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American Revolutionary War

Boston – Canada – New York and New Jersey – Saratoga – Philadelphia – Western – Northern – Southern – Yorktown – West Indies and Gulf Coast – Naval

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

1 Major campaigns, theaters, and expeditions of the war
2 Battles (in chronological order)
- 2.1 1774
- 2.2 1775
- 2.3 1776
- 2.4 1777
- 2.5 1778
- 2.6 1779
- 2.7 1780
- 2.8 1781
- 2.9 1782
- 2.10 1783

Major campaigns, theaters, and expeditions of the war

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

Battles (in chronological order)

1774

Powder Alarm – September 1, 1774*

1775

Boston campaign, 1774–76

Powder Alarm – Lexington and Concord – Siege of Boston – Chelsea Creek – Bunker Hill – Knox artillery train – Dorchester Heights

Canadian campaign

Ticonderoga – Fort St. Jean – Longue-Pointe – Arnold Expedition – Quebec – Saint-Pierre – Les Cèdres – Trois-Rivières – Valcour Bay

Southern theater, 1775–79

Gunpowder Incident – Kemp's Landing – Great Bridge – Moore's Creek Bridge – Rice Boats – Sullivan's Island – Thomas Creek – Frederica – Alligator Bridge – 1st Savannah – Beaufort – Kettle Creek – Brier Creek – Stono Ferry – 2nd Savannah

Battles of Lexington and Concord – April 19, 1775
Siege of Boston – April 19, 1775 – March 17, 1776
Gunpowder Incident – April 20, 1775*
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga – May 10, 1775*
Battle of Chelsea Creek – May 27 – May 28, 1775
Battle of Machias – June 11 – June 12, 1775
Battle of Bunker Hill – June 17, 1775 (also known as the Battle of Breed's Hill)
Battle of Gloucester, MA – August 8, 1775
Shelling of Stonington – August 30, 1775
Siege of Fort St. Jean – September 17 – November 3, 1775 (also called St. John's)
Burning of Falmouth – October 18, 1775*
Battle of Kemp's Landing – November 14, 1775
Battle of Great Bridge – November 28 – December 9, 1775
Battle of Quebec – December 31, 1775

1776

New York and New Jersey 1776–1777

Long Island – Kip's Bay – Harlem Heights – Pell's Point – White Plains – Fort Washington – Geary Ambush – Iron Works Hill – Delaware crossing – Trenton – Assunpink Creek – Princeton – Forage War – Millstone – Bound Brook

Northern coastal theater

Fort Cumberland – Ridgefield – Freetown – Rhode Island – Chestnut Neck – Penobscot Expedition – Groton Heights

Burning of Norfolk – January 1, 1776
Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge – February 27, 1776
Battle of the Rice Boats – March 2 – March 3, 1776
Battle of Nassau – March 3 – March 4, 1776
Fortification of Dorchester Heights – March 4, 1776*
Battle of Saint-Pierre – March 25, 1776
Action of 6 April 1776 – April 6, 1776
Battle of the Cedars – May 15 – May 16, 1776
Battle of Trois-Rivières – June 8, 1776
Battle of Sullivan's Island – June 28, 1776
Battle of Long Island – August 27, 1776 (also known as the Battle of Brooklyn)
Landing at Kip's Bay – September 15, 1776
Battle of Harlem Heights – September 16, 1776
Battle of Valcour Island – October 11, 1776 (naval battle)
Battle of White Plains – October 28, 1776
Battle of Fort Cumberland – November 10 – November 28, 1776
Battle of Fort Washington – November 16, 1776
Battle of Fort Lee – November 19, 1776
Ambush of Geary – December 14, 1776
Battle of Iron Works Hill – December 22 – December 23, 1776 (also known as the Battle of Mount Holly)
Battle of Trenton – December 26, 1776

1777

Saratoga campaign, 1777

Ticonderoga – Hubbardton – Fort Anne – Fort Stanwix – Oriskany – Bennington – 1st Saratoga (Freeman's Farm) – Forts Clinton and Montgomery – 2nd Saratoga (Bemis Heights)

Philadelphia campaign 1777–1778

Short Hills – Staten Island – Cooch's Bridge – Brandywine –Clouds – Paoli – Germantown – Red Bank – Gloucester – White Marsh – Matson's Ford – Valley Forge – Quinton's Bridge – Crooked Billet – Barren Hill – Monmouth

