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

Battles (in chronological order)

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Powder Alarm*{{dts|September 1, 1774}}MassachusettsBritish soldiers remove military supplies

|{{Cite book |last=Richmond |first=Robert P. |title=Powder Alarm 1774 |date=1971 |publisher=Auerbach |isbn=978-0-87769-073-3 |location=Princeton}}

Storming of Fort William and Mary*{{dts|December 14, 1774}}New HampshireAmerican insurgents seize powder and shot after brief skirmish.

|{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_Zg9AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA145 |title=Cobbett's Parliamentary History of England: From the Norman Conquest, in 1066 to the Year 1803. AD 1774 - 1777 |date=1813 |publisher=Bagshaw |language=en}}

Battles of Lexington and Concord{{dts|April 19, 1775}}MassachusettsAmerican insurgent victory: British forces raiding Concord driven back into Boston with heavy losses.

|{{Cite book |last=Daughan |first=George C. |title=Lexington and Concord: The Battle heard round the world |date=2018 |publisher=W.W. Norton & Company |isbn=978-0-393-24574-5 |edition=1st |location=New York}}

Battle of Meriam's Corner{{dts|April 19, 1775}}MassachusettsAmerican victory. Patriots attack and inflict casualties on the British, as they retreat from Concord.
Siege of Boston{{dts|April 19, 1775}} –
March 17, 1776
MassachusettsAmerican victory: British eventually evacuate Boston after Americans fortify Dorchester heights

|{{Cite book |last=Chidsey |first=Donald Barr |url=http://archive.org/details/siegeofbostono00chid |title=The siege of Boston; an on-the-scene account of the beginning of the American Revolution |date=1966 |publisher=New York, Crown |others=Internet Archive}}

Gunpowder Incident*{{dts|April 20, 1775}}VirginiaVirginia governor Lord Dunmore removes powder to a Royal Navy ship, standoff with American insurgents is resolved peacefully

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New York Armory Raid*{{dts|April 23, 1775}}New YorkAmerican victory: Sons of Liberty capture muskets, bayonets and cartridge boxes from the armory at City Hall

|{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}}

Capture of Fort Ticonderoga{{dts|May 10, 1775}}New YorkMajor American victory, capture British posts at Ticonderoga and Crown point

|{{Cite book |last=Randall |first=Willard Sterne |title=Benedict Arnold: patriot and traitor |date=1990 |publisher=Morrow |isbn=978-1-55710-034-4 |edition=1st |location=New York}}

Battle of Chelsea Creek{{dts|May 27, 1775|format=hide}}{{nowrap|May 27–28, 1775}}MassachusettsAmerican victory - capture of British ship Diana

|{{Cite book |last=Nelson |first=James L. |title=George Washington's secret navy: how the American revolution went to sea |date=2008 |publisher=McGraw-Hill |isbn=978-0-07-149389-5 |location=New York}}

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}}MassachusettsBritish victory: British drive American forces from the Charlestown peninsula near Boston but suffer heavy losses

|{{Cite book |last=Ketchum |first=Richard M. |title=Decisive day: the Battle for Bunker Hill |date=1999 |publisher=H. Holt |isbn=978-0-8050-6099-7 |edition=1st |location=New York}}

Capture of Turtle Bay Depot*{{dts|July 20, 1775}}New YorkAmerican victory: Sons of Liberty capture storehouse and magazine

|{{Cite book |last=Roberts |first=Robert B. |title=Encyclopedia of historic forts: the military, pioneer, and trading posts of the United States |date=1988 |publisher=Macmillan |isbn=978-0-02-926880-3 |location=New York, N.Y. u.a |pages=603}}

Battle of Gloucester{{dts|August 8, 1775}}MassachusettsAmerican victory

|{{Cite book |last=Garland |first=Joseph E. |title=The fish and the falcon: Gloucester's resolute role in America's fight for freedom |date=2006 |publisher=History Press |isbn=978-1-59629-007-5 |location=Charleston, SC}}

Raid on the Battery{{dts|August 23, 1775}}New YorkAmerican victory: 23 royal cannon from The Battery were taken under fire from HMS Asia offshore

|{{Cite book |last=Chernow |first=Ron |title=Alexander Hamilton |date=2004 |publisher=Penguin Press |isbn=978-1-59420-009-0 |location=New York}}

