Battles of the American Revolutionary War
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This is a list of military actions in the American Revolutionary War
American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War , the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.The war was the result of the...
. Actions marked with an asterisk involved no casualties.
Major campaigns, theaters, and expeditions of the war
- Boston campaignBoston campaignThe Boston campaign was the opening campaign of the American Revolutionary War. The campaign was primarily concerned with the formation of American colonial irregular militia units, and their transformation into a unified Continental Army...
(1774–76) - Invasion of CanadaInvasion of Canada (1775)The Invasion of Canada in 1775 was the first major military initiative by the newly formed Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. The objective of the campaign was to gain military control of the British Province of Quebec, and convince the French-speaking Canadiens to join the...
(1775–76) - New York and New Jersey campaigns (1776–77)
- Saratoga campaignSaratoga campaignThe Saratoga Campaign was an attempt by Great Britain to gain military control of the strategically important Hudson River valley in 1777 during the American Revolutionary War...
(1777) - Philadelphia campaignPhiladelphia campaignThe Philadelphia campaign was a British initiative in the American Revolutionary War to gain control of Philadelphia, which was then the seat of the Second Continental Congress...
(1777–78) - Yorktown campaignYorktown campaignThe Yorktown or Virginia campaign was a series of military maneuvers and battles during the American Revolutionary War that culminated in the decisive Siege of Yorktown in October 1781...
(1781) - Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War after SaratogaNorthern theater of the American Revolutionary War after SaratogaThe Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War after Saratoga consisted of a series of battles between American revolutionaries and British forces, from 1778 to 1782 during the American Revolutionary War. It is characterized by two primary areas of activity...
(1778–81) - West Indies and Gulf Coast campaigns (1779–82)
- Southern theater of the American Revolutionary WarSouthern theater of the American Revolutionary WarThe Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War was the central area of operations in North America in the second half of the American Revolutionary War. During the first three years of the conflict, the primary military encounters had been in the north, focused on campaigns around the...
(1775–83) - Western theater of the American Revolutionary WarWestern theater of the American Revolutionary WarThe Western theater of the American Revolutionary War was the area of conflict west of the Appalachian Mountains, the region which became the Northwest Territory of the United States as well as the states of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Missouri...
(1779–82) - Naval operations in the American Revolutionary WarNaval operations in the American Revolutionary WarThe naval operations of the American Revolutionary War , divide themselves naturally into two periods...
1774
- Powder AlarmPowder AlarmThe Powder Alarm was a massive popular reaction to the removal of gunpowder from a magazine by British soldiers under orders from General Thomas Gage, royal governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, on September 1, 1774...
– September 1, 1774*
1775
- Battles of Lexington and ConcordBattles of Lexington and ConcordThe Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. They were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy , and Cambridge, near Boston...
– April 19, 1775 - Siege of BostonSiege of BostonThe Siege of Boston was the opening phase of the American Revolutionary War, in which New England militiamen—who later became part of the Continental Army—surrounded the town of Boston, Massachusetts, to prevent movement by the British Army garrisoned within...
– April 19, 1775 – March 17, 1776 - Gunpowder IncidentGunpowder IncidentThe Gunpowder Incident was a conflict early in the American Revolutionary War between Lord Dunmore, the Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia, and militia led by Patrick Henry...
– April 20, 1775* - Capture of Fort TiconderogaCapture of Fort TiconderogaThe Capture of Fort Ticonderoga occurred during the American Revolutionary War on May 10, 1775, when a small force of Green Mountain Boys led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold overcame a small British garrison at the fort and looted the personal belongings of the garrison...
– May 10, 1775* - Battle of Chelsea CreekBattle of Chelsea CreekThe Battle of Chelsea Creek was the second military engagement of the Boston campaign of the American Revolutionary War. It is also known as the Battle of Noddle's Island, Battle of Hog Island and the Battle of the Chelsea Estuary...
– May 27–28, 1775 - Battle of MachiasBattle of MachiasThe Battle of Machias was the first naval engagement of the American Revolutionary War...
– June 11–12, 1775 - Battle of Bunker HillBattle of Bunker HillThe Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17, 1775, mostly on and around Breed's Hill, during the Siege of Boston early in the American Revolutionary War...
– June 17, 1775 (also known as the Battle of Breed's Hill) - Battle of Gloucester, MABattle of Gloucester (1775)The Battle of Gloucester was a skirmish fought early in the American Revolutionary War at Gloucester, Massachusetts on August 8 or 9, 1775. Royal Navy Captain John Linzee, commanding the sloop-of-war HMS Falcon, spotted two schooners that were returning from the West Indies. After capturing one...
– August 8, 1775 - Shelling of StoningtonStonington, ConnecticutThe Town of Stonington is located in New London County, Connecticut, in the state's southeastern corner. It includes the borough of Stonington, the villages of Pawcatuck, Lords Point, Wequetequock, the eastern halves of the villages of Mystic and Old Mystic...
– August 30, 1775 - Siege of Fort St. Jean – September 17 – November 3, 1775 (also called St. John's)
- Burning of FalmouthBurning of FalmouthThe Burning of Falmouth was an attack by a fleet of Royal Navy vessels on the town of Falmouth, Massachusetts . The fleet was commanded by Captain Henry Mowat...
– October 18, 1775* - Battle of Kemp's LandingBattle of Kemp's LandingThe Battle of Kemp's Landing, also known as the Skirmish of Kempsville, was a skirmish in the American Revolutionary War that occurred on November 15, 1775...
– November 14, 1775 - Battle of Great BridgeBattle of Great BridgeThe Battle of Great Bridge was fought December 9, 1775, in the area of Great Bridge, Virginia, early in the American Revolutionary War. The victory by Continental Army and militia forces led to the departure of Governor Lord Dunmore and any remaining vestiges of British power from the Colony of...
– December 9, 1775 - Snow CampaignSnow CampaignThe Snow Campaign was the first major battle of the American Revolutionary War in the southern campaign. An American army of 3,000 troops under Colonel Richard Richardson invaded British territory in South Carolina, taking over their camp at the Reedy River....
- December 23, 1775 - Battle of QuebecBattle of Quebec (1775)The Battle of Quebec was fought on December 31, 1775 between American Continental Army forces and the British defenders of the city of Quebec, early in the American Revolutionary War. The battle was the first major defeat of the war for the Americans, and it came at a high price...
– December 31, 1775
1776
- Burning of NorfolkBurning of NorfolkThe Burning of Norfolk was an incident that occurred on January 1, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War. British Royal Navy ships in the harbor of Norfolk, Virginia began shelling the town, and landing parties came ashore to burn specific properties...
– January 1, 1776 - Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge – February 27, 1776
- Battle of the Rice BoatsBattle of the Rice BoatsThe Battle of the Rice Boats, also called the Battle of Yamacraw Bluff, was a land and naval battle of the American Revolutionary War that took place in and around the Savannah River on the border between the Province of Georgia and the Province of South Carolina on March 2 and 3, 1776...
– March 2–3, 1776 - Battle of NassauBattle of NassauThe Battle of Nassau was a naval action and amphibious assault by American forces against the British port of Nassau, Bahamas during the American Revolutionary War...
– March 3–4, 1776 - Fortification of Dorchester HeightsFortification of Dorchester HeightsThe Fortification of Dorchester Heights was a decisive action early in the American Revolutionary War that precipitated the end of the siege of Boston and the withdrawal of British troops from that city....