Second Battle of Trenton – January 2, 1777
Battle of Princeton – January 3, 1777
Battle of Millstone – January 20, 1777
Forage War – Winter 1777
Battle of Bound Brook – April 13, 1777
Battle of Ridgefield – April 27, 1777 (also known as the Danbury Raid)
Battle of Thomas Creek – May 17, 1777
Battle of Short Hills – June 26, 1777 (also known as the Battle of Metuchen Meetinghouse)
Second Battle of Ticonderoga – July 5 – July 6, 1777
Battle of Hubbardton – July 7, 1777
Battle of Fort Ann – July 8, 1777
Siege of Fort Stanwix – August 2 – August 23, 1777
Battle of Oriskany – August 6, 1777
Battle of Bennington – August 16, 1777
Battle of Staten Island – August 22, 1777
First Siege of Fort Henry – September, 1777
Battle of Cooch's Bridge – September 3, 1777
Battle of Brandywine – September 11, 1777
Battle of the Clouds – September 16, 1777
Battle of Freeman's Farm – September 19, 1777 (also known as the First Battle of Saratoga)
Battle of Paoli – September 21, 1777
Battle of Germantown – October 4, 1777
Battle of Red Bank – October 5 – November 25, 1777
Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery – October 6, 1777
Battle of Bemis Heights – October 7, 1777 (also known as the Second Battle of Saratoga)
Battle of Fort Mercer – October 22, 1777
Bombardment of Fort Mifflin – November 10 – November 15, 1777
Battle of Gloucester, NJ – November 25, 1777
Battle of White Marsh – December 5 – December 8, 1777
Battle of Matson's Ford – December 11, 1777

1778

Northern frontier after 1777

Cobleskill – Wyoming Valley – Big Runaway – German Flatts – Carleton's Raid – Cherry Valley – Minisink – Sullivan Expedition – Newtown – Boyd and Parker – Royalton Raid – Klock's Field – Johnstown

New York City area after 1777

Baylor Massacre – Stony Point – Paulus Hook – Young's House – Connecticut Farms (NJ) – Springfield

Southern theater, 1780–81

Charleston – Moncks Corner – Lenud's Ferry – Waxhaws – Ramsour's Mill – Mobley's Meeting House – Huck's Defeat – Colson's Mill – Rocky Mount – Hanging Rock – Camden – Fishing Creek – Musgrove Mill – Wahab's Plantation – Black Mingo – Charlotte – Kings Mountain – Fishdam Ford – Blackstock's Farm – Cowpens – Cowan's Ford – Haw River – Wetzell's Mill – Guilford Court House – Fort Watson – Hobkirk's Hill – Fort Motte – Augusta – Ninety-Six – Francisco – Eutaw Springs – Lindley's Mill – Combahee River

Western theater

1st Fort Henry – Boonesborough – Kaskaskia & Vincennes – Fort Pitt treaty – Fort Laurens – Chillicothe – St. Louis – Bird's expedition – La Balme's Defeat – Piqua – Coshocton – Lochry's Defeat – Long Run – Gnadenhütten – Little Mountain – Crawford expedition – Bryan Station – Blue Licks – 2nd Fort Henry

Gulf Coast campaigns

Fort Bute – Lake Pontchartrain – Baton Rouge – San Fernando – Fort Charlotte – Fort San Juan – Mobile – Pensacola – Roatán

Naval campaigns in North American waters

Machias – Gloucester – Falmouth – Action of 6 April 1776 – Newport – Penobscot – Cape Henry – Louisbourg – Chesapeake – Hudson Bay

European waters, 1775–1782

Melilla – North Channel – 1st Ushant – English Channel – Flamborough Head – Cape St. Vincent – Action of 9 August 1780 – Jersey – Minorca – Dogger Bank – 2nd Ushant – Gibraltar – Cape Spartel

West Indies campaign

Nassau – St. Lucia – Grenada – Martinique (1779) – Martinique (1780) – Fort Royal – St. Kitts – The Saintes

East Indies Campaign 1778–1783

Pondicherry – Porto Praya – 1st Negapatam – 1st Trincomalee – Sadras – Providien – 2nd Negapatam – 2nd Trincomalee – 1st Cuddalore – 2nd Cuddalore

Battle of Quinton's Bridge – March 18, 1778
North Channel Naval Duel – April 24, 1778
Battle of Crooked Billet – May 1, 1778
Battle of Barren Hill – May 20, 1778
Battle of Freetown – May 25, 1778
Battle of Monmouth – June 28, 1778
Battle of Alligator Bridge – June 30, 1778
Wyoming Massacre – July 3, 1778
First Battle of Ushant – July 27, 1778
Siege of Pondicherry – August 21 – October 19, 1778
Battle of Rhode Island – August 29, 1778 (also known as Battle of Newport or Quaker Hill)
Siege of Boonesborough – September 7 – September 18, 1778
Baylor Massacre – September 27, 1778
Little Egg Harbor massacre – October, 1778
Battle of Chestnut Neck – October 6, 1778
Carleton's Raid – October 24 – November 14, 1778
Cherry Valley Massacre – November 11, 1778
Battle of St. Lucia – December 15, 1778
Capture of Savannah – December 29, 1778