Siege of Fort St. Jean{{dts|September 17}} –
November 3, 1775
QuebecAmerican victory - capture of British force and subsequently overrun Montreal and much of Quebec

|{{Cite book |last=Gabriel |first=Michael P. |title=Major general Richard Montgomery: the making of an American hero |date=2002 |publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson University Press; Associated University Press |isbn=978-0-8386-3931-3 |location=Madison, NJ : London}}

Battle of Longue-Pointe

|September 25, 1775

|Quebec

|British victory

|{{Cite web |title=Canada & the American Revolution, 1774-1783 {{!}} WorldCat.org |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/55714826 |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=search.worldcat.org |language=en}}

Burning of Falmouth{{dts|October 18, 1775}}MassachusettsBritish burn Falmouth

|{{Cite book |last=Miller |first=Nathan |title=Sea of glory: the Continental Navy fights for independence, 1775-1783 |date=1974 |publisher=D. McKay Co |isbn=978-0-679-50392-7 |location=New York}}

Battle of Kemp's Landing{{dts|November 14, 1775}}VirginiaBritish victory

|{{Cite book |last=Selby |first=John E. |title=The Revolution in Virginia, 1775-1783 |date=2007 |publisher=Colonial Williamsburg Foundation; Distributed by the University of Virginia Press |isbn=978-0-87935-233-2 |location=Williamsburg, Va. : Charlottesville, Va}}

Siege of Savage's Old Fields{{dts|November 19, 1775|format=hide}}{{nowrap|November 19–21, 1775}}South CarolinaAmerican insurgent victory - defeat of British loyalist force

|{{Cite book |last1=Alden |first1=John Richard |title=The South in the revolution: 1763 - 1789 |last2=Stephenson |first2=Wendell Holmes |date=1976 |publisher=Louisiana State Univ. Press [u.a.] |isbn=978-0-8071-0003-5 |series=A history of the South : [in eleven volumes] / eds. Wendell Holmes Stephenson |location=Baton Rouge, La.}}

Battle of Great Bridge{{dts|December 9, 1775}}VirginiaAmerican victory: Lord Dunmore's loyalist force is defeated

|{{Cite book |last=Wilson |first=David K. |title=The southern strategy: Britain's conquest of South Carolina and Georgia, 1775-1780 |date=2005 |publisher=University of South Carolina Press |isbn=978-1-57003-573-9 |location=Columbia}}

Snow Campaign{{dts|December 1775}}South CarolinaAmerican insurgent victory; a campaign against loyalists in South Carolina

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Battle of Great Cane Break{{dts|December 22, 1775}}South CarolinaAmerican victory

|Huff, 22; Bobby Gilmer Moss, The Patriots in the Snow Campaign, 1775 (Blacksburg, SC: Scotia Hibernia Press, 2007), 18.

Battle of Quebec{{dts|December 31, 1775}}QuebecBritish victory: British repulse American assault on Quebec city

|{{Cite book |last=Anderson |first=Mark R. |title=The battle for the fourteenth colony: America's war of liberation in Canada, 1774-1776 |date=2013 |publisher=University Press of New England |isbn=978-1-61168-497-1 |location=Hanover, New Hampshire}}

Burning of Norfolk{{dts|January 1, 1776}}VirginiaBritish bombard Norfolk; Americans destroy what they see as a loyalist stronghold

|{{Cite book |last=Russell |first=David Lee |title=The American Revolution in the Southern colonies |date=2000 |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=978-0-7864-0783-5 |location=Jefferson, N.C}}

Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge{{dts|February 27, 1776}}North CarolinaAmerican victory: loyalist force of Regulators and Highlanders defeated

|{{Cite book |last=Wilson |first=David K. |title=The southern strategy: Britain's conquest of South Carolina and Georgia, 1775-1780 |date=2005 |publisher=University of South Carolina Press |isbn=978-1-57003-573-9 |location=Columbia}}

Battle of the Rice Boats{{dts|March 2, 1776|format=hide}}{{nowrap|March 2–3, 1776}}GeorgiaBritish victory

|{{Cite book |last=Russell |first=David Lee |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/ocm62888912 |title=Oglethorpe and colonial Georgia: a history, 1733-1783 |date=2006 |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=978-0-7864-2233-3 |location=Jefferson, N.C |oclc=ocm62888912}}

