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

  • Battle of Lexington & Concord

Boston campaign (1775–1776)

Battles (in chronological order)

Battle Date Location Outcome Ref
Powder Alarm* Template:Dts Massachusetts British soldiers remove military supplies <ref name=":0">Template:Cite book</ref>
Storming of Fort William and Mary* Template:Dts New Hampshire American insurgents seize powder and shot after brief skirmish. <ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Battles of Lexington and Concord Template:Dts Massachusetts American insurgent victory: British forces raiding Concord driven back into Boston with heavy losses. <ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Battle of Meriam's Corner Template:Dts Massachusetts American victory. Patriots attack and inflict casualties on the British as they retreat from Concord.
Siege of Boston Template:Dts –
March 17, 1776
Massachusetts American victory: British eventually evacuate Boston after Americans fortify Dorchester heights <ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Gunpowder Incident* Template:Dts Virginia Virginia governor Lord Dunmore removes powder to a Royal Navy ship, standoff with American insurgents is resolved peacefully <ref name=":0" />
New York Armory Raid* Template:Dts New York American victory: Sons of Liberty capture muskets, bayonets, and cartridge boxes from the armory at City Hall Template:Citation needed
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga Template:Dts New York Major American victory, capture British posts at Ticonderoga and Crown Point <ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Battle of Chelsea Creek Template:DtsTemplate:Nowrap Massachusetts American victory - capture of British ship Diana <ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Battle of Machias Template:DtsTemplate:Nowrap Massachusetts (present-day Maine) American forces capture the HM schooner Margaretta
Battle of Bunker Hill Template:Dts Massachusetts British victory: British drive American forces from the Charlestown peninsula near Boston but suffer heavy losses <ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Capture of Turtle Bay Depot Template:Dts New York American victory: Sons of Liberty capture storehouse and magazine <ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Battle of Gloucester Template:Dts Massachusetts American victory <ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Raid on the Battery Template:Dts New York American victory: 23 royal cannon from The Battery were taken under fire from HMS Asia offshore <ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Siege of Fort St. Jean Template:Dts –
November 3, 1775
Quebec American victory - capture of British force and subsequently overrun Montreal and much of Quebec <ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Battle of Longue-Pointe September 25, 1775 Quebec British victory citation CitationClass=web

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Burning of Falmouth Template:Dts Massachusetts British burn Falmouth <ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Battle of Kemp's Landing Template:Dts Virginia British victory <ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Siege of Savage's Old Fields Template:DtsTemplate:Nowrap South Carolina American insurgent victory - defeat of British loyalist force <ref name=":1">Template:Cite book</ref>
Battle of Great Bridge Template:Dts Virginia American victory: Lord Dunmore's loyalist force is defeated <ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Snow Campaign Template:Dts South Carolina American insurgent victory; a campaign against loyalists in South Carolina <ref name=":1" />
Battle of Great Cane Break Template:Dts South Carolina American victory <ref>Huff, 22; Bobby Gilmer Moss, The Patriots in the Snow Campaign, 1775 (Blacksburg, SC: Scotia Hibernia Press, 2007), 18.</ref>
Battle of Quebec Template:Dts Quebec British victory: British repulse American assault on Quebec city <ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Burning of Norfolk Template:Dts Virginia British bombard Norfolk; Americans destroy what they see as a loyalist stronghold <ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge Template:Dts North Carolina American victory: loyalist force of Regulators and Highlanders defeated <ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Battle of the Rice Boats Template:DtsTemplate:Nowrap Georgia British victory <ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Raid of Nassau Template:DtsTemplate:Nowrap Bahamas American victory. They raided the Bahamas to obtain supplies <ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Battle of Saint-Pierre Template:Dts Quebec American victory <ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Battle of Block Island Template:Dts Rhode Island British victory <ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Battle of The Cedars Template:DtsTemplate:Nowrap Quebec British victory <ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Battle of Round Mountain Template:DtsTemplate:Nowrap North Carolina American victory
