List of American Revolutionary War battles

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

Major campaigns, theaters, and expeditions of the war

• Boston campaign (1774–76)
• Invasion of Canada (1775–76)
• New York and New Jersey campaigns (1776–77)
• Saratoga campaign (1777)
• Philadelphia campaign (1777–78)
• Yorktown campaign (1781)
• Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War after Saratoga (1778–81)
• Gulf Coast campaign (1779–82)
• Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War (1775–83)
• Western theater of the American Revolutionary War (1777–82)
• Naval operations in the American Revolutionary War

Battles (in chronological order)

Battle	Date	Colony/State	Outcome
Powder Alarm*	September 1, 1774	Massachusetts	British soldiers remove military supplies
Battles of Lexington and Concord	April 19, 1775	Massachusetts	Patriot victory: British forces raiding Concord driven back into Boston with heavy losses.
Siege of Boston	April 19, 1775 – March 17, 1776	Massachusetts	Patriot victory: British eventually evacuate Boston after Patriots fortify Dorchester heights.
Gunpowder Incident*	April 20, 1775	Virginia	Virginia governor Lord Dunmore removes powder to a Royal Navy ship, standoff is resolved without violence.
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga	May 10, 1775	New York	Patriot victory: Patriots capture British posts at Ticonderoga and Crown point
Battle of Chelsea Creek	May 27-28, 1775	Massachusetts	Patriots victory: Patriots capture British ship Diana
Battle of Machias	June 11-12, 1775	Massachusetts	Patriot forces capture the HM schooner Margaretta
Battle of Bunker Hill	June 17, 1775	Massachusetts	British victory: British drive Patriot army from the Charleston peninsula near Boston but suffer heavy losses.
Battle of Gloucester	August 8, 1775	Massachusetts	Patriot victory
Siege of Fort St. Jean	September 17 – November 3, 1775	Quebec	Patriot victory: Patriots capture British force and subsequently overrun Montreal and much of Quebec.
Burning of Falmouth	October 18, 1775	Massachusetts	British burn Falmouth.
Battle of Kemp's Landing	November 14, 1775	Virginia	British victory
Siege of Savage's Old Fields	November 19-21, 1775	South Carolina	Patriot victory: Patriots defeat loyalist force.
Battle of Great Bridge	December 9, 1775	Virginia	Patriot victory: Lord Dunmore's loyalist force is defeated.
Snow Campaign	December 1775	South Carolina	Patriot campaign against loyalists in South Carolina.
Battle of Quebec	December 31, 1775	Quebec	British victory: British repulse Patriot assault on Quebec city.
Burning of Norfolk	January 1, 1776	Virginia	British bombard Norfolk and Patriots destroy what they see as a loyalist stronghold.
Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge	February 27, 1776	North Carolina	Patriot victory: loyalist force of Regulators and Highlanders defeated.
Battle of the Rice Boats	March 2-3, 1776	Georgia	British victory
Battle of Nassau	March 3-4, 1776	Bahamas	Patriots raid against the Bahamas to obtain supplies.
Battle of Saint-Pierre	March 25, 1776	Quebec	Patriot victory
Battle of Block Island	April 6, 1776	Rhode Island	British victory
Battle of The Cedars	May 18-27, 1776	Quebec	British victory
Battle of Trois-Rivières	June 8, 1776	Quebec	British victory: Patriots forced to evacuate Quebec
Battle of Sullivan's Island	June 28, 1776	South Carolina	Patriot victory: British attack on Charleston is repulsed.
Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet	June 29, 1776	New Jersey	Patriot victory
Battle of Lindley's Fort	July 15, 1776	South Carolina	Patriot victory: Native Americans attack repulsed.
Battle of Long Island	August 27, 1776	New York	British victory: in the largest battle of the war the Patriot army is outflanked and routed on Long Island but later manages to evacuate to Manhattan.
Landing at Kip's Bay	September 15, 1776	New York	British victory: British capture New York City
Battle of Harlem Heights	September 16, 1776	New York	Patriot victory: Patriots repulse British attack on Manhattan
Battle of Valcour Island	October 11, 1776	New York	British victory: British defeat Patriot naval force on Lake Champlain, but victory comes too late to press the offensive against the Hudson valley.
Battle of White Plains	October 28, 1776	New York	British victory
Battle of Fort Cumberland	November 10-29, 1776	Nova Scotia	British victory
Battle of Fort Washington	November 16, 1776	New York	British victory: British capture 3,000 Patriots on Manhattan in one of the most devastating Patriot defeats of the war.