Raid of Nassau{{dts|March 3, 1776|format=hide}}{{nowrap|March 3–4, 1776}}BahamasAmerican victory. They raided against the Bahamas to obtain supplies

|{{Cite book |last=Field |first=Edward |url=http://archive.org/details/bub_gb_GEEvAAAAYAAJ_2 |title=Esek Hopkins, commander-in-chief of the continental navy during the American Revolution, 1775 to 1778 : master mariner, politician, brigadier general, naval officer and philanthropist |date=1898 |publisher=Providence : Preston & Rounds Co. |others=Harvard University}}

Battle of Saint-Pierre{{dts|March 25, 1776}}QuebecAmerican victory

|{{Cite journal |last1=Brown |first1=Gerald S. |last2=Lanctot |first2=Gustave |last3=Cameron |first3=Margaret M. |date=1968 |title=Canada and the American Revolution, 1774-1783. |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2204675 |journal=The Journal of Southern History |volume=34 |issue=2 |pages=294 |doi=10.2307/2204675 |jstor=2204675 |issn=0022-4642}}

Battle of Block Island{{dts|April 6, 1776}}Rhode IslandBritish victory

|{{Cite book |last=Morison |first=Samuel Eliot |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hi44whI49akC&pg=PA70 |title=John Paul Jones: A Sailor's Biography |date=1999 |publisher=Naval Institute Press |isbn=978-1-55750-410-4 |language=en}}

Battle of The Cedars{{dts|May 18, 1776|format=hide}}{{nowrap|May 18–27, 1776}}QuebecBritish victory

|{{Cite book |last=Kingsford |first=William |author-link=William Kingsford |title=The History of Canada, Volume 6 |publisher=Roswell & Hutchinson |year=1893 |location=Toronto, Canada |pages=51–64 |oclc=3676642}}

Battle of Trois-Rivières{{dts|June 8, 1776}}QuebecBritish victory: Americans forced to evacuate Quebec

|{{Cite book |last=Stanley |first=George |url=https://archive.org/details/canadainvaded17700stan |title=Canada Invaded 1775–1776 |publisher=Hakkert |isbn=978-0-88866-578-2 |location=Toronto, Canada |publication-date=1973 |pages=37–132}}

Battle of Sullivan's Island{{dts|June 28, 1776}}South CarolinaAmerican victory: British attack on Charleston is repulsed

|{{Cite book |last=Russell |first=David Lee |title=Victory on Sullivan's Island: the British Cape Fear/Charles Town expedition of 1776 |date=2002 |publisher=Infinity Publishing.com |isbn=978-0-7414-1243-0 |location=Haverford, PA}}

Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet{{dts|June 29, 1776}}New JerseyAmerican victory

|{{Cite book |last1=Donnelly |first1=Mark |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/610018988 |title=Pirates of New Jersey: plunder and high adventure on the Garden State coastline |last2=Diehl |first2=Daniel |date=2010 |publisher=Stackpole Books |isbn=978-0-8117-0667-4 |edition=1st |location=Mechanicsburg, PA |oclc=610018988}}

Battle of Gwynn's Island

|July 8–10, 1776

|Virginia

|American victory

|{{Cite book |last=Boatner |first=Mark Mayo |title=Encyclopedia of the American Revolution |date=1994 |publisher=Stackpole books |isbn=978-0-8117-0578-3 |edition=3rd |location=Mechanicsburg (Pa.)}}

Battle of Lindley's Fort{{dts|July 15, 1776}}South CarolinaAmerican victory: Native Americans' attack repulsed

|{{Cite book |last=Barbour |first=R. L. |title=South Carolina's Revolutionary War Battlefields: A Tour Guide |publisher=Pelican Publishing Company |year=2002 |isbn=9781455612123 |location=Gretna, Los Angeles |pages=19}}

Battle of Long Island{{dts|August 27, 1776}}New YorkBritish 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 YorkBritish 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 YorkAmerican victory: Americans repulse British attack on Manhattan

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Battle of Coweecho River{{dts|September 19, 1776}}North CarolinaAmerican victory

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Battle of Valcour Island{{dts|October 11, 1776}}New YorkBritish 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

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Battle of White Plains{{dts|October 28, 1776}}New YorkBritish victory

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Battle of Fort Cumberland{{dts|November 10, 1776|format=hide}}{{nowrap|November 10–29, 1776}}Nova ScotiaBritish victory