Battle of Trois-Rivières Template:Dts Quebec British victory: Americans forced to evacuate Quebec <ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Battle of Sullivan's Island Template:Dts South Carolina American victory: British attack on Charleston is repulsed <ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet Template:Dts New Jersey American victory <ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Battle of McDowell's Station July 3 - 12,1776 North Carolina American victory
Battle of Gwynn's Island July 8–10, 1776 Virginia American victory <ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Battle of Lindley's Fort Template:Dts South Carolina American victory: Native Americans' attack repulsed <ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Battle of Long Island Template:Dts New York British victory: in the largest battle of the war, the American army of George Washington is outflanked and routed on Long Island, but later manages to evacuate to Manhattan
Landing at Kip's Bay Template:Dts New York British victory: British capture New York City and hold it for the duration of the war
Battle of Harlem Heights Template:Dts New York American victory: Americans repulse British attack on Manhattan
Battle of Coweecho River Template:Dts North Carolina American victory
Battle of Valcour Island Template:Dts New York British victory: British defeat American naval force on Lake Champlain, but victory comes too late to press the offensive against the Hudson Valley
Battle of Mamaroneck October 22, 1776 New York British tactical victory
Battle of White Plains Template:Dts New York British victory
Battle of Fort Cumberland Template:DtsTemplate:Nowrap Nova Scotia British victory
Battle of Fort Washington Template:Dts New York British victory: British capture 3,000 Americans on Manhattan in one of the most devastating defeats of the Continental Army in the war
Battle of Fort Lee Template:Dts New Jersey British victory: Americans begin general retreat
Ambush of Geary Template:Dts New Jersey American victory
Battle of Iron Works Hill Template:DtsTemplate:Nowrap New Jersey British victory
Battle of Trenton Template:Dts New Jersey American victory: Americans capture Hessian detachment at Trenton
Second Battle of Trenton Template:Dts New Jersey American victory
Battle of Princeton Template:Dts New Jersey American victory: Americans defeat a small British force, the British decide to evacuate New Jersey
Battle of Millstone Template:Dts New Jersey American victory
Forage War January–March 1777 New Jersey Americans harass remaining British forces in New Jersey
Battle of Punk Hill Template:Dts New Jersey American victory
Battle of Bound Brook Template:Dts New Jersey British victory
Battle of Ridgefield Template:Dts Connecticut British victory
Battle of Thomas Creek Template:Dts East Florida British victory
Meigs Raid Template:Dts New York American victory
Battle of Short Hills Template:Dts New Jersey British victory
Siege of Fort Ticonderoga Template:DtsTemplate:Nowrap New York British victory
Battle of Hubbardton Template:Dts Vermont British victory
Battle of Fort Ann Template:Dts New York British victory
Siege of Fort Stanwix Template:DtsTemplate:Nowrap New York American victory: British fail to take Fort Stanwix
Battle of Oriskany Template:Dts New York British victory
Battle of the Flockey August 13, 1777 New York American victory; first American Cavalry charge
Second Battle of Machias Template:DtsTemplate:Nowrap Massachusetts (present-day Maine) British victory
Battle of Bennington Template:Dts New York American victory
Battle of Staten Island Template:Dts New York British victory
Battle of Setauket Template:Dts New York British victory
First siege of Fort Henry September 1 or 21, 1777 Virginia American victory
Battle of Cooch's Bridge Template:Dts Delaware British victory
Battle of Brandywine Template:Dts Pennsylvania British victory
Battle of the Clouds Template:Dts Pennsylvania Battle called off due to rain
Battle of Freeman's Farm Template:Dts New York British tactical victory: First of the two Battles of Saratoga
Battle of Paoli Template:Dts Pennsylvania British victory
Siege of Fort Mifflin Template:Dts –
November 15, 1777
Pennsylvania British victory
Battle of Germantown Template:Dts Pennsylvania British victory
Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery Template:Dts New York British victory
2nd Battle of Saratoga Template:Dts New York American victory: Also called the Battle of Bemis Heights. British under Burgoyne driven back and forced to surrender 10 days later; American victory demonstrates to France that the Americans can win; Franco-American treaty follows in 1778.
