Battles of the American Revolutionary War

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Map of campaigns in the Revolutionary War

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

Contents 1 Major campaigns, theaters, and expeditions of the war 2 Battles (in chronological order) 2.1 1775 2.2 1776 2.3 1777 2.4 1778 2.5 1779 2.6 1780 2.7 1781 2.8 1782 3 External links

[edit] Major campaigns, theaters, and expeditions of the war

Campaigns and theaters Boston – Canadian – New York and New Jersey – Saratoga – Philadelphia – Western – Northern – Southern – West Indies and Gulf Coast – Naval

• Boston campaign (1774–76)
• Invasion of Canada (1775) (1775–77)
• New York and New Jersey campaigns (1776–77)
• Saratoga campaign (1777)
• Philadelphia campaign (1777–78)
• Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War after Saratoga (1778–81)
• Sullivan Expedition (1779)
• West Indies and Gulf Coast campaigns (1779–82)
• Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War (1775–83)
• Western theater of the American Revolutionary War (1779–82)
• Naval operations in the American Revolutionary War

[edit] Battles (in chronological order)

[edit] 1775

Boston campaign, 1774–1776 Powder Alarm – Lexington and Concord – Boston siege – Bunker Hill – Dorchester Heights

Canadian theater, 1775–1776 Ticonderoga – Crown Point – Longue-Pointe – Fort St. Jean – Quebec – Les Cèdres – Vaudreuil – Trois-Rivières – Valcour Bay – Fort Cumberland

• Battles of Lexington and Concord – April 19, 1775
• Siege of Boston – April 19 - March 17, 1776
• Capture of Fort Ticonderoga – May 10, 1775
• Battle of Crown Point – May 12, 1775
• Battle of St. Johns – May 14-18, 1775
• Battle of Noodles Island – May 27, 1775
• Battle of Hog Island – May 28, 1775
• Battle of Bunker Hill – June 17, 1775
• Battle of Gloucester – August 8, 1775
• Battle of Stonington – August 30, 1775
• Battle of Ile Aux Noix – September 5, 1775
• Battle of St. Johns (First) – September 18 - November 3, 1775
• Battle of Kemp's Landing – November 14, 1775
• Battle of Great Bridge – November 28 - December 9, 1775
• Battle of Quebec – December 31, 1775

[edit] 1776

New York and New Jersey, 1776–1777 Long Island – Kip's Bay – Harlem Heights – Pell's Point – White Plains – Fort Washington – 1st Trenton – 2nd Trenton – Princeton – Forage War – Bound Brook

• Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge – February 27, 1776
• Fortification of Dorchester Heights – March 4, 1776 *
• Battle of Nassau – March 2 – March 3, 1776
• Battle of the Rice Boats – March 2 – March 3, 1776
• Battle of the Cedars – May 15 – May 16, 1776
• Battle of Trois-Rivières – June 8, 1776
• Battle of Long Island – August 27, 1776 (or the Battle of Brooklyn)
• Landing at Kip's Bay – September 15, 1776
• Battle of Harlem Heights – September 16, 1776
• Battle of Valcour Island – October 11, 1776
• Battle of White Plains – October 28, 1776
• Battle of Fort Washington – November 16, 1776
• Battle of Fort Lee – November 19, 1776
• Battle of Trenton – December 26, 1776

[edit] 1777

Saratoga campaign, 1777 Ticonderoga – Hubbardton – Fort Ann – Oriskany – Bennington – 1st Saratoga (Freeman's Farm) – 2nd Saratoga (Bemis Heights)

Philadelphia campaign 1777–1778 Brandywine – Paoli – Germantown – White Marsh – Matson's Ford – Valley Forge – Crooked Billet – Barren Hill – Monmouth