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Battle of Fort Washington{{dts|November 16, 1776}}New YorkBritish 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 JerseyBritish victory: Americans begin general retreat

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Ambush of Geary{{dts|December 14, 1776}}New JerseyAmerican victory

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Battle of Iron Works Hill{{dts|December 22, 1776|format=hide}}{{nowrap|December 22–23, 1776}}New JerseyBritish victory

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Battle of Trenton{{dts|December 26, 1776}}New JerseyAmerican victory: Americans capture Hessian detachment at Trenton

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Second Battle of Trenton{{dts|January 2, 1777}}New JerseyAmerican victory

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Battle of Princeton{{dts|January 3, 1777}}New JerseyAmerican 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 JerseyAmerican victory

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Forage WarJanuary–March 1777New JerseyAmericans harass remaining British forces in New Jersey

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Battle of Punk Hill{{dts|March 8, 1777}}New JerseyAmerican victory

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Battle of Bound Brook{{dts|April 13, 1777}}New JerseyBritish victory

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Battle of Ridgefield{{dts|April 27, 1777}}ConnecticutBritish victory

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Battle of Thomas Creek{{dts|May 17, 1777}}East FloridaBritish victory

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Meigs Raid{{dts|May 24, 1777}}New YorkAmerican victory

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Battle of Short Hills{{dts|June 26, 1777}}New JerseyBritish victory

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Siege of Fort Ticonderoga{{dts|July 5, 1777|format=hide}}{{nowrap|July 5–6, 1777}}New YorkBritish victory

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Battle of Hubbardton{{dts|July 7, 1777}}VermontBritish victory

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Battle of Fort Ann{{dts|July 8, 1777}}New YorkBritish victory

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Siege of Fort Stanwix{{dts|August 2, 1777|format=hide}}{{nowrap|August 2–23, 1777}}New YorkAmerican victory: British fail to take Fort Stanwix

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Battle of Oriskany{{dts|August 6, 1777}}New YorkBritish 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 YorkAmerican victory

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Battle of Staten Island{{dts|August 22, 1777}}New YorkBritish victory

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Battle of Setauket{{dts|August 22, 1777}}New YorkBritish victory

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First Siege of Fort Henrydts|September 1 or 21, 1777VirginiaAmerican victory

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Battle of Cooch's Bridge{{dts|September 3, 1777}}DelawareBritish victory

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Battle of Brandywine{{dts|September 11, 1777}}PennsylvaniaBritish victory

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Battle of the Clouds{{dts|September 16, 1777}}PennsylvaniaBattle called off due to rain

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Battle of Freeman's Farm{{dts|September 19, 1777}}New YorkBritish tactical victory: First of the two Battles of Saratoga

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Battle of Paoli{{dts|September 21, 1777}}PennsylvaniaBritish victory

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Siege of Fort Mifflin{{dts|September 26}} –
November 15, 1777
PennsylvaniaBritish victory

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Battle of Germantown{{dts|October 4, 1777}}PennsylvaniaBritish victory

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Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery{{dts|October 6, 1777}}New YorkBritish victory

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2nd Battle of Saratoga{{dts|October 7, 1777}}New YorkAmerican 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 JerseyAmerican victory

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Battle of Gloucester{{dts|November 25, 1777}}New JerseyAmerican victory

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Battle of White Marsh{{dts|December 5, 1777|format=hide}}{{nowrap|December 5–8, 1777}}PennsylvaniaAmerican victory

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Battle of Matson's Ford{{dts|December 11, 1777}}PennsylvaniaBritish victory

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Battle of Barbados{{dts|March 7, 1778}}BarbadosBritish victory

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Battle of Quinton's Bridge{{dts|March 18, 1778}}New JerseyBritish victory

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North Channel Naval Duel{{dts|April 24, 1778}}Great BritainAmerican victory

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Battle of Crooked Billet{{dts|May 1, 1778}}PennsylvaniaBritish victory

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Battle of Barren Hill{{dts|May 20, 1778}}PennsylvaniaIndecisive

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Mount Hope Bay raids{{dts|May 25, 1778|format=hide}}{{nowrap|May 25–30, 1778}}Rhode IslandBritish victory

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Battle of Cobleskill{{dts|May 30, 1778}}New YorkBritish-Iroquois victory

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Battle of Monmouth{{dts|June 28, 1778}}New JerseyDraw: British break off engagement and continue retreat to New York