Battle of Red Bank Template:Dts New Jersey American victory
Battle of Gloucester Template:Dts New Jersey American victory
Battle of White Marsh Template:DtsTemplate:Nowrap Pennsylvania American victory
Battle of Matson's Ford Template:Dts Pennsylvania British victory
Battle of Barbados Template:Dts Barbados British victory
Battle of Quinton's Bridge Template:Dts New Jersey British victory
North Channel Naval Duel Template:Dts Great Britain American victory
Battle of Crooked Billet Template:Dts Pennsylvania British victory
Battle of Barren Hill Template:Dts Pennsylvania Indecisive
Mount Hope Bay raids Template:DtsTemplate:Nowrap Rhode Island British victory
Battle of Cobleskill Template:Dts New York British-Iroquois victory
Battle of Monmouth Template:Dts New Jersey Draw: British break off engagement and continue retreat to New York
Battle of Alligator Bridge Template:Dts East Florida British victory
Battle of Wyoming Template:Dts Pennsylvania British-Iroquois victory
First Battle of Ushant Template:Dts Bay of Biscay Indecisive
Battle of Newport Template:Dts Rhode Island British victory
Grey's raid Template:DtsTemplate:Nowrap Massachusetts British victory
Invasion of Dominica Template:Dts Dominica French victory
Siege of Boonesborough Template:Dts Virginia American victory
Attack on German Flatts Template:Dts New York British-Iroquois victory
Baylor Massacre Template:Dts New Jersey British victory
Battle of Edgar's Lane September 30, 1778 New York American victory
Raid on Unadilla and Onaquaga Template:DtsTemplate:Nowrap Indian Reserve American victory
Battle of Chestnut Neck Template:Dts New Jersey British victory
Affair at Little Egg Harbor Template:Dts New Jersey British victory
Carleton's Raid October 24-November 14, 1778 Vermont British victory
Cherry Valley Massacre Template:Dts New York British-Iroquois victory
Action of 12 December 1779 Template:Dts Honduras British victory
Capture of St. Lucia Template:DtsTemplate:Nowrap St. Lucia British victory
Capture of Savannah Template:Dts Georgia British victory
Battle of Beaufort Template:Dts South Carolina American victory
Battle of Kettle Creek Template:Dts Georgia American victory
Siege of Fort Vincennes Template:DtsTemplate:Nowrap Indiana American victory
Battle of Brier Creek Template:Dts Georgia British victory
Battle of Chillicothe May 1779 Quebec American victory
Chesapeake raid Template:DtsTemplate:Nowrap Virginia British victory
Capture of Saint Vincent Template:DtsTemplate:Nowrap St. Vincent French victory
Battle of Stono Ferry Template:Dts South Carolina British victory
Great Siege of Gibraltar June 24, 1779 – February 7, 1783 Gibraltar British victory
Capture of Grenada Template:Dts Grenada French victory
Tryon's raid Template:DtsTemplate:Nowrap Connecticut British victory
Battle of Grenada Template:Dts Grenada French victory
Battle of Stony Point Template:Dts New York American victory
Battle of Minisink Template:Dts New York British-Iroquois victory
Penobscot Expedition July 24-August 29, 1779 Massachusetts British victory
Battle of Paulus Hook Template:Dts New Jersey American victory
Battle of Newtown Template:Dts Indian Reserve American victory
Capture of Fort Bute Template:Dts West Florida American-Spanish victory
Battle of Lake Pontchartrain Template:Dts West Florida American victory
Boyd and Parker ambush Template:Dts Indian Reserve British-Iroquois victory
Action of 14 September 1779 Template:Dts Azores British victory
Siege of Savannah September 16-October 18, 1779 Georgia British victory
Battle of Baton Rouge Template:DtsTemplate:Nowrap West Florida American-Spanish victory
Battle of Flamborough Head Template:Dts Great Britain American victory
Action of 6 October 1779 October 6, 1779 France French victory
Battle of San Fernando de Omoa October 16-November 29, 1779 Guatemala British victory
Action of 11 November 1779 Template:Dts Portugal British victory
Action of 20 November 1779 November 20, 1779 Portugal British victory
First Battle of Martinique Template:Dts Martinique British victory
Action of 8 January 1780 Template:Dts Spain British victory
Battle of Cape St. Vincent Template:Dts Portugal British victory
Battle of Young's House Template:Dts New York British victory
Battle of Van Creek February 11, 1780 Georgia Loyalist victory
San Juan Expedition March–November, 1780 Guatemala American-Spanish victory
Battle of Fort Charlotte Template:DtsTemplate:Nowrap West Florida American-Spanish victory
Siege of Charleston March 29-May 12, 1780 South Carolina British victory: British recapture South Carolina following the battle
Battle of Monck's Corner Template:Dts South Carolina British victory
Second Battle of Martinique Template:Dts Martinique American victory
Battle of Lenud's Ferry Template:Dts South Carolina British victory
Bird's invasion of Kentucky May 25-August 4, 1780 Virginia British victory
Battle of St. Louis Template:Dts Louisiana (present-day Missouri) Patriot-Spanish victory
Battle of Waxhaws Template:Dts South Carolina British victory
Battle of Connecticut Farms Template:Dts New Jersey British victory