Battle of Fort Lee	November 20, 1776	New Jersey	British victory: Patriots begin general retreat
Ambush of Geary	December 14, 1776	New Jersey	Patriot victory
Battle of Iron Works Hill	December 22-23, 1776	New Jersey	British victory
Battle of Trenton	December 26, 1776	New Jersey	Patriot victory: Patriots capture Hessian detachment at Trenton.
Second Battle of Trenton	January 2, 1777	New Jersey	Patriot victory
Battle of Princeton	January 3, 1777	New Jersey	Patriot victory: Patriots defeat a small British force, the British decide to evacuate New Jersey.
Battle of Millstone	January 20, 1777	New Jersey	Patriot victory
Forage War	January-March 1777	New Jersey	Patriots harass remaining British forces in New Jersey.
Battle of Punk Hill	March 8, 1777	New Jersey	Patriot victory
Battle of Bound Brook	April 13, 1777	New Jersey	British victory
Battle of Ridgefield	April 27, 1777	Connecticut	British victory
Battle of Thomas Creek	May 17, 1777	East Florida	British victory
Meigs Raid	May 24, 1777	New York	Patriot victory
Battle of Short Hills	June 26, 1777	New Jersey	British victory
Siege of Fort Ticonderoga	July 5-6, 1777	New York	British victory
Battle of Hubbardton	July 7, 1777	New York	British victory
Battle of Fort Ann	July 8, 1777	New York	British victory
Siege of Fort Stanwix	August 2-23, 1777	New York	Patriot victory: British fail to take Fort Stanwix
Battle of Oriskany	August 6, 1777	New York	British victory
Second Battle of Machias	August 13-14, 1777	Massachusetts	British victory
Battle of Bennington	August 16, 1777	New York	Patriot victory
Battle of Staten Island	August 22, 1777	New York	British victory
Battle of Setauket	August 22, 1777	New York	British victory
First Siege of Fort Henry	September 1 or 21, 1777	Virginia	Patriot victory
Battle of Cooch's Bridge	September 3, 1777	Delaware	British victory
Battle of Brandywine	September 11, 1777	Pennsylvania	British victory
Battle of the Clouds	September 16, 1777	Pennsylvania	Battle called off due to rain
Battle of Freeman's Farm	September 19, 1777	New York	British tactical victory: First of the two Battles of Saratoga.
Battle of Paoli	September 21, 1777	Pennsylvania	British victory
Siege of Fort Mifflin	September 26 – November 15, 1777	Pennsylvania	British victory
Battle of Germantown	October 4, 1777	Pennsylvania	British victory
Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery	October 6, 1777	New York	British victory
Battle of Bemis Heights	October 7, 1777	New York	Patriot victory: Second of the two Battles of Saratoga, British under Burgoyne driven back and forced to surrender 10 days later.
Battle of Red Bank	October 22, 1777	New Jersey	Patriot victory
Battle of Gloucester	November 25, 1777	New Jersey	Patriot victory
Battle of White Marsh	December 5-8, 1777	Pennsylvania	Patriot victory.
Battle of Matson's Ford	December 11, 1777	Pennsylvania	British victory
Battle of Barbados	March 7, 1778	Barbados	British victory
Battle of Quinton's Bridge	March 18, 1778	New Jersey	British victory
North Channel Naval Duel	April 24, 1778	Great Britain	Patriot victory
Battle of Crooked Billet	May 1, 1778	Pennsylvania	British victory
Battle of Barren Hill	May 20, 1778	Pennsylvania	Indecisive
Mount Hope Bay raids	May 25-30, 1778	Rhode Island	British victory
Battle of Cobleskill	May 30, 1778	New York	British-Iroquois victory
Battle of Monmouth	June 28, 1778	New Jersey	Draw: British break off engagement and continue retreat to New York.