– March 4, 1776* - Battle of Saint-PierreBattle of Saint-PierreThe Battle of Saint-Pierre was a military confrontation on March 25, 1776, near the Quebec village of Saint-Pierre, south of Quebec City. This confrontation, which occurred during the Continental Army's siege of Quebec following its defeat at the Battle of Quebec, was between forces that were both...
– March 25, 1776 - Battle of Block Island – April 6, 1776
- Battle of The CedarsBattle of the CedarsThe Battle of The Cedars was a series of military confrontations early in the American Revolutionary War during the Continental Army's invasion of Quebec that had begun in September 1775. The skirmishes, which involved limited combat, occurred in May 1776 at and around The Cedars, west of...
– May 18–27, 1776 - Battle of Trois-RivièresBattle of Trois-RivièresThe Battle of Trois-Rivières was fought on June 8, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War. A British army under Quebec Governor Guy Carleton defeated an attempt by units from the Continental Army under the command of Brigadier General William Thompson to stop a British advance up the Saint...
– June 8, 1776 - Battle of Sullivan's IslandBattle of Sullivan's IslandThe Battle of Sullivan's Island or the Battle of Fort Sullivan was fought on June 28, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War, also known as the American War of Independence. It took place near Charleston, South Carolina, during the first British attempt to capture the city from American rebels...
– June 28, 1776 - Battle of Long IslandBattle of Long IslandThe Battle of Long Island, also known as the Battle of Brooklyn or the Battle of Brooklyn Heights, fought on August 27, 1776, was the first major battle in the American Revolutionary War following the United States Declaration of Independence, the largest battle of the entire conflict, and the...
– August 27, 1776 (also known as the Battle of Brooklyn) - Landing at Kip's BayLanding at Kip's BayThe Landing at Kip's Bay was a British amphibious landing during the New York Campaign in the American Revolutionary War on September 15, 1776, occurring on the eastern shore of present-day Manhattan....
– September 15, 1776 - Battle of Harlem HeightsBattle of Harlem HeightsThe Battle of Harlem Heights was fought during the New York and New Jersey campaign of the American Revolutionary War. The action took place in what is now the Morningside Heights and west Harlem neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City on September 16, 1776....
– September 16, 1776 - Battle of Valcour IslandBattle of Valcour IslandThe naval Battle of Valcour Island, also known as the Battle of Valcour Bay, took place on October 11, 1776, on Lake Champlain. The main action took place in Valcour Bay, a narrow strait between the New York mainland and Valcour Island...
– October 11, 1776 (naval battle) - Battle of White PlainsBattle of White PlainsThe Battle of White Plains was a battle in the New York and New Jersey campaign of the American Revolutionary War fought on October 28, 1776, near White Plains, New York. Following the retreat of George Washington's Continental Army northward from New York City, British General William Howe landed...
– October 28, 1776 - Battle of Fort CumberlandBattle of Fort CumberlandThe Battle of Fort Cumberland was an attempt by a small number of militia commanded by Jonathan Eddy to bring the American Revolutionary War to Nova Scotia in late 1776...
– November 10–29, 1776 - Battle of Fort WashingtonBattle of Fort WashingtonThe Battle of Fort Washington was fought in the American Revolutionary War between the United States and Great Britain on November 16, 1776. It was a decisive British victory, forcing the entire garrison of Fort Washington to surrender....
– November 16, 1776 - Ambush of GearyAmbush of GearyThe Ambush of Geary was a skirmish of the American Revolutionary War fought on December 14, 1776 near Ringoes in Amwell Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey...
– December 14, 1776 - Battle of Iron Works HillBattle of Iron Works HillThe Battle of Iron Works Hill, also known as the Battle of Mount Holly, was a series of minor skirmishes that took place on December 22 and 23, 1776, during the American War of Independence...
– December 22–23, 1776 (also known as the Battle of Mount Holly) - Battle of TrentonBattle of TrentonThe Battle of Trenton took place on December 26, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War, after General George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River north of Trenton, New Jersey. The hazardous crossing in adverse weather made it possible for Washington to lead the main body of the...
– December 26, 1776
1777
- Second Battle of TrentonSecond Battle of TrentonThe Battle of the Assunpink Creek, also known as the Second Battle of Trenton, was a battle between American and British troops that took place in and around Trenton, New Jersey, on January 2, 1777, during the American Revolutionary War, and resulted in an American victory.Following a surprise...
– January 2, 1777 - Battle of PrincetonBattle of PrincetonThe Battle of Princeton was a battle in which General George Washington's revolutionary forces defeated British forces near Princeton, New Jersey....
– January 3, 1777 - Battle of MillstoneBattle of Millstone-External links:*...
– January 20, 1777 - Forage WarForage WarThe Forage War was a partisan campaign consisting of numerous small skirmishes that took place in New Jersey during the American Revolutionary War between January and March 1777, following the battles of Trenton and Princeton...
– Winter 1777 - Battle of Bound BrookBattle of Bound BrookThe Battle of Bound Brook was a surprise attack conducted by British and Hessian forces against a Continental Army outpost at Bound Brook, New Jersey during the American Revolutionary War. The British objective of capturing the entire garrison was not met, although prisoners were taken...
– April 13, 1777 - Battle of RidgefieldBattle of RidgefieldThe Battle of Ridgefield was a battle and a series of skirmishes between American and British forces during the American Revolutionary War. The main battle was fought in the village of Ridgefield, Connecticut on April 27, 1777 and more skirmishing occurred the next day between Ridgefield and the...
– April 27, 1777 (also known as the Danbury Raid) - Battle of Thomas CreekBattle of Thomas CreekThe Battle of Thomas Creek, or the Thomas Creek Massacre , was an ambush of a small force of Georgia militia cavalry by a mixed force of British Army, Loyalist militia, and Indians near the mouth of Thomas Creek in northern East Florida...
– May 17, 1777 - Meigs RaidMeigs RaidThe Meigs Raid was a military raid by American Continental Army forces, under the command of Connecticut Colonel Return Jonathan Meigs, on a British Loyalist foraging party at Sag Harbor, New York on May 24, 1777 during the American Revolutionary War. Six Loyalists were killed and 90 captured...
– May 24, 1777 (also known as the Battle of Sag Harbor) - Battle of Short HillsBattle of Short HillsThe Battle of Short Hills was a conflict between a Continental Army force commanded by Brigadier General William Alexander , and an opposing British force commanded by Lieutenant General William Howe...
– June 26, 1777 (also known as the Battle of Metuchen Meetinghouse) - Siege of Fort Ticonderoga – July 5 – 6, 1777
- Battle of HubbardtonBattle of HubbardtonThe Battle of Hubbardton was an engagement in the Saratoga campaign of the American Revolutionary War fought in the village of Hubbardton, then in the disputed New Hampshire Grants territory . On the morning of July 7, 1777, British forces, under General Simon Fraser, caught up with the American...
– July 7, 1777 - Battle of Fort AnnBattle of Fort AnnThe Battle of Fort Anne, fought on July 8, 1777, was an engagement between Continental Army forces in retreat from Fort Ticonderoga and forward elements of John Burgoyne's much larger British army that had driven them from Ticonderoga, early in the Saratoga campaign of the American Revolutionary...
– July 8, 1777 - Siege of Fort StanwixSiege of Fort StanwixThe Siege of Fort Stanwix began on August 2, 1777, and ended August 22. Fort Stanwix, in the Mohawk River Valley, was then the primary defense point for the Continental Army against British and Indian forces aligned against them in the American Revolutionary War...