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Battle of Alligator Bridge{{dts|June 30, 1778}}East FloridaBritish victory

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Battle of Wyoming{{dts|July 3, 1778}}PennsylvaniaBritish-Iroquois victory

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First Battle of Ushant{{dts|July 27, 1778}}Bay of BiscayIndecisive

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Battle of Newport{{dts|August 29, 1778}}Rhode IslandBritish victory

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Grey's raid{{dts|September 5, 1778|format=hide}}{{nowrap|September 5–17, 1778}}MassachusettsBritish victory

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Invasion of Dominica{{dts|September 7, 1778}}DominicaFrench victory

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Siege of Boonesborough{{dts|September 7, 1778}}VirginiaAmerican victory

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Attack on German Flatts{{dts|September 17, 1778}}New YorkBritish-Iroquois victory

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Baylor Massacre{{dts|September 27, 1778}}New JerseyBritish victory

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Battle of Edgar's Lane

|September 30, 1778

|New York

|American victory

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Raid on Unadilla and Onaquaga{{dts|October 2, 1778|format=hide}}{{nowrap|October 2–16, 1778}}Indian ReserveAmerican victory

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Battle of Chestnut Neck{{dts|October 6, 1778}}New JerseyBritish victory

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Affair at Little Egg Harbor{{dts|October 16, 1778}}New JerseyBritish victory

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Carleton's RaidOctober 24-November 14, 1778VermontBritish victory

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Cherry Valley Massacre{{dts|November 11, 1778}}New YorkBritish-Iroquois victory

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Action of 12 December 1779{{dts|December 15, 1778}}HondurasBritish victory

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Capture of St. Lucia{{dts|December 18, 1778|format=hide}}{{nowrap|December 18–28, 1778}}St. LuciaBritish victory

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Capture of Savannah{{dts|December 29, 1778}}GeorgiaBritish victory

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Battle of Beaufort{{dts|February 3, 1779}}South CarolinaAmerican victory

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Battle of Kettle Creek{{dts|February 14, 1779}}GeorgiaAmerican victory

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Siege of Fort Vincennes{{dts|February 23, 1779|format=hide}}{{nowrap|February 23–25, 1779}}IndianaAmerican victory

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Battle of Brier Creek{{dts|March 3, 1779}}GeorgiaBritish victory

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Battle of ChillicotheMay 1779QuebecAmerican victory

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Chesapeake raid{{dts|May 10, 1779|format=hide}}{{nowrap|May 10–24, 1779}}VirginiaBritish victory

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Capture of Saint Vincent{{dts|June 16, 1779|format=hide}}{{nowrap|June 16–18, 1779}}St. VincentFrench victory

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Battle of Stono Ferry{{dts|June 20, 1779}}South CarolinaBritish victory

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Great Siege of Gibraltardts|June 24, 1779 – February 7, 1783GibraltarBritish victory

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Capture of Grenada{{dts|July 2, 1779}}GrenadaFrench victory

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Tryon's raid{{dts|July 5, 1779|format=hide}}{{nowrap|July 5–14, 1779}}ConnecticutBritish victory

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Battle of Grenada{{dts|July 6, 1779}}GrenadaFrench victory

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Battle of Stony Point{{dts|July 16, 1779}}New YorkAmerican victory

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Battle of Minisink{{dts|July 22, 1779}}New YorkBritish-Iroquois victory

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Penobscot ExpeditionJuly 24-August 29, 1779MassachusettsBritish victory

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Battle of Paulus Hook{{dts|August 19, 1779}}New JerseyAmerican victory

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Battle of Newtown{{dts|August 29, 1779}}Indian ReserveAmerican victory

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Capture of Fort Bute{{dts|September 7, 1779}}West FloridaAmerican-Spanish victory

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Battle of Lake Pontchartrain{{dts|September 10, 1779}}West FloridaAmerican victory

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Boyd and Parker ambush{{dts|September 13, 1779}}Indian ReserveBritish-Iroquois victory

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Action of 14 September 1779{{dts|September 14, 1779}}AzoresBritish victory

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Siege of SavannahSeptember 16-October 18, 1779GeorgiaBritish victory

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Battle of Baton Rouge{{dts|September 20, 1779|format=hide}}{{nowrap|September 20–21, 1779}}West FloridaAmerican-Spanish victory