Battle of Mobley's Meeting House Template:DtsTemplate:Nowrap South Carolina American victory
Battle of Ramsour's Mill Template:Dts North Carolina American victory
Battle of Springfield Template:Dts New Jersey American victory
Huck's Defeat Template:Dts South Carolina American victory
Battle of Bull's Ferry Template:DtsTemplate:Nowrap New Jersey Loyalist victory
Battle of Colson's Mill Template:Dts North Carolina American victory
Battle of Rocky Mount Template:Dts South Carolina Loyalist victory
Battle of Hanging Rock Template:Dts South Carolina American victory
Battle of Pekowee Template:Dts Quebec American victory
Action of 9 August 1780 Template:Dts Atlantic Franco-Spanish victory
Action of 10 August 1780 August 10, 1780 France British victory
Action of 13 August 1780 August 13, 1780 Ireland British victory
Battle of Camden Template:Dts South Carolina British victory
Battle of Fishing Creek Template:Dts South Carolina British victory
Battle of Musgrove Mill Template:Dts South Carolina American victory
Battle of Black Mingo Template:Dts South Carolina American victory
Battle of Graham's Fort Template:Dts North Carolina American victory
Battle of Wahab's Plantation Template:Dts South Carolina American victory
Battle of Charlotte Template:Dts North Carolina British victory
Action of 30 September 1780 September 30, 1780 Bermuda British victory
Battle of McIntyre Farm Template:Dts North Carolina American victory
Battle of Kings Mountain Template:Dts South Carolina American victory: halts first British invasion of North Carolina
Battle of Shallow Ford October 14, 1780 North Carolina American victory
Royalton Raid Template:Dts Vermont British victory
Battle of Klock's Field Template:Dts New York American victory
Battle of Tearcoat Swamp October 25, 1780 South Carolina American victory
La Balme's Defeat Template:Dts Quebec British-Iroquois victory
Battle of Fishdam Ford Template:Dts South Carolina American victory
Battle of Blackstock's Farm Template:Dts South Carolina American victory
Battle of Fort St. George Template:Dts New York American victory
Battle of Hammond's Store Template:Dts South Carolina American Victory
Battle of Jersey Template:Dts Jersey British victory
Battle of Mobile Template:Dts West Florida American-Spanish victory
Battle of Cowpens Template:Dts South Carolina American victory
Battle of Cowan's Ford Template:Dts North Carolina British victory
Capture of Sint Eustatius Template:Dts Sint Eustatius British victory
Battle of Summerfield Template:Dts North Carolina Patriot victory
Battle of Harts Mill Template:Dts North Carolina American victory
Battle of Haw River Template:Dts North Carolina American victory
Battle of Wetzell's Mill Template:Dts North Carolina British victory
Siege of Pensacola March 9-May 8, 1781 West Florida American-Spanish victory
Battle of Guilford Court House Template:Dts North Carolina British victory
Battle of Cape Henry Template:Dts Virginia British strategic victory, tactically indecisive
Battle of Beattie's Mill Template:Dts South Carolina American victory
Siege of Fort Watson Template:DtsTemplate:Nowrap South Carolina American victory
Battle of Porto Praya Template:Dts Cape Verde Draw
Battle of Blandford Template:Dts Virginia British victory
Battle of Hobkirk's Hill Template:Dts South Carolina British victory
Battle of Fort Royal Template:Dts Martinique French victory
Action of 1 May 1781 Template:Dts France British victory
Battle of Fort Motte Template:DtsTemplate:Nowrap South Carolina American victory
Battle of Pine's Bridge May 14, 1781 New York Loyalist victory
Battle of Portevent's Mill May 16, 1781 North Carolina American victory
Siege of Augusta May 22-June 6, 1781 Georgia American victory
Siege of Ninety-Six May 22-June 18, 1781 South Carolina British victory
Invasion of Tobago May 24-June 2, 1781 Tobago French victory
Action of 30 May 1781 Template:Dts Barbary Coast British victory
Battle of Cox's Mill June 8, 1781 North Carolina American victory
Battle of Spencer's Ordinary Template:Dts Virginia British victory
Francisco's Fight July 1781 Virginia American victory
Battle of Green Spring Template:Dts Virginia British victory
Naval battle of Louisbourg Template:Dts Nova Scotia Franco-American victory
Battle of Dogger Bank Template:Dts North Sea British victory
Battle of Piqua August 8, 1781 Ohio American victory
Invasion of Minorca August 19, 1781 – February 5, 1782 Minorca Franco-Spanish victory
Lochry's Defeat Template:Dts Quebec British-Iroquois victory
Battle of Elizabethtown Template:Dts North Carolina American victory
Battle of the Chesapeake Template:Dts Virginia French victory
Battle of Groton Heights Template:Dts Connecticut British victory
Battle of Eutaw Springs Template:Dts South Carolina British victory
Battle of Lindley's Mill Template:Dts North Carolina American victory
Long Run Massacre Template:Dts Virginia British-Iroquois victory
Battle of Yorktown September 28-October 19, 1781 Virginia Franco-American victory: Cornwallis surrenders his entire force of over 7,000; escape blocked by the French navy. Last major land battle of the war.
