked off the American Revolutionary War. British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord in order to seize an arms cache. A confrontation on the Lexington town green started off the fighting, and soon the British were hastily retreating under intense fire. -
The Siege of Fort Ticonderoga
Almost hundred of militiamen, under the joint command of their leaders, Ethan Allen, and Benedict Arnold of Massachusetts, crossed Lake Champlain at dawn, surprising and capturing the still-sleeping British at Fort Ticonderoga. -
The Battle of Chelsea Creek
The American colonists took victory in this battle- it was also the first naval engagement of the Revolutionary War.The Battle of Chelsea Creek started when American militiamen, led by Colonel John Stark, attacked Chelsea, on the northern shore of Boston Harbor, for livestock and any other supplies and to burn hay the British needed to feed their animals. -
The Battle of Bunker (Breeds) Hill
The Americans lost at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts, which left the British with another victory. 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
Patriot forces under Colonel Benedict Arnold and General Richard Montgomery attempted to capture the British-occupied city of Quebec and with it win support for the American cause in Canada. The attack failed.The Battle of Quebec was the first major defeat of the Revolutionary War for the Americans. -
The Battle of Long Island (Brooklyn Heights)
The battle was part of a British campaign to seize control of New York and thereby isolate New England from the rest of the colonies. Washington’s defeat may have led to the surrender of his entire force, but his intuition instead allowed him to escape and continue the fight. -
The Battle of White Plains
The Battle of White Plains was a military conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in North America during the American Revolutionary War. It followed the escape of George Washington and his troops from Charleston at the Battle of Sullivan's Island. -
The Battle of Fort Washington
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 Hessian force at Trenton numbered 1,400 under the leadership of Colonel Johann Rall. Although Rall had received warnings of colonial movements, his men were exhausted and unprepared for Washington’s attack. Meanwhile, Colonel Henry Knox’s cannons fired on the garrison. The Hessians quickly surrendered. All told, 22 were killed, 92 wounded, 918 captured and 400 escaped. The Americans suffered two frozen to death and five wounded. -
The Battle of Princeton
The Battle of Princeton was a classic meeting engagement, both sides stumbled into one another. Washington advanced to Princeton by a back road, where he pushed back a smaller British force but had to retreat before Cornwallis arrived with reinforcements. -
The Battle of Oriskany
This Battle was one of the bloodiest battles in the North American theater of the American Revolutionary War and a significant engagement of the Saratoga campaign.Hearing of Herkimer’s column, St. Ledger dispatched Sir John Johnson and about 100 Loyalist light infantry, supplemented by about 400 Mohawks. Herkimer and his men withdrew to Fort Dayton, -
The Battle of Bennington
A rebel force of 2,000 men, primarily made up of New Hampshire and Massachusetts militiamen, led by General John Stark, and reinforced by men led by Colonel Seth Warner and members of the notorious Green Mountain Boys, decisively defeated a detachment of General John Burgoyne’s army led by Lieutenant Colonel Friedrich Baum. -
The Battle of Brandywine
Was fought between the American Continental Army of General George Washington and the British Army of General Sir William Howe. General Sir William Howe and General Charles Cornwallis launch a full-scale British attack on General George Washington and the Patriot outpost. -
The Battle of Saratoga (Freeman's Farm)
Known as the turning point of the Revolutionary War, 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 was a major engagement in the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War. It was fought between the British Army led by Sir William Howe, and the American Continental Army, with the 2nd Canadian Regiment, under George Washington. -
The Battle of Saratoga (Bemis Heights)
Burgoyne led 1,500 of his men on a reconnaissance mission. The forces met at Bemis Heights. Arnold played a major role in the attack, charging to the front and leading the American forces in battle. They drove the British forces back to their camp, again inflicting heavy losses. -
The Battle of Monmouth
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. -
The Capture of Savannah
A battle that was pitting local American Patriot militia and Continental Army units, holding the city, against a British invasion force under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell. -
The Siege of Charleston
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. After approximately six weeks of siege, Major General Benjamin Lincoln, commanding the Charleston garrison, surrendered his forces to the British, resulting in one of the worst American defeats of the war. -
The Battle of Camden North
Despite the fact that his men suffered from sickness on the night of August 15, General Horatio Gates chose to engage the British on the morning of August 16. Although the Continentals outnumbered the British,the encounter was a disaster. -
The Battle of King's Mountain
American victory over a loyalist detachment in South Carolina during the British campaign in the South. Major Patrick Ferguson and his force of Loyalists was assigned to secure the region to the west of the mountains. -
The Battle of Cowpens
The Battle of Cowpens was a very important victory for the Americans in their fight for independence from Great Britain; in fact it was the beginning of the end for the British in this war. -
The Battle of Guilford Courthouse
1,900 British soldiers under Cornwallis went on the offensive against Greene’s 4,400 Continental troops and militia. The battle raged for around two hours before Greene ordered his troops to retreat, giving the British a victory. -
The Battle of Eutaw Springs
This battle was one of the hardest fought and bloodiest battles of the Revolution and proved to be the last major engagement of the war to take place in the South. -
The Battle of Yorktown
Although the war continued on the high seas and in other theaters, the Patriot victory at Yorktown ended fighting in the American colonies.This was the most important battle of the Revolutionary War.