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Battle of Flamborough Head{{dts|September 23, 1779}}Great BritainAmerican victory

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Action of 6 October 1779

|October 6, 1779

|France

|French victory

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Battle of San Fernando de OmoaOctober 16-November 29, 1779GuatemalaBritish victory

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Action of 11 November 1779{{dts|November 11, 1779}}PortugalBritish victory

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Action of 20 November 1779

|November 20, 1779

|Portugal

|British victory

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First Battle of Martinique{{dts|December 18, 1779}}MartiniqueBritish victory

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Action of 8 January 1780{{dts|January 8, 1780}}SpainBritish victory

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Battle of Cape St. Vincent{{dts|January 16, 1780}}PortugalBritish victory

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Battle of Young's House{{dts|February 3, 1780}}New YorkBritish victory

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Battle of Van Creek

|February 11, 1780

|Georgia

|Loyalist victory

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San Juan Expedition|March–November, 1780GuatemalaAmerican-Spanish victory

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Battle of Fort Charlotte{{dts|March 2, 1780|format=hide}}{{nowrap|March 2–14, 1780}}West FloridaAmerican -Spanish victory

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Siege of Charlestondts|March 29-May 12, 1780South CarolinaBritish victory: British recapture South Carolina following the battle

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Battle of Monck's Corner{{dts|April 14, 1780}}South CarolinaBritish victory

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Second Battle of Martinique{{dts|April 17, 1780}}MartiniqueAmerican victory

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Battle of Lenud's Ferry{{dts|May 6, 1780}}South CarolinaBritish victory

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Bird's invasion of KentuckyMay 25-August 4, 1780VirginiaBritish 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 CarolinaBritish victory

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Battle of Connecticut Farms{{dts|June 7, 1780}}New JerseyBritish victory

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Battle of Mobley's Meeting House{{dts|June 10, 1780|format=hide}}{{nowrap|June 10–12, 1780}}South CarolinaAmerican victory

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Battle of Ramsour's Mill{{dts|June 20, 1780}}North CarolinaAmerican victory

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Battle of Springfield{{dts|June 23, 1780}}New JerseyAmerican victory

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Huck's Defeat{{dts|July 12, 1780}}South CarolinaAmerican victory

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Battle of Bull's Ferry{{dts|July 20, 1780|format=hide}}{{nowrap|July 20–21, 1780}}New JerseyLoyalist victory

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Battle of Colson's Mill{{dts|July 21, 1780}}North CarolinaAmerican victory

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Battle of Rocky Mount{{dts|August 1, 1780}}South CarolinaLoyalist victory

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Battle of Hanging Rock{{dts|August 6, 1780}}South CarolinaAmerican victory

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Battle of Pekowee{{dts|August 8, 1780}}QuebecAmerican victory

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Action of 9 August 1780{{dts|August 9, 1780}}AtlanticFranco-Spanish victory

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Action of 10 August 1780

|August 10, 1780

|France

|British victory

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Action of 13 August 1780

|August 13, 1780

|Ireland

|British victory

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Battle of Camden{{dts|August 16, 1780}}South CarolinaBritish victory

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Battle of Fishing Creek{{dts|August 18, 1780}}South CarolinaBritish victory

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Battle of Musgrove Mill{{dts|August 18, 1780}}South CarolinaAmerican victory

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Battle of Black Mingo{{dts|August 28, 1780}}South CarolinaAmerican victory

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Battle of Wahab's Plantation{{dts|September 20, 1780}}South CarolinaAmerican victory

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Battle of Charlotte{{dts|September 26, 1780}}North CarolinaBritish victory

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Action of 30 September 1780

|September 30, 1780

|Bermuda

|British victory

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Battle of McIntyre Farm{{dts|October 3, 1780}}North CarolinaAmerican victory

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Battle of Kings Mountain{{dts|October 7, 1780}}South CarolinaAmerican victory: halts first British invasion of North Carolina

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Battle of Shallow Ford

|October 14, 1780

|North Carolina

|American victory

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Royalton Raid{{dts|October 16, 1780}}VermontBritish victory

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Battle of Klock's Field{{dts|October 19, 1780}}New YorkAmerican victory

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Battle of Tearcoat Swamp

|October 25, 1780

|South Carolina

|American victory

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La Balme's Defeat{{dts|November 5, 1780}}QuebecBritish-Iroquois victory