– August 2 – 23, 1777 - Battle of OriskanyBattle of OriskanyThe Battle of Oriskany, fought on August 6, 1777, was one of the bloodiest battles in the North American theater of the American Revolutionary War and a significant engagement of the Saratoga campaign...
– August 6, 1777 - Second Battle of MachiasBattle of Machias (1777)The Battle of Machias was an amphibious assault on the Massachusetts town of Machias by British forces during the American Revolutionary War. Local militia aided by Indian allies successfully prevented British troops from landing...
– August 13 – 14, 1777 - Battle of BenningtonBattle of BenningtonThe Battle of Bennington was a battle of the American Revolutionary War that took place on August 16, 1777, in Walloomsac, New York, about from its namesake Bennington, Vermont...
– August 16, 1777 - Battle of Staten IslandBattle of Staten IslandThe Battle of Staten Island was a raid by Continental Army troops under Major General John Sullivan against British forces on Staten Island on August 22, 1777, during the American Revolutionary War...
– August 22, 1777 - Battle of SetauketBattle of SetauketThe Battle of Setauket was a failed attack during the American Revolutionary War on a fortified Loyalist outpost in Setauket, Long Island, New York, by a force of Continental Army troops from Connecticut under the command of Brigadier General Samuel Holden Parsons.In an attempt to repeat the...
– August 22, 1777 - First Siege of Fort HenrySiege of Fort Henry (1777)The Siege of Fort Henry was an attack on American militiamen during the American Revolutionary War near the Virginia outpost known as Fort Henry by a mixed band of Indians in September 1777...
– September, 1777 - Battle of Cooch's BridgeBattle of Cooch's BridgeThe Battle of Cooch's Bridge, also known as the Battle of Iron Hill, was a skirmish fought on September 3, 1777, between American militia and primarily German soldiers serving alongside the British Army during the American Revolutionary War...
– September 3, 1777 - Battle of BrandywineBattle of BrandywineThe Battle of Brandywine, also known as the Battle of the Brandywine or the Battle of Brandywine Creek, was fought between the American army of Major General George Washington and the British-Hessian army of General Sir William Howe on September 11, 1777. The British defeated the Americans and...
– September 11, 1777 - Battle of the CloudsBattle of the CloudsThe Battle of the Clouds was an aborted engagement of the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War on September 16, 1777, in the area surrounding present day Malvern, Pennsylvania...
– September 16, 1777 - Battle of SaratogaBattle of SaratogaThe Battles of Saratoga conclusively decided the fate of British General John Burgoyne's army in the American War of Independence and are generally regarded as a turning point in the war. The battles were fought eighteen days apart on the same ground, south of Saratoga, New York...
I – September 19, 1777 (also known as the Battle of Freeman's Farm) - Battle of Paoli – September 21, 1777
- Siege of Fort MifflinSiege of Fort MifflinThe Siege of Fort Mifflin or Siege of Mud Island Fort from September 26 to November 16, 1777 saw British land batteries commanded by Captain John Montresor and a British naval squadron under Vice Admiral Lord Richard Howe attempt to capture an American fort in the Delaware River commanded by...
– September 26 – November 15, 1777 - Battle of GermantownBattle of GermantownThe Battle of Germantown, a battle in the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War, was fought on October 4, 1777, at Germantown, Pennsylvania between the British army led by Sir William Howe and the American army under George Washington...
– October 4, 1777 - Battle of Forts Clinton and MontgomeryBattle of Forts Clinton and MontgomeryThe Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery was an American Revolutionary War battle fought in the highlands of the Hudson River valley, not far from West Point, on October 6, 1777. British forces under the command of General Sir Henry Clinton captured Fort Clinton and Fort Montgomery, and then...
– October 6, 1777 - Battle of SaratogaBattle of SaratogaThe Battles of Saratoga conclusively decided the fate of British General John Burgoyne's army in the American War of Independence and are generally regarded as a turning point in the war. The battles were fought eighteen days apart on the same ground, south of Saratoga, New York...
II – October 7, 1777 (also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights) - Battle of Red BankBattle of Red BankThe Battle of Red Bank was a battle of the American Revolutionary War in which a Hessian force was sent to take Fort Mercer on the left bank of the Delaware River just south of Philadelphia, but was decisively defeated by a far inferior force of Colonial defenders...
– October 22, 1777 (also known as the Battle of Fort Mercer) - Battle of Gloucester, NJ – November 25, 1777
- Battle of White MarshBattle of White MarshThe Battle of White Marsh or Battle of Edge Hill was a battle of the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War fought December 5–8, 1777, in the area surrounding Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania...
– December 5–8, 1777 - Battle of Matson's FordBattle of Matson's FordThe Battle of Matson's Ford was a battle in the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War fought on December 11, 1777 in the area surrounding Matson's Ford . In this series of minor skirmish actions, advance patrols of Pennsylvania militia encountered a British foraging expedition...
– December 11, 1777
1778
- Battle off BarbadosBattle off BarbadosThe Battle off Barbados was fought in March of 1778 during the American Revolutionary War. While escorting a fleet of American ships in the West Indies, the frigate USS Randolph was attacked by the British ship-of-the-line HMS Yarmouth...
– March 7, 1778 - Battle of Quinton's BridgeBattle of Quinton's BridgeThe Battle of Quinton's Bridge was a minor battle of the American Revolutionary War fought on March 18, 1778, during the British occupation of Philadelphia...
– March 18, 1778 - North Channel Naval DuelNorth Channel naval duelThe North Channel naval duel was a single-ship action between the United States Continental Navy sloop of war Ranger and the British Royal Navy sloop of war Drake on the evening of 24 April 1778...
– April 24, 1778 - Battle of Crooked BilletBattle of Crooked BilletThe Battle of Crooked Billet was a battle in the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War fought on May 1, 1778 near the Crooked Billet Tavern...
– May 1, 1778 - Battle of Barren HillBattle of Barren HillThe Battle of Barren Hill was a minor engagement during the American Revolution. On May 20, 1778, a British force attempted to encircle a smaller Continental force under the Marquis de Lafayette...
– May 20, 1778 - Mount Hope Bay raids – May 25 and 30, 1778
- Battle of MonmouthBattle of MonmouthThe Battle of Monmouth was an American Revolutionary War battle fought on June 28, 1778 in Monmouth County, New Jersey. 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...
– June 28, 1778 - Battle of Alligator BridgeBattle of Alligator BridgeThe Battle of Alligator Bridge took place on June 30, 1778, and was the only major engagement in an unsuccessful campaign to conquer British East Florida during the American Revolutionary War...
– June 30, 1778 - Wyoming Massacre – July 3, 1778
- First Battle of UshantBattle of Ushant (1778)The Battle of Ushant took place on 27 July 1778, during the American War of Independence, fought between French and British fleets 100 miles west of Ushant, a French island at the mouth of the English Channel off the north-westernmost point of France...
– July 27, 1778 - Siege of PondicherrySiege of Pondicherry (1778)The 1778 Siege of Pondicherry was the first military action on the Indian subcontinent following the declaration of war between Great Britain and France in the American War of Independence...
– August 21 – October 19, 1778 - Battle of Rhode IslandBattle of Rhode IslandThe Battle of Rhode Island, also known as the Battle of Quaker Hill and the Siege of Newport, took place on August 29, 1778. Continental Army and militia forces under the command of General John Sullivan were withdrawing to the northern part of Aquidneck Island after abandoning their siege of...