1779

Battle of Beaufort – February 3, 1779 (also known as the Battle of Port Royal Island)
Battle of Kettle Creek – February 14, 1779
Battle of Vincennes – February 23 – February 25, 1779
Battle of Brier Creek – March 3, 1779
Battle of Chillicothe – May, 1779
Armada of 1779 – June – September, 1779
Battle of Stono Ferry – June 20, 1779
Great Siege of Gibraltar – June 24, 1779 – February 7, 1783
Battle of Grenada – July 6, 1779
Battle of Stony Point – July 16, 1779
Penobscot Expedition – July 24 – August 29, 1779
Battle of Paulus Hook – August 19, 1779
Battle of Newtown – August 29, 1779
Capture of Fort Bute – September 7, 1779
Battle of Lake Pontchartrain – September 10, 1779
Siege of Savannah – September 16 – October 18, 1779
Battle of Baton Rouge – September 20 – September 21, 1779
Battle of Flamborough Head – September 23, 1779
Battle of San Fernando de Omoa – October 16 – November 29, 1779
First Battle of Martinique – December 18, 1779

1780

Battle of Cape St. Vincent – January 16, 1780
Battle of Young's House – February 3, 1780
Battle of Fort Charlotte – March 2 – March 14, 1780
Siege of Charleston – March 29 – May 12, 1780
Battle of Monck's Corner – April 14, 1780
Second Battle of Martinique – April 17, 1780
Battle of Lenud's Ferry – May 6, 1780
Bird's invasion of Kentucky – May 25 – August, 1780
Battle of St. Louis – May 25, 1780
Battle of Waxhaws – May 29, 1780
Battle of Connecticut Farms – June 7, 1780
Battle of Mobley's Meeting House – June 10?, 1781
Battle of Ramsour's Mill – June 20, 1780
Battle of Springfield, NJ – June 23, 1780
Huck's Defeat – July 12, 1780
Battle of Colson's Mill – July 21, 1780
Battle of Rocky Mount – August 1, 1780
Battle of Hanging Rock – August 6, 1780
Battle of Pekowee – August 8, 1780 (also known as the Battle of Piqua)
Battle of Camden – August 16, 1780
Battle of Fishing Creek – August 18, 1780
Battle of Musgrove Mill – August 18, 1780
Battle of Black Mingo – August 28, 1780
Battle of Wahab's Plantation – September 20, 1780
Battle of Charlotte – September 26, 1780
Battle of Kings Mountain – October 7, 1780
Royalton Raid – October 16, 1780
Battle of Klock's Field – October 19, 1780
La Balme's Defeat – November 5, 1780
Battle of Fishdam Ford – November 9, 1780
Battle of Blackstock's Farm – November 20, 1780

1781

Battle of Jersey – January 6, 1781
Battle of Mobile – January 7, 1781
Battle of Cowpens – January 17, 1781
Battle of Cowan's Ford – February 1, 1781
Battle of Haw River – February 25, 1781
Battle of Wetzell's Mill – March 6, 1781
Battle of Pensacola – March 9 – May 8, 1781
Battle of Guilford Court House – March 15, 1781
Battle of Cape Henry – March 16, 1781
Siege of Fort Watson – April 15 – 23, 1781
Battle of Porto Praya – April 15, 1781
Battle of Blanford – April 25, 1781 (also known as the Battle of Petersburg)
Battle of Hobkirk's Hill – April 25, 1781 (also known as the Second Battle of Camden)
Battle of Fort Royal – April 29 or 30, 1781
Battle of Fort Motte – May 8 – May 12, 1781
Siege of Augusta – May 22 – June 6, 1781
Siege of Ninety-Six – May 22 – June 19, 1781
Battle of Spencer's Ordinary – June 26, 1781
Francisco's Fight – July, 1781
Battle of Green Spring – July 6, 1781
Naval battle of Louisbourg – July 21, 1781
Battle of Dogger Bank – August 5, 1781
Invasion of Minorca – August 19, 1781 – February 5, 1782
Lochry's Defeat – August 24, 1781
Battle of the Chesapeake – September 5, 1781 (naval battle)
Battle of Groton Heights – September 6, 1781 (also known as the Battle of Fort Griswold)
Battle of Eutaw Springs – September 8, 1781
Battle of Lindley's Mill – September 13, 1781
Long Run Massacre – September 13, 1781
Siege of Yorktown – September 28 – October 17, 1781
Siege of Negapatam – October 21 – November 11, 1781
Battle of Johnstown – October 25, 1781
Second Battle of Ushant – December 12, 1781

1782

Capture of Trincomalee – January 11, 1782
Battle of St. Kitts – January 25 – January 26, 1782
Battle of Sadras – February 17, 1782
Gnadenhütten massacre – March 8, 1782
Battle of Roatán – March 16, 1782
Battle of Little Mountain – March 22, 1782
Battle of the Saintes – April 9 – April 12, 1782
Battle of Providien – April 12, 1782
Crawford expedition – May 25 – June 12, 1782
Battle of Negapatam – July 6, 1782
Battle of Piqua – August 8, 1782
Hudson Bay Expedition – August 8, 1782
Siege of Bryan Station – August 15 – August 17, 1782
Battle of Blue Licks – August 19, 1782
Battle of the Combahee River – August 26, 1782
Battle of Trincomalee – August 25 – September 3, 1782
Battle of Cape Spartel – October 20, 1782

1783

Battle of Cuddalore – June 20, 1783 (naval battle)
Siege of Cuddalore – June 7 – June 25, 1783 (land siege)

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