Battle of Alligator Bridge	June 30, 1778	East Florida	British victory
Wyoming Massacre	July 3, 1778	Pennsylvania	British-Iroquois victory
First Battle of Ushant	July 27, 1778	Bay of Biscay	British victory
Siege of Pondicherry	August 21–October 19 1778	India	British victory
Battle of Newport	August 29, 1778	Rhode Island	British victory
Grey's raid	September 5-17, 1778	Massachusetts	British victory
Invasion of Dominica	September 7, 1778	Dominica	French victory
Siege of Boonesborough	September 7, 1778	Virginia	Patriot victory
Attack on German Flatts	September 17, 1778	New York	British-Iroquois victory
Baylor Massacre	September 27, 1778	New Jersey	British victory
Raid on Unadilla and Onaquaga	October 2-16, 1778	Indian Reserve	Patriot victory
Battle of Chestnut Neck	October 6, 1778	New Jersey	British victory
Little Egg Harbor massacre	October 16, 1778	New Jersey	British victory
Carleton's Raid	October 24-November 14 1778	Vermont	British victory
Cherry Valley Massacre	November 11, 1778	New York	British-Iroquois victory
Battle of St. Lucia	December 15, 1778	St. Lucia	British victory
Capture of St. Lucia	December 18-28, 1778	St. Lucia	British victory
Capture of Savannah	December 29, 1778	Georgia	British victory
Battle of Beaufort	February 3, 1779	South Carolina	Patriot victory
Battle of Kettle Creek	February 14, 1779	Georgia	Patriot victory
Siege of Fort Vincennes	February 23-25, 1779	Quebec	Patriot victory
Battle of Brier Creek	March 3, 1779	Georgia	British victory
Battle of Chillicothe	May 1779	Quebec	Patriot victory
Chesapeake raid	May 10-24, 1779	Virginia	British victory
Capture of Saint Vincent	June 16-18, 1779	St. Vincent	French victory
Battle of Stono Ferry	June 20, 1779	South Carolina	British victory
Great Siege of Gibraltar	June 24, 1779-February 7, 1783	Gibraltar	British victory
Capture of Grenada	July 2, 1779	Grenada	French victory
Tryon's raid	July 5-14, 1779	Connecticut	British victory
Battle of Grenada	July 6, 1779	Grenada	French victory
Battle of Stony Point	July 16, 1779	New York	Patriot victory
Battle of Minisink	July 22, 1779	New York	British-Iroquois victory
Penobscot Expedition	July 24-August 29, 1779	Massachusetts	British victory
Battle of Paulus Hook	August 19, 1779	New Jersey	Patriot victory
Battle of Newtown	August 29, 1779	Indian Reserve	Patriot victory
Capture of Fort Bute	September 7, 1779	West Florida	Patriot-Spanish victory
Battle of Lake Pontchartrain	September 10, 1779	West Florida	Patriot victory
Boyd and Parker ambush	September 13, 1779	Indian Reserve	British-Iroquois victory
Action of 14 September 1779	September 14, 1779	Azores	British victory
Siege of Savannah	September 16-October 18, 1779	Georgia	British victory
Battle of Baton Rouge	September 20-21, 1779	West Florida	Patriot-Spanish victory
Battle of Flamborough Head	September 23, 1779	Great Britain	Patriot victory
Battle of San Fernando de Omoa	October 16-November 29, 1779	Guatemala	British victory
Action of 11 November 1779	November 11, 1779	Portugal	British victory
First Battle of Martinique	December 18, 1779	Martinique	British victory
Action of 8 January 1780	January 8, 1780	Spain	British victory
Battle of Cape St. Vincent	January 16, 1780	Portugal	British victory
Battle of Young's House	February 3, 1780	New York	British victory
San Juan Expedition	March-November, 1780	Guatemala	Patriot-Spanish victory
Battle of Fort Charlotte	March 2-14, 1780	West Florida	Patriot-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	April 14, 1780	South Carolina	British victory
Second Battle of Martinique	April 17, 1780	Martinique	Patriot victory
Battle of Lenud's Ferry	May 6, 1780	South Carolina	British victory
Bird's invasion of Kentucky	May 25-August 4, 1780	Virginia	British victory
Battle of St. Louis	May 25, 1780	Louisiana	Patriot-Spanish victory
Battle of Waxhaws	May 29, 1780	South Carolina	British victory
Battle of Connecticut Farms	June 7, 1780	New Jersey	British victory
Battle of Mobley's Meeting House	June 10-12, 1780	South Carolina	Patriot victory
Battle of Ramsour's Mill	June 20, 1780	North Carolina	Patriot victory
Battle of Springfield	June 23, 1780	New Jersey	Patriot victory
Huck's Defeat	July 12, 1780	South Carolina	Patriot victory
Battle of Bull's Ferry	July 20-21, 1780	New Jersey	Loyalist victory
Battle of Colson's Mill	July 21, 1780	North Carolina	Patriot victory
Battle of Rocky Mount	August 1, 1780	South Carolina	Loyalist victory
Battle of Hanging Rock	August 6, 1780	South Carolina	Patriot victory
Battle of Pekowee	August 8, 1780	Quebec	Patriot victory
Action of 9 August 1780	August 9, 1780	Atlantic	Spanish victory
Battle of Camden	August 16, 1780	South Carolina	British victory
Battle of Fishing Creek	August 18, 1780	South Carolina	British victory
Battle of Musgrove Mill	August 18, 1780	South Carolina	Patriot victory
Battle of Black Mingo	August 28, 1780	South Carolina	Patriot victory
Battle of Wahab's Plantation	September 20, 1780	South Carolina	Patriot victory
Battle of Charlotte	September 26, 1780	North Carolina	British victory
Battle of Kings Mountain	October 7, 1780	South Carolina	Patriot victory: halts first British invasion of North Carolina.