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Battle of Fishdam Ford{{dts|November 9, 1780}}South CarolinaAmerican victory

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Battle of Blackstock's Farm{{dts|November 20, 1780}}South CarolinaAmerican victory

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Battle of Fort St. George{{dts|November 23, 1780}}New YorkAmerican victory

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Battle of Jersey{{dts|January 6, 1781}}JerseyBritish victory

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Battle of Mobile{{dts|January 7, 1781}}West FloridaAmerican-Spanish victory

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Battle of Cowpens{{dts|January 17, 1781}}South CarolinaAmerican victory

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Battle of Cowan's Ford{{dts|February 1, 1781}}North CarolinaBritish victory

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Capture of Sint Eustatius{{dts|February 3, 1781}}Sint EustatiusBritish victory

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Battle of Summerfield

|{{dts|February 12, 1781}}

|North Carolina

|Patriot victory

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Battle of Harts Mill{{dts|February 17, 1781}}North CarolinaAmerican victory

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Battle of Haw River{{dts|February 24, 1781}}North CarolinaAmerican victory

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Battle of Wetzell's Mill{{dts|March 6, 1781}}North CarolinaBritish victory

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Siege of PensacolaMarch 9-May 8, 1781West FloridaAmerican-Spanish victory

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Battle of Guilford Court House{{dts|March 15, 1781}}North CarolinaBritish victory

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Battle of Cape Henry{{dts|March 16, 1781}}VirginiaBritish strategic victory, tactically indecisive

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Siege of Fort Watson{{dts|April 15, 1781|format=hide}}{{nowrap|April 15–23, 1781}}South CarolinaAmerican victory

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Battle of Porto Praya{{dts|April 15, 1781}}Cape VerdeDraw

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Battle of Blandford{{dts|April 25, 1781}}VirginiaBritish victory

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Battle of Hobkirk's Hill{{dts|April 25, 1781}}South CarolinaBritish victory

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Battle of Fort Royal{{dts|April 29, 1781}}MartiniqueFrench victory

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Action of 1 May 1781{{dts|May 1, 1781}}FranceBritish victory

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Battle of Fort Motte{{dts|May 8, 1781|format=hide}}{{nowrap|May 8–12, 1781}}South CarolinaAmerican victory

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Battle of Pine's Bridge

|May 14, 1781

|New York

|Loyalist victory

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Battle of Portevent's Mill

|May 16, 1781

|North Carolina

|American victory

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Siege of AugustaMay 22-June 6, 1781GeorgiaAmerican victory

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Siege of Ninety-SixMay 22-June 18, 1781South CarolinaBritish victory

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Invasion of TobagoMay 24-June 2, 1781TobagoFrench victory

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Action of 30 May 1781{{dts|May 30, 1781}}Barbary CoastBritish victory

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Battle of Spencer's Ordinary{{dts|June 26, 1781}}VirginiaBritish victory

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Francisco's FightJuly 1781VirginiaAmerican victory

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Battle of Green Spring{{dts|July 6, 1781}}VirginiaBritish victory

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Naval battle of Louisbourg{{dts|July 21, 1781}}Nova ScotiaFranco-American victory

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Battle of Dogger Bank{{dts|August 5, 1781}}North SeaBritish victory

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Battle of Piqua

|August 8, 1781

|Ohio

|American victory

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Invasion of MinorcaAugust 19, 1781 – February 5, 1782MinorcaFranco-Spanish victory

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Lochry's Defeat{{dts|August 24, 1781}}QuebecBritish-Iroquois victory

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Battle of Elizabethtown{{dts|August 27, 1781}}North CarolinaAmerican victory

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Battle of the Chesapeake{{dts|September 5, 1781}}VirginiaFrench victory

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Battle of Groton Heights{{dts|September 6, 1781}}ConnecticutBritish victory

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Battle of Eutaw Springs{{dts|September 8, 1781}}South CarolinaBritish victory

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Battle of Lindley's Mill{{dts|September 13, 1781}}North CarolinaAmerican victory

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Long Run Massacre{{dts|September 13, 1781}}VirginiaBritish-Iroquois victory

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Battle of YorktownSeptember 28-October 19, 1781VirginiaFranco-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 YorkAmerican victory

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Battle of Raft Swamp{{dts|October 15, 1781}}North CarolinaAmerican victory