– August 29, 1778 (also known as Battle of Newport or Quaker Hill) - Grey's raidGrey's raidIn September 1778, British Major General Charles Grey raided the Massachusetts communities of New Bedford and Martha's Vineyard. Troops under his command destroyed storehouses, shipping, and supplies in New Bedford, where they met with light resistance from the local militia...
– September 5–17, 1778 - Invasion of DominicaInvasion of DominicaThe Invasion of Dominica was a successful French invasion of the island of Dominica in the British West Indies, during the American War of Independence. The action took place before British authorities in the Caribbean were aware that France had entered the war as an ally of the United States of...
– September 7, 1778 - Siege of BoonesboroughSiege of BoonesboroughThe Siege of Boonesborough took place in September 1778 during the American Revolutionary War. The attack on the Kentucky settlement of Boonesborough was led by Chief Blackfish, a Shawnee leader allied to the British. Months before the battle, Blackfish had captured and adopted Daniel Boone, the...
– September 7–18, 1778 - Baylor MassacreBaylor MassacreA raid, widely known as the "Baylor Massacre" or the "Tappan Massacre", was a surprise attack on September 27, 1778, against the 3rd Regiment of Continental Light Dragoons under the command of Colonel George Baylor during the American Revolutionary War. It occurred in the present-day town of River...
– September 27, 1778 - Battle of Chestnut NeckBattle of Chestnut NeckThe Battle of Chestnut Neck was a battle fought on October 6, 1778 in New Jersey during the American Revolutionary War, at Chestnut Neck, a settlement on the Little Egg Harbor River near the present-day town of Port Republic, New Jersey.-Background:...
– October 6, 1778 - Little Egg Harbor massacreLittle Egg Harbor massacreThe Little Egg Harbor massacre took place on October 15, 1778, place in New Jersey, USA, during the American Revolution. The massacre took place about one week after the Battle of Chestnut Neck, a British raid aimed at suppressing privateers who used the area as a base to harass and seize British...
– October 16, 1778 - Carleton's RaidCarleton's Raid (1778)Carleton's Raid was a British raid led by Major Christopher Carleton during the American War of Independence, conducted in fall 1778 from the Province of Quebec against targets in upstate New York and the Vermont Republic.-Prelude:...
– October 24 – November 14, 1778 - Cherry Valley MassacreCherry Valley massacreThe Cherry Valley Massacre was an attack by British and Seneca forces on a fort and the village of Cherry Valley in eastern New York on the cold, snowy and rainy morning of November 11, 1778, during the American Revolutionary War. It has been described as one of the most horrific frontier...
– November 11, 1778 - Battle of St. LuciaBattle of St. LuciaThe Battle of St. Lucia or the Battle of the Cul de Sac was a naval battle fought off the island of St. Lucia in the West Indies during the American War of Independence on 15 December 1778, between the British Royal Navy and the French Navy.-Background:...
– December 15, 1778 (naval battle) - Capture of St. Lucia – December 18–28, 1778
- Capture of SavannahCapture of SavannahThe Battle of Savannah, or sometimes the First Battle of Savannah due to a siege later in the campaign, was an American Revolutionary War battle fought on December 29, 1778 between local American Patriot militia and Continental Army units holding the city and a British invasion force under the...
– December 29, 1778
1779
- Battle of BeaufortBattle of BeaufortThe Battle of Beaufort or the Battle of Port Royal Island was a battle of the American Revolutionary War that took place on February 3, 1779 near Beaufort, South Carolina. The British commander of forces at Savannah, Georgia, General Augustine Prevost, sent 200 British regulars to seize Port Royal...
– February 3, 1779 (also known as the Battle of Port Royal Island) - Battle of Kettle CreekBattle of Kettle CreekThe Battle of Kettle Creek was one of the most important battles of the American Revolutionary War to be fought in Georgia. The battle was fought on February 14, 1779, in Wilkes County about eight miles from present-day Washington, Georgia...
– February 14, 1779 - Battle of VincennesBattle of VincennesThe Illinois campaign was a series of events in the American Revolutionary War in which a small force of Virginia militiamen led by George Rogers Clark seized control of several British posts in the Illinois country, in what is now the Midwestern United States...
– February 23–25, 1779 - Battle of Brier CreekBattle of Brier CreekThe Battle of Brier Creek was an American Revolutionary War battle fought on March 3, 1779 near the confluence of Brier Creek with the Savannah River in eastern Georgia...
– March 3, 1779 - Battle of ChillicotheBattle of ChillicotheThe Battle of Chillicothe was part of the western theater of the American Revolutionary War.In May 1779, Colonel John Bowman of the Kentucky County militia, accompanied by Benjamin Logan and Levi Todd, led between 160 and 300 militiamen against the Shawnee town of Chillicothe...
– May, 1779 - Chesapeake raidChesapeake raidThe Chesapeake raid was an American Revolutionary War campaign by British naval forces under the command of Commodore Sir George Collier and land forces led by Major General Edward Mathew. Between May 10 and May 24, 1779, these forces raided economic and military targets up and down the...
– May 10–24, 1779 - Armada of 1779Armada of 1779The Armada of 1779 was an exceptionally large joint French and Spanish fleet intended, with the aid of a feint by the American Continental Navy, to facilitate an invasion of Britain, as part of the wider American War of Independence, and in application of the Franco-American alliance...
– June – September, 1779 - Capture of Saint Vincent – June 16–18, 1779
- Battle of Stono FerryBattle of Stono FerryThe Battle of Stono Ferry was an American Revolutionary War battle, fought on June 20, 1779, near Charleston, South Carolina. The rear guard from a British expedition retreating from an aborted attempt to take Charleston held off an assault by poorly-trained militia forces under American General...
– June 20, 1779 - Great Siege of GibraltarGreat Siege of GibraltarThe Great Siege of Gibraltar was an unsuccessful attempt by Spain and France to capture Gibraltar from the British during the American War of Independence. This was the largest action fought during the war in terms of numbers, particularly the Grand Assault of 18 September 1782...
– June 24, 1779 – February 7, 1783 - Capture of Grenada – July 2, 1779
- Tryon's raidTryon's raidIn July 1779, British Major General William Tryon and 2,600 men embarked onto a Royal Navy fleet led by Admiral George Collier, and raided the Connecticut ports of New Haven, Fairfield, and Norwalk. Military and public stores, supply houses, and ships were destroyed, as were private homes,...
– July 5–14, 1779 - Battle of GrenadaBattle of GrenadaThe Battle of Grenada took place on 6 July 1779 during the American War of Independence in the West Indies between the British Royal Navy and the French Navy.-Origins:...
– July 6, 1779 - Battle of Stony PointBattle of Stony PointThe Battle of Stony Point was a battle of the American Revolutionary War fought on the night of July 15–16, 1779. A select force of Continental Army infantry made a coordinated surprise night attack and stormed a fortified position of the British Army on the Hudson River south of West Point, New...
– July 16, 1779 - Penobscot ExpeditionPenobscot ExpeditionThe Penobscot Expedition was the largest American naval expedition of the American Revolutionary War and the United States' worst naval defeat until Pearl Harbor...
– July 24 – August 29, 1779 - Battle of Paulus HookBattle of Paulus HookThe Battle of Paulus Hook was fought on August 19, 1779 between Continental Army and British forces in the American Revolutionary War. The Patriots were led by Major Light Horse Harry Lee, and launched a nighttime raid on the British-controlled fort in what is today downtown Jersey City. They...
– August 19, 1779 - Battle of NewtownBattle of NewtownThe Battle of Newtown , also known as the Battle of Chemung, was the only major battle of the Sullivan Expedition, an armed offensive led by General John Sullivan that was ordered by the Continental Congress to end the threat of the Iroquois who had sided with the British in the American...