Royalton Raid	October 16, 1780	Vermont	British victory
Battle of Klock's Field	October 19, 1780	New York	Patriot victory
La Balme's Defeat	November 5, 1780	Quebec	British-Iroquois victory
Battle of Fishdam Ford	November 9, 1780	South Carolina	Patriot victory
Battle of Blackstock's Farm	November 20, 1780	South Carolina	Patriot victory
Battle of Fort St. George	November 23, 1780	New York	Patriot victory
Battle of Jersey	January 6, 1781	Jersey	British victory
Battle of Mobile	January 7, 1781	West Florida	Patriot-Spanish victory
Battle of Cowpens	January 17, 1781	South Carolina	Patriot victory
Battle of Cowan's Ford	February 1, 1781	North Carolina	British victory
Capture of Sint Eustatius	February 3, 1781	Sint Eustatius	British victory
Battle of Haw River	February 25, 1781	North Carolina	Patriot victory
Battle of Wetzell's Mill	March 6, 1781	North Carolina	British victory
Siege of Pensacola	March 9-May 8, 1781	West Florida	Patriot-Spanish victory
Battle of Guilford Court House	March 15, 1781	North Carolina	British victory
Battle of Cape Henry	March 16, 1781	Virginia	British victory
Siege of Fort Watson	April 15-23, 1781	South Carolina	Patriot victory
Battle of Porto Praya	April 15, 1781	Cape Verde	Draw
Battle of Blandford	April 25, 1781	Virginia	British victory
Battle of Hobkirk's Hill	April 25, 1781	South Carolina	British victory
Battle of Fort Royal	April 29, 1781	Martinique	French victory
Action of 1 May 1781	May 1, 1781	France	British victory
Battle of Fort Motte	May 8-12, 1781	South Carolina	Patriot victory
Siege of Augusta	May 22-June 6, 1781	Georgia	Patriot victory
Siege of Ninety-Six	May 22-June 6, 1781	South Carolina	British victory
Invasion of Tobago	May 24-June 2, 1781	Tobago	French victory
Action of 30 May 1781	May 30, 1781	Barbary Coast	British victory
Battle of Spencer's Ordinary	June 26, 1781	Virginia	British victory
Francisco's Fight	July 1781	Virginia	Patriot victory
Battle of Green Spring	July 6, 1781	Virginia	British victory
Naval battle of Louisbourg	July 21, 1781	Nova Scotia	Franco-Patriot victory
Battle of Dogger Bank	August 5, 1781	North Sea	British victory
Invasion of Minorca	August 19, 1781-February 5, 1782	Minorca	Franco-Spanish victory
Lochry's Defeat	August 24, 1781	Quebec	British-Iroquois victory
Battle of the Chesapeake	September 5, 1781	Virginia	French victory
Battle of Groton Heights	September 6, 1781	Connecticut	British victory
Battle of Eutaw Springs	September 8, 1781	South Carolina	British victory
Battle of Lindley's Mill	September 13, 1781	North Carolina	Patriot victory
Long Run Massacre	September 13, 1781	Virginia	British-Iroquois victory
Siege of Yorktown	September 28-October 19, 1781	Virginia	Franco-Patriot victory: Cornwallis surrenders his force of over 7,000.
Battle of Fort Slongo	October 3, 1781	New York	Patriot victory
Siege of Negapatam	October 21-November 11, 1781	India	British victory
Battle of Johnstown	October 25, 1781	New York	Patriot victory
Second Battle of Ushant	December 12, 1781	Bay of Biscay	British victory
Battle of Videau's Bridge	January 2, 1782	South Carolina	British victory
Siege of Brimstone Hill	January 11-February 13, 1782	St. Christopher	Franco-Patriot victory
Capture of Trincomalee	January 11, 1782	Ceylon	British victory
Capture of Demerara and Essequibo	January 22-February 5, 1782	Demerara and Essequibo	Franco-Patriot victory
Battle of Saint Kitts	January 25-26, 1782	St. Christopher	British victory
Battle of Sadras	February 17, 1782	India	French victory
Capture of Montserrat	February 22, 1782	Montserrat	French victory
Battle of Wambaw	February 24, 1782	South Carolina	British victory
Gnadenhütten massacre	March 8, 1782	Ohio
Battle of