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Battle of Johnstown{{dts|October 25, 1781}}New YorkAmerican victory

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Second Battle of Ushant{{dts|December 12, 1781}}Bay of BiscayBritish victory

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Battle of Videau's Bridge{{dts|January 2, 1782}}South CarolinaBritish victory

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Siege of Brimstone HillJanuary 11-February 13, 1782St. ChristopherFranco-American victory

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Action of 15 January 1782

|January 15, 1782

|Jamaica

|British victory

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Capture of Demerara and EssequiboJanuary 22-February 5, 1782Demerara and EssequiboFranco-American victory

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Battle of Saint Kitts{{dts|January 25, 1782|format=hide}}{{nowrap|January 25–26, 1782}}St. ChristopherBritish victory

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Capture of Montserrat{{dts|February 22, 1782}}MontserratFrench victory

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Battle of Wambaw{{dts|February 24, 1782}}South CarolinaBritish victory

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Gnadenhütten massacre{{dts|March 8, 1782}}Ohio|
Battle of Roatán{{dts|March 16, 1782}}GuatemalaAmerican-Spanish victory

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Action of 16 March 1782{{dts|March 16, 1782}}Strait of GibraltarBritish victory

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Battle of Little Mountain{{dts|March 22, 1782}}VirginiaBritish-Iroquois victory

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Battle of Delaware Bay{{dts|April 8, 1782}}New JerseyAmerican victory

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Battle of the Saintes{{dts|April 9, 1782|format=hide}}{{nowrap|April 9–12, 1782}}DominicaBritish victory

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Battle of the Black RiverApril–August, 1782GuatemalaBritish victory

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Battle of the Mona Passage{{dts|April 19, 1782}}Mona passageBritish victory

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Action of 20–21 April 1782{{dts|April 20, 1782|format=hide}}{{nowrap|April 20–21, 1782}}Bay of BiscayBritish victory

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Capture of the Bahamas{{dts|May 6, 1782}}BahamasPatriot-Spanish victory

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Crawford expeditionMay 25-June 12, 1782QuebecBritish-Iroquois victory

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Naval battle off Halifax{{dts|May 28, 1782|format=hide}}{{nowrap|May 28–29, 1782}}Nova ScotiaBritish victory

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Raid on Chester{{dts|June 30, 1782}}Nova ScotiaBritish victory

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Raid on Lunenburg{{dts|July 1, 1782}}Nova ScotiaAmerican victory

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Hudson Bay Expedition{{dts|August 8, 1782}}Rupert's LandFranco-American victory

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Siege of Bryan Station{{dts|August 15, 1782|format=hide}}{{nowrap|August 15–17, 1782}}VirginiaAmerican victory

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Battle of Blue Licks{{dts|August 19, 1782}}VirginiaBritish-Iroquois victory

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Battle of the Combahee River{{dts|August 27, 1782}}South CarolinaBritish victory

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Action of 4 September 1782{{dts|September 4, 1782}}FranceBritish victory

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Action of 5 September 1782{{dts|5 September 1782}}Long IslandInconclusive

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Siege of Fort Henry{{dts|September 11, 1782|format=hide}}{{nowrap|September 11–13, 1782}}VirginiaAmerican victory

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Grand Assault on Gibraltar{{dts|September 13, 1782}}GibraltarBritish victory

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Action of 15 September 1782{{dts|15 September 1782}}Delaware BayBritish victory

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Action of 18 October 1782{{dts|October 18, 1782}}HispaniolaBritish victory

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Battle of James Island{{dts|November 14, 1782}}South CarolinaBritish victory

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Action of 6 December 1782{{dts|December 6, 1782}}MartiniqueBritish victory

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Battle of the Delaware Capes20 - 21 December 1782Cape MayBritish victory

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Battle of Cedar Bridge{{dts|December 27, 1782}}New JerseyAmerican 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}}HispaniolaInconclusive

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Action of 22 January 1783{{dts|January 22, 1783}}VirginiaBritish victory

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Action of 15 February 1783{{dts|February 15, 1783}}GuadeloupeBritish victory

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Action of 17 February 1783{{dts|17 February 1783}}CubaBritish victory

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Recapture of the Bahamas14–18 April 1783BahamasBritish victory

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Battle of Arkansas Post{{dts|17 April 1783}}Louisiana (present-day Arkansas)Spanish Victory

See also

References

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