– August 29, 1779 - Capture of Fort ButeCapture of Fort ButeThe Capture of Fort Bute signalled the opening of Spanish intervention in the American Revolutionary War on the side of France and the United States. Mustering an ad hoc army of Spanish regulars, Acadian militia, and native levies under Gilbert Antoine de St...
– September 7, 1779 - Battle of Lake PontchartrainBattle of Lake PontchartrainThe Battle of Lake Pontchartrain was a naval engagement on September 10, 1779 that was part of the American Revolution fought in the waters of Lake Pontchartrain between Mandeville and Lacombe in Louisiana...
– September 10, 1779 - Action of 14 September 1779Action of 14 September 1779The Action of 14 September 1779 was a minor naval engagement between a British Royal Naval frigate HMS Pearl and a Spanish frigate Santa Mónica off the Azores during the American War of Independence....
– September 14, 1779 - Siege of SavannahSiege of SavannahThe Siege of Savannah or the Second Battle of Savannah was an encounter of the American Revolutionary War in 1779. The year before, the city of Savannah, Georgia, had been captured by a British expeditionary corps under Lieutenant-Colonel Archibald Campbell. The siege itself consisted of a joint...
– September 16 – October 18, 1779 - Battle of Baton RougeBattle of Baton Rouge (1779)The Battle of Baton Rouge was a brief siege during the American Revolutionary War that was decided on September 21, 1779. Baton Rouge was the second British outpost to fall to Spanish arms during Bernardo de Gálvez's march into British West Florida....
– September 20–21, 1779 - Battle of Flamborough HeadBattle of Flamborough HeadThe Battle of Flamborough Head was a naval battle that took place on 23 September 1779, in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire between an American Continental Navy squadron led by John Paul Jones and the two British escort vessels protecting a large merchant convoy...
– September 23, 1779 - Battle of San Fernando de OmoaBattle of San Fernando de OmoaThe Battle of San Fernando de Omoa was a short siege and battle between British and Spanish forces fought not long after Spain entered the American Revolutionary War on the American side...
– October 16 – November 29, 1779 - Action of 11 November 1779Action of 11 November 1779The Action of 11 November 1779 was a minor naval engagement between the British Royal Naval frigate and the Spanish frigate Santa Margarita off Lisbon during the American War of Independence....
– November 11, 1779 - First Battle of Martinique – December 18, 1779
1780
- Action of 8 January 1780Action of 8 January 1780The Action of 8 January 1780 was a naval encounter off Cape Finisterre between a British Royal Naval fleet under Admiral Sir George Rodney, and a fleet of Spanish merchants sailing in convoy with seven warships of the Caracas Company, under the command of Commodore Don Juan Augustin de Yardi....
– January 8, 1780 - Battle of Cape St. VincentBattle of Cape St. Vincent (1780)The naval Battle of Cape St Vincent, took place off the coast of Portugal on 16 January 1780 during the American War of Independence. A British fleet under Admiral Sir George Rodney defeated a Spanish squadron under Don Juan de Lángara. The battle is sometimes referred to as the Moonlight Battle,...
– January 16, 1780 - Battle of Young's HouseBattle of Young's HouseThe Battle of Young's House was a skirmish fought outside New York City between British and American forces on February 3, 1780 during the American Revolutionary War...
– February 3, 1780 - San Juan ExpeditionSan Juan Expedition (1780)The San Juan Expedition took place between March and November 1780 during the American War of Independence when a British force under the command of John Polson and Captain Horatio Nelson landed on the coast of the present-day Nicaragua, with the aim of sailing up the San Juan River to capture the...
– March – November 1780 - Battle of Fort CharlotteBattle of Fort CharlotteThe Battle of Fort Charlotte or the Siege of Fort Charlotte was a two-week siege conducted by Spanish General Bernardo de Gálvez against the British fortifications guarding the port of Mobile during the American Revolutionary War...
– March 2–14, 1780 - Siege of CharlestonSiege of CharlestonThe Siege of Charleston was one of the major battles which took place towards the end of the American Revolutionary War, after the British began to shift their strategic focus towards the American Southern Colonies. After about six weeks of siege, Continental Army Major General Benjamin Lincoln...
– March 29 – May 12, 1780 - Battle of Monck's CornerBattle of Monck's CornerThe Battle of Monck's Corner was fought on April 14, 1780, outside the city of Charleston, South Carolina, which was under siege by British forces under the command of General Sir Henry Clinton in the American Revolutionary War. The British Legion, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Banastre...
– April 14, 1780 - Second Battle of MartiniqueBattle of Martinique (1780)The Battle of Martinique, also Combat de la Dominique, took place on April 17, 1780 during the American War of Independence in the West Indies between the British Royal Navy and the French Navy.-Origins:...
– April 17, 1780 - Battle of Lenud's FerryBattle of Lenud's FerryThe Battle of Lenud's Ferry was a battle of the American Revolutionary War that was fought on May 6, 1780 in present-day Berkeley County, South Carolina...
– May 6, 1780 - Bird's invasion of KentuckyBird's invasion of KentuckyBird's invasion of Kentucky during the American Revolutionary War was one phase of an extensive planned series of operations planned by the British in 1780, whereby the entire West, from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico, was to be swept clear of both Spanish and colonial resistance.While Bird's...
– May 25 – August, 1780 - Battle of St. Louis – May 25, 1780
- Battle of Waxhaws – May 29, 1780
- Battle of Connecticut FarmsBattle of Connecticut FarmsThe Battle of Connecticut Farms, fought June 7, 1780, was one of the last major battles between British and American forces in the northern colonies during the American Revolutionary War. Hessian General Wilhelm von Knyphausen, in command of the British garrison at New York City, made an attempt...
– June 7, 1780 - Battle of Mobley's Meeting HouseBattle of Mobley's Meeting HouseThe Battle of Mobley's Meeting House was an engagement that occurred during the American Revolutionary War in the Mobley Settlement, Fairfield County, South Carolina during the southern campaign of Lord Cornwallis.On 8 June 1780, a small body of Whig militia led by Colonel William Bratton...
– June 10?, 1780 - Battle of Ramsour's MillBattle of Ramsour's MillThe Battle of Ramsour's Mill took place on June 20, 1780 near present-day Lincolnton, North Carolina, during the British campaign to gain control of the southern colonies in the American Revolutionary War. About 400 American militia defeated 1,300 Loyalist militiamen. The battle did not involve any...
– June 20, 1780 - Battle of Springfield, NJBattle of Springfield (1780)The Battle of Springfield was fought during the American Revolutionary War on June 23, 1780. After the Battle of Connecticut Farms, on June 7, 1780, had foiled Lieutenant General Wilhelm, Baron von Knyphausen’s expedition to attack General George Washington’s army at Morristown, New Jersey,...
– June 23, 1780 - Huck's Defeat – July 12, 1780
- Battle of Colson's MillBattle of Colson's MillThe Battle of Colson's Mill was a battle of the American Revolutionary War that took place in North Carolina on July 21, 1780. A Patriot militia under William Lee Davidson scattered a gathering of Loyalists at Colson's Mill, near the junction of the Rocky and Pee Dee Rivers in present-day Stanly...
– July 21, 1780 - Battle of Rocky MountBattle of Rocky MountThe Battle of Rocky Mount took place on August 1, 1780 as part of the American War of Independence. Loyalists commanded by Lieutenant Colonel George Turnbull occupying an outpost in northern South Carolina withstood an attack by 600 American Patriots led by Colonel Thomas...