• Second Battle of Trenton – January 2, 1777
• Battle of Princeton – January 3, 1777
• Battle of Millstone – January 20, 1777
• Forage War – Winter 1777
• Battle of Bound Brook – April 13, 1777
• Battle of Short Hills – June 1777
• Second Battle of Ticonderoga – July 5-July 6, 1777 *
• Battle of Hubbardton – July 7, 1777
• Battle of Fort Ann – July 8, 1777
• Battle of Oriskany – August 6, 1777
• Battle of Bennington – August 16, 1777
• Battle of Brandywine – September 11, 1777
• Paoli Massacre – September 11, 1777
• Battle of Freeman's Farm – September 19, 1777 (or 1st Saratoga)
• Battle of Germantown – October 2, 1777
• Battle of Red Bank – October 5 to November 25, 1777
• Battle of Bemis Heights – October 7, 1777 (or 2nd Saratoga)
• Battle of Saratoga – October 17, 1777
• Second Battle of Gloucester – November 25, 1777 (or Gloucester)
• Battle of White Marsh – December 5, 1777
• Battle of Matson's Ford – 11 December 1777

[edit] 1778

Northern theater after Saratoga, 1778–1781 Rhode Island – Wyoming Valley – Carleton's Raid – Cherry Valley – Stony Point – Minisink – Penobscot expedition – Sullivan expedition – Newtown – Springfield – Groton Heights

Southern theater (1775–83) Gunpowder Incident – Great Bridge – Moore's Creek Bridge – Rice Boats – Alligator Bridge – Beaufort – Kettle Creek – Briar Creek – Stono Ferry – Savannah – Waxhaw - Charleston – Camden – Kings Mountain – Cowpens – Guilford Court House – Hobkirk's Hill – Eutaw Springs – Yorktown

Western theater Boonesborough – Vincennes – Fort Laurens – St. Louis – Bird's expedition – Lochry's Defeat – Long Run – Gnadenhutten Massacre - Crawford expedition – Bryan Station – Blue Licks

Gulf Coast campaigns Fort Bute – Baton Rouge – Fort Charlotte – San Fernando – Fort San Juan – St. Louis – Mobile – Pensacola

Campaign in North American Waters 1778–1782 Newport – Penobscot – Cape Henry – Chesapeake

European waters, 1778–1782 First Ushant – Cape St. Vincent – Dogger Bank – Second Ushant – Cape Spartel – Fort St. Philip

West Indies campaign Nassau – St. Lucia – Grenada – Martinique – Fort Royal – St. Kitts – The Saintes

East Indies Campaign 1778–1783 Porto Praya – Sadras – Providien – Negapatam – Trincomalee – Cuddalore

• Battle of Freetown – May 25, 1778
• Battle of Monmouth – June 28, 1778
• Battle of Alligator Bridge – June 30, 1778
• First Battle of Ushant – July 27, 1778
• Battle of Rhode Island – August 29, 1778
• Baylor Massacre – September 27, 1778
• Little Egg Harbor massacre – October, 1778
• Battle of Chestnut Neck – October 6, 1778
• Carleton's Raid (1778) – October 24 - November 14, 1778

[edit] 1779

• Battle of Beaufort – 3 February 1779, also known as Battle of Port Royal Island
• Battle of Kettle Creek – 14 February 1779
• Battle of Vincennes – February 23 – February 25, 1779
• Battle of Briar Creek – March 3, 1779
• Battle of Stono Ferry – 20 June 1779
• Battle of Stony Point – July 16, 1779
• Battle of Paulus Hook – August 19, 1779
• Battle of Newtown – August 29, 1779
• Siege of Savannah – October 9, 1779

[edit] 1780

• Battle of Cape St. Vincent – January 16, 1780
• Siege of Charleston – March 29, 1780
• Bird's Invasion of Kentucky – May–June, 1780
• Battle of Connecticut Farms – June 6, 1780
• Battle of Springfield – June 23, 1780
• Battle of Pekowee – August 8, 1780, also known as the Battle of Piqua
• Battle of Camden – August 16, 1780
• Battle of Kings Mountain – October 7, 1780
• Royalton Raid – October 16, 1780

[edit] 1781

• Battle of Cowpens – January 17, 1781
• Battle of Guilford Court House – March 15, 1781
• Battle of Groton Heights – September 6, 1781
• Battle of Eutaw Springs – September 8, 1781
• Siege of Yorktown – September 28 – October 17, 1781
• Second Battle of Ushant – December 12, 1781

[edit] 1782

• Battle of Sadras – February 17, 1782
• Battle of the Saintes – April 9-April 12, 1782
• Battle of Blue Licks – August 19, 1782
• Battle of the Combahee River – August 27, 1782

[edit] External links

• Battles of the American Revolution