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