– August 1, 1780 - Battle of Hanging RockBattle of Hanging RockThe Battle of Hanging Rock was a battle in the American Revolutionary War that occurred between the American Patriots and the British...
– August 6, 1780 - Battle of Pekowee – August 8, 1780 (also known as the Battle of Piqua)
- Action of 9 August 1780Action of 9 August 1780The Action of 9 August 1780 was a naval engagement of the American Revolutionary War in which the main Spanish fleet led by Admiral Luis de Córdova y Córdova, together with a squadron of French ships, captured a heavy British convoy of sixty-three vessels causing a severe blow to the commerce of...
– August 9, 1780 - Battle of CamdenBattle of CamdenThe Battle of Camden was a major victory for the British in the Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War...
– August 16, 1780 - Battle of Fishing CreekBattle of Fishing CreekThe Battle of Fishing Creek, also called the Battle of Catawba Ford or the War on Sugar Creek, was an American Revolutionary War battle fought on August 18, 1780, between American and British forces including the 71st Foot. It was fought near the junction of Fishing Creek and the Catawba River in...
– August 18, 1780 - Battle of Musgrove MillBattle of Musgrove MillThe Battle of Musgrove Mill, August 19, 1780, occurred near a ford of the Enoree River, near the present-day border between Spartanburg, Laurens and Union Counties in South Carolina...
– August 18, 1780 - Battle of Black MingoBattle of Black MingoThe Battle of Black Mingo was a skirmish during the American Revolution. It took place in September of 1780 in the vicinity of Dollard's Tavern near Black Mingo Creek not far from Willtown, South Carolina...
– August 28, 1780 - Battle of Wahab's PlantationBattle of Wahab's PlantationThe Battle of Wahab's Plantation was a surprise attack on a Loyalist camp, which included elements of the British Legion commanded by Banastre Tarleton , by Patriot militia under the command of William R. Davie on September 21, 1780. The owner of the plantation was militia Captain James A...
– September 20, 1780 - Battle of CharlotteBattle of CharlotteThe Battle of Charlotte was an American Revolutionary War battle fought in Charlotte, North Carolina on September 26, 1780. The battle took place at the Mecklenburg County Court House, which is now the site of the Bank of America tower at Trade and Tryon Streets in downtown Charlotte...
– September 26, 1780 - Battle of Kings MountainBattle of Kings MountainThe Battle of Kings Mountain was a decisive battle between the Patriot and Loyalist militias in the Southern campaign of the American Revolutionary War...
– October 7, 1780 - Royalton RaidRoyalton RaidThe Royalton Raid was a British-led Indian raid in 1780 against various towns along the White River Valley in the Vermont Republic, and was part of the American Revolutionary War...
– October 16, 1780 - Battle of Klock's FieldBattle of Klock's FieldThe Battle of Klock's Field, also called the Battle of Failing's Orchard; and occasionally as the Battle of Nellis Flatts, was an encounter between Albany County, New York militia and a British-supported expedition of Indians and Loyalist led by Lieutenant Colonel Sir John Johnson and Captain...
– October 19, 1780 - La Balme's Defeat – November 5, 1780
- Battle of Fishdam FordBattle of Fishdam FordThe Battle of Fishdam Ford was an attempted surprise attack by British forces under the command of Major James Wemyss against an encampment of Patriot militia under the command of local Brigadier General Thomas Sumter around 1 am on the morning of November 9, 1780, late in the American...
– November 9, 1780 - Battle of Blackstock's Farm – November 20, 1780
- Battle of Fort St. GeorgeBattle of Fort St. GeorgeThe Battle of Fort St. George was the culmination of a Continental Army raiding expedition led by Benjamin Tallmadge against a fortified Loyalist outpost and storage depot at the Manor St. George on the south coast of Long Island on November 23, 1780, during the American Revolutionary War...
– November 23, 1780
1781
- Battle of JerseyBattle of JerseyThe Battle of Jersey was an attempt by France to invade Jersey and remove the threat the island posed to American shipping in the American War of Independence. Jersey was used as a base for privateering by the British, and France, engaged in the war as an ally of the United States, sent an...
– January 6, 1781 - Battle of MobileBattle of Mobile (1781)The Battle of Mobile was a British attempt to recapture the town of Mobile, in the British province of West Florida, from the Spanish during the American War of Independence. The Spanish had previously captured Mobile in March 1780...
– January 7, 1781 - Battle of CowpensBattle of CowpensThe Battle of Cowpens was a decisive victory by Patriot Revolutionary forces under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan, in the Southern campaign of the American Revolutionary War...
– January 17, 1781 - Battle of Cowan's FordBattle of Cowan's FordThe Battle of Cowan's Ford was a battle in the Southern Theater of Cornwallis's 1780–1782 Campaign that eventually led to the British Army's surrender at Yorktown during the American Revolutionary War...
– February 1, 1781 - Capture of Sint Eustatius – February 3, 1781
- Battle of Haw River – February 25, 1781
- Battle of Wetzell's MillBattle of Wetzell's MillThe Battle of Wetzell's Mill was an American Revolutionary War skirmish fought on March 6, 1781, between detachments of Nathanael Greene's Continental Army and Banastre Tarleton's Loyalist provincial troops.Greene was trying to avoid encounters with the larger British Cornwallis' larger army while...
– March 6, 1781 - Battle of PensacolaBattle of Pensacola (1781)The Siege of Pensacola was fought in 1781, the culmination of Spain's conquest of the British province West Florida during the American War of Independence.-Background:...
– March 9 – May 8, 1781 - Battle of Guilford Court HouseBattle of Guilford Court HouseThe Battle of Guilford Court House was a battle fought on March 15, 1781 in Greensboro, the county seat of Guilford County, North Carolina, during the American Revolutionary War...
– March 15, 1781 - Battle of Cape HenryBattle of Cape HenryThe Battle of Cape Henry was a naval battle in the American War of Independence which took place near the mouth of Chesapeake Bay on 16 March 1781 between a British squadron led by Vice Admiral Mariot Arbuthnot and a French fleet under Admiral Charles René Dominique Sochet, Chevalier Destouches...
– March 16, 1781 - Siege of Fort WatsonSiege of Fort WatsonThe Siege of Fort Watson was an American Revolutionary War confrontation in South Carolina that began on April 15, 1781 and lasted until April 23, 1781...
– April 15 – 23, 1781 - Battle of Porto PrayaBattle of Porto PrayaThe Battle of Porto Praya was a naval battle which took place during the American Revolutionary War on 16 April 1781 between a British squadron under Commodore George Johnstone and a French squadron under the Bailli de Suffren....
– April 15, 1781 - Battle of BlanfordBattle of BlanfordThe Battle of Blandford , also called the Battle of Petersburg, took place near Petersburg, Virginia on 25 April 1781, late in the American War of Independence...
– April 25, 1781 (also known as the Battle of Petersburg) - Battle of Hobkirk's HillBattle of Hobkirk's HillThe Battle of Hobkirk's Hill was a battle of the American Revolutionary War fought on April 25, 1781, near Camden, South Carolina...
– April 25, 1781 (also known as the Second Battle of Camden) - Battle of Fort RoyalBattle of Fort RoyalThe Battle of Fort Royal was a naval battle fought off Fort Royal, Martinique in the West Indies during the American War of Independence on 29 April 1781 between fleets of the British Royal Navy and the French Navy. After an engagement lasting four hours, the British squadron under Sir Samuel Hood...