Battle of Fort Slongo Template:Dts New York American victory
Battle of Raft Swamp Template:Dts North Carolina American victory
Battle of Johnstown Template:Dts New York American victory
Second Battle of Ushant Template:Dts Bay of Biscay British victory
Battle of Videau's Bridge Template:Dts South Carolina British victory
Siege of Brimstone Hill January 11-February 13, 1782 St. Christopher Franco-American victory
Action of 15 January 1782 January 15, 1782 Jamaica British victory
Capture of Demerara and Essequibo January 22-February 5, 1782 Demerara and Essequibo Franco-American victory
Battle of Saint Kitts Template:DtsTemplate:Nowrap St. Christopher British victory
Capture of Montserrat Template:Dts Montserrat French victory
Battle of Wambaw Template:Dts South Carolina British victory
Gnadenhütten massacre Template:Dts Ohio
Battle of Roatán Template:Dts Guatemala American-Spanish victory
Action of 16 March 1782 Template:Dts Strait of Gibraltar British victory
Battle of Little Mountain Template:Dts Virginia British-Iroquois victory
Battle of Delaware Bay Template:Dts New Jersey American victory
Battle of the Saintes Template:DtsTemplate:Nowrap Dominica British victory
Battle of the Black River April–August, 1782 Guatemala British victory
Battle of the Mona Passage Template:Dts Mona passage British victory
Action of 20–21 April 1782 Template:DtsTemplate:Nowrap Bay of Biscay British victory
Capture of the Bahamas Template:Dts Bahamas Patriot-Spanish victory
Crawford expedition May 25-June 12, 1782 Quebec British-Iroquois victory
Naval battle off Halifax Template:DtsTemplate:Nowrap Nova Scotia British victory
Raid on Chester Template:Dts Nova Scotia British victory
Raid on Lunenburg Template:Dts Nova Scotia American victory
Hudson Bay Expedition Template:Dts Rupert's Land Franco-American victory
Siege of Bryan Station Template:DtsTemplate:Nowrap Virginia American victory
Battle of Blue Licks Template:Dts Virginia British-Iroquois victory
Battle of the Combahee River Template:Dts South Carolina British victory
Action of 4 September 1782 Template:Dts France British victory
Action of 5 September 1782 Template:Dts Long Island Inconclusive
Siege of Fort Henry Template:DtsTemplate:Nowrap Virginia American victory
Grand Assault on Gibraltar Template:Dts Gibraltar British victory
Action of 15 September 1782 Template:Dts Delaware Bay British victory
Action of 18 October 1782 Template:Dts Hispaniola British victory
Battle of James Island Template:Dts South Carolina British victory
Action of 6 December 1782 Template:Dts Martinique British victory
Battle of the Delaware Capes 20 - 21 December 1782 Cape May British victory
Battle of Cedar Bridge Template:Dts New Jersey American victory: Captains Richard Shreve and Edward Thomas engaged John Bacon and his Loyalist bandits (known now as "Refugees") at Cedar Bridge. A brief exchange of gunfire took place, and Bacon and his men were able to escape. This was the last land battle in the U.S.
Action of 2 January 1783 Template:Dts Hispaniola Inconclusive
Action of 22 January 1783 Template:Dts Virginia British victory
Action of 15 February 1783 Template:Dts Guadeloupe British victory
Action of 17 February 1783 Template:Dts Cuba British victory
Recapture of the Bahamas 14–18 April 1783 Bahamas British victory
Battle of Arkansas Post Template:Dts Louisiana (present-day Arkansas) Spanish Victory

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