– April 29 or 30, 1781 - Action of 1 May 1781Action of 1 May 1781The Action of 1 May 1781 was a minor naval engagement nearly 210 miles off the Port of Brest in which , a 74-gun third rate of the Royal Navy under Captain George Collier chased, intercepted and captured the 40-gun Spanish frigate Santa Leocadia, captained by Don Francisco de...
– May 1, 1781 - Battle of Fort Motte – May 8–12, 1781
- Siege of AugustaSiege of AugustaThe Siege of Augusta began on May 22, 1781 and was conducted by General Andrew Pickens and Colonel Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee against British troops occupying the town of Augusta, Georgia. Fort Cornwallis, the primary defenses, were successfully exposed to cannon fire by the construction of a...
– May 22 – June 6, 1781 - Siege of Ninety-SixSiege of Ninety-SixThe Siege of Ninety Six was a siege late in the American Revolutionary War. From May 22 to June 18, 1781, Continental Army Major General Nathanael Greene led 1,000 troops in a siege against the 550 Loyalists in the fortified village of Ninety Six, South Carolina. The 28-day siege centered on an...
– May 22 – June 19, 1781 - Action of 30 May 1781Action of 30 May 1781The Action of 30 May 1781 was a naval battle fought between two frigates of the Royal Navy and two of the Dutch Republic off the Barbary Coast. In the Netherlands it is known as the zeegevecht bij Kaap Sint-Marie...
– May 30, 1781 - Battle of Spencer's OrdinaryBattle of Spencer's OrdinaryThe Battle of Spencer's Ordinary was an inconclusive skirmish that took place on 26 June 1781, late in the American Revolutionary War. British forces under Lieutenant Colonel John Graves Simcoe and American forces under Colonel Richard Butler, light detachments from the armies of General Lord...
– June 26, 1781 - Francisco's FightFrancisco's FightFrancisco's Fight is the name commonly given to an alleged skirmish between a detachment of Tarleton's Raiders and Peter Francisco, a Continental Army soldier with a long service record, during the American Revolutionary War in July 1781...
– July, 1781 - Battle of Green SpringBattle of Green SpringThe Battle of Green Spring took place near Green Spring Plantation in James City County, Virginia during the American Revolutionary War. On July 6, 1781 United States Brigadier General "Mad" Anthony Wayne, leading the advance forces of the Marquis de Lafayette, was ambushed near the plantation by...
– July 6, 1781 - Naval battle of Louisbourg – July 21, 1781
- Battle of Dogger BankBattle of Dogger Bank (1781)The naval Battle of the Dogger Bank took place on 5 August 1781 during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, part of the American War of Independence, in the North Sea...
– August 5, 1781 - Invasion of MinorcaInvasion of Minorca, 1781The Franco-Spanish conquest of Minorca from its British defenders in February 1782, after the Siege of Fort St. Philip lasting over five months, was an important step in the achievement of Spain's aims in its alliance with France against Britain during the American War of Independence...
– August 19, 1781 – February 5, 1782 - Lochry's DefeatLochry's DefeatLochry's Defeat, also known as the Lochry massacre, was a battle fought on August 24, 1781, near present-day Aurora, Indiana, in the United States...
– August 24, 1781 - Capture of USS Trumbull – August 29, 1781
- Battle of the ChesapeakeBattle of the ChesapeakeThe Battle of the Chesapeake, also known as the Battle of the Virginia Capes or simply the Battle of the Capes, was a crucial naval battle in the American War of Independence that took place near the mouth of Chesapeake Bay on 5 September 1781, between a British fleet led by Rear Admiral Sir Thomas...
– September 5, 1781 - Battle of Groton HeightsBattle of Groton HeightsThe Battle of Groton Heights was a battle of the American Revolutionary War fought on September 6, 1781 between a small Connecticut militia force led by Lieutenant Colonel William Ledyard and the more numerous British forces led by Brigadier General Benedict Arnold and Lieutenant...
– September 6, 1781 (also known as the Battle of Fort Griswold) - Battle of Eutaw SpringsBattle of Eutaw SpringsThe Battle of Eutaw Springs was a battle of the American Revolutionary War, and was the last major engagement of the war in the Carolinas.-Background:...
– September 8, 1781 - Battle of Lindley's MillBattle of Lindley's MillThe Battle of Lindley's Mill took place in Alamance County, North Carolina, on September 13, 1781, during the American Revolutionary War....
– September 13, 1781 - Long Run MassacreLong Run MassacreThe Long Run Massacre occurred on September 13, 1781 at the intersection of Floyd's Fork creek with Long Run Creek, along the Falls Trace, a trail, in what is now eastern Jefferson County, Kentucky...
– September 13, 1781 - Siege of YorktownSiege of YorktownThe Siege of Yorktown, Battle of Yorktown, or Surrender of Yorktown in 1781 was a decisive victory by a combined assault of American forces led by General George Washington and French forces led by the Comte de Rochambeau over a British Army commanded by Lieutenant General Lord Cornwallis...
– September 28 – October 19, 1781 - Battle of Fort SlongoBattle of Fort SlongoThe Battle of Fort Slongo was fought on October 3, 1781 between American Continental Army forces, under the command of Benjamin Tallmadge, and the British defenders of Fort Salonga, middle in the American Revolutionary War...
– October 3, 1781 - Siege of NegapatamSiege of NegapatamThe Siege of Negapatam was the first major offensive military action on the Indian subcontinent following the arrival of news that war had been declared between Great Britain and the Dutch Republic, beginning the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, an offshoot of the American War of Independence...
– October 21 – November 11, 1781 - Battle of JohnstownBattle of JohnstownThe Battle of Johnstown was fought in Johnstown, New York. It was one of the last battles in the American theatre of the American Revolutionary War, with approximately 1400 engaged at Johnstown on October 25, 1781...
– October 25, 1781 - Second Battle of UshantBattle of Ushant (1781)The Second Battle of Ushant was a naval battle fought between French and British squadrons near Ushant on 12 December 1781, during the American War of Independence.-Battle:...
– December 12, 1781
1782
- Siege of Brimstone HillSiege of Brimstone HillThe French invasion of Saint Kitts also known as the Siege of Brimstone Hill was a siege of the American Revolutionary War. After landing on Saint Kitts, the French troops of the Marquis de Bouillé stormed and besieged Brimstone Hill, and after a month of siege the heavily outnumbered and cut-off...
– January 5 – February 12, 1782 - Capture of TrincomaleeCapture of TrincomaleeThe Capture of Trincomalee on 11 January 1782 was the second major engagement between Great Britain and the Dutch East India Company in the East Indies after outbreak of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War...
– January 11, 1782 - Capture of Demerara and Essequibo – January 22 – February 5, 1782
- Battle of Saint Kitts – January 25–26, 1782
- Battle of SadrasBattle of SadrasThe Battle of Sadras was the first of five largely indecisive naval battles fought between a British fleet under Admiral Sir Edward Hughes and French fleet under the Bailli de Suffren off the east coast of India during the American War of Independence...
– February 17, 1782 - Capture of Montserrat – February 22, 1782
- Gnadenhütten massacreGnadenhütten massacreThe Gnadenhutten massacre, also known as the Moravian massacre, was the killing on March 8, 1782, during the American Revolutionary War, of 96 Christian Lenape by colonial American militia from Pennsylvania. The militia attacked Lenape at the Moravian missionary village of Gnadenhütten, Ohio.The...
– March 8, 1782 - Battle of RoatánBattle of RoatánThe Battle of Roatán was an American War of Independence battle fought on March 16, 1782, between British and Spanish forces for control of Roatán, an island off the Caribbean coast of present-day Honduras....
– March 16, 1782 - Action of 16 March 1782Action of 16 March 1782The Action of 16 March 1782 was a minor naval engagement between a British Royal Naval frigate HMS Success and a Spanish frigate Santa Catalina in the Strait of Gibraltar during the American War of Independence....
– March 16, 1782 - Battle of Little MountainBattle of Little MountainThe Battle of Little Mountain, also known as Estill's Defeat, was fought on March 22, 1782, near Mount Sterling in what is now Montgomery County, Kentucky...
– March 22, 1782 - Battle of Delaware Bay – April 8, 1782
- Battle of the SaintesBattle of the SaintesThe Battle of the Saintes took place over 4 days, 9 April 1782 – 12 April 1782, during the American War of Independence, and was a victory of a British fleet under Admiral Sir George Rodney over a French fleet under the Comte de Grasse forcing the French and Spanish to abandon a planned...
– April 9–12, 1782 - Battle of ProvidienBattle of ProvidienThe Battle of Providien was the second in a series of naval battles fought between a British fleet under Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Hughes and a French fleet under the Bailli de Suffren near India during the American Revolutionary War...
– April 12, 1782 - Battle of the Black RiverBattle of the Black RiverThe Battle of Black River was a series of conflicts between April and August 1782 during the American War of Independence. They were fought between British and Spanish forces for control of the Black River settlement, located on the Caribbean coast of present-day Honduras. Spanish forces forced...
– April 13 – August 23, 1782 - Battle of the Mona PassageBattle of the Mona PassageThe Battle of the Mona Passage was a naval engagement on 19 April 1782 between a British fleet under Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood, and a small French fleet. It took place in the Mona Passage, a strait separating Hispaniola and Puerto Rico, shortly after the British victory at the Battle of the...
– April 19, 1782 - Action of 20–21 April 1782 – April 20–21, 1782
- Capture of the BahamasCapture of The Bahamas (1782)The Capture of the Bahamas took place in May 1782 during the American War of Independence when a Spanish force under the command of Juan Manuel de Cagigal arrived on the island of New Providence near Nassau, the capital of The Bahamas...
– May, 1782 - Crawford expeditionCrawford expeditionThe Crawford expedition, also known as the Sandusky expedition and Crawford's Defeat, was a 1782 campaign on the western front of the American Revolutionary War, and one of the final operations of the conflict...
– May 25 – June 12, 1782 - Naval battle off HalifaxNaval battle off HalifaxThe Battle off Halifax took place during the American Revolutionary War involving the American privateer Jack and a Royal Naval brig Observer off Halifax, Nova Scotia. The American privateer was commanded by Captain John Ropes and the Observer by John Crymes...
– May 28–29, 1782 - Raid on LunenburgRaid on Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (1782)Not to be confused with the Raid on Lunenburg, Nova Scotia The Raid on Lunenburg occurred during the American Revolution when the famous American Privateer Captain Noah Stoddard of Fairhaven, Massachusetts and four other privateer vessels attacked the British settlement at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia...
– July 1, 1782 - Battle of NegapatamBattle of Negapatam (1782)The Battle of Negapatam was the third in the series of battles fought between a British fleet under Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Hughes and a French fleet under the Bailli de Suffren off the coast of India during the American Revolutionary War...
– July 6, 1782 - Battle of PiquaBattle of PiquaThe Battle of Piqua, also known as the Battle of Pekowee or Pekowi, was part of the western campaign during the American Revolutionary War...
– August 8, 1782 - Hudson Bay ExpeditionHudson Bay ExpeditionThe Hudson Bay expedition of Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse was a series of military raids on the lucrative fur trading posts and fortifications of the Hudson's Bay Company on the shores of Hudson Bay by a squadron of the French Royal Navy...
– August 8, 1782 - Siege of Bryan Station – August 15–17, 1782
- Battle of Blue LicksBattle of Blue LicksThe Battle of Blue Licks, fought on August 19, 1782, was one of the last battles of the American Revolutionary War. The battle occurred ten months after Lord Cornwallis's famous surrender at Yorktown, which had effectively ended the war in the east...
– August 19, 1782 - Battle of the Combahee RiverBattle of the Combahee RiverThe Battle of the Combahee River was a skirmish of the American Revolutionary War fought on August 26, 1782, near Beaufort, South Carolina, one of many such unimportant confrontations to occur before the British evacuated Charleston in December 1782...
– August 26, 1782 - Battle of TrincomaleeBattle of TrincomaleeThe Battle of Trincomalee was the fourth in the series of battles fought between a British fleet under Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Hughes and a French fleet under the Bailli de Suffren off the coast of India during the American Revolutionary War...
– August 25 – September 3, 1782 - Siege of Fort HenrySiege of Fort Henry (1782)The Siege of Fort Henry was an assault on the American Fort Henry, a frontier fort on the western reaches of Virginia that is now the site of Wheeling, West Virginia...
– September 11–13, 1782 - Action of 18 October 1782Action of 18 October 1782The Action of 18 October 1782 was a minor naval engagement of the American War of Independence, in which the French 74-gun ship of the line Scipion, accompanied by a frigate, was chased by two ships of the line, HMS London and Torbay...
– October 18, 1782 - Battle of Cape SpartelBattle of Cape SpartelThe Battle of Cape Spartel was an indecisive naval battle between a Franco-Spanish fleet under Admiral Luis de Córdova y Córdova and a British fleet under Admiral Richard Howe...
– October 20, 1782 - Action of 6 December 1782Action of 6 December 1782The Action of 6 December 1782 was a single-ship action fought between HMS Ruby and the French ship Solitaire off the coast of Martinique. The Ruby easily defeated the Solitaire.-Battle:...
– December 6, 1782 - Action of 12 December 1782Action of 12 December 1782The Action of 12 December 1782 was a naval engagement fought off the coast of Spain near Ferrol, in which the British 40-gun fifth rate HMS Mediator successfully attacked a convoy of five armed ships. Mediator succeeded in capturing one American privateer, the Alexander, and then captured the...
– December 12, 1782
1783
- Action of 22 January 1783Action of 22 January 1783The Action of 22 January 1783 was a single ship action fought off the Chesapeake Bay during the American War of Independence. The British frigate under the command of Thomas McNamara Russell captured the French frigate Sybille under the command of Théobald René, Comte de Kergariou-Loemaria...
– January 22, 1783 - Capture of the Turks and Caicos Islands – February 12, 1783
- Capture of the BahamasCapture of the Bahamas (1783)The Capture of the Bahamas took place in April 1783, late in the American War of Independence, when a Loyalist expedition under the command of Andrew Deveaux set out to retake the Bahamas from the Spanish. The expedition was successful and Nassau fell without a shot being fired...
– April 14–18, 1783 - Battle of CuddaloreBattle of Cuddalore (1783)The Battle of Cuddalore was a battle between a British fleet under Admiral Sir Edward Hughes and a slightly smaller French fleet under the Bailli de Suffren off the coast of India near Cuddalore during the American Revolutionary War, which in 1780 had sparked the Second Mysore War in India...
– June 20, 1783 (naval battle) - Siege of CuddaloreSiege of CuddaloreThe Siege of Cuddalore was a siege attempt by British troops against a combined French and Mysorean garrison in the fortress of Cuddalore late in the War of American Independence and the Second Anglo-Mysore War...
– June 7–25, 1783 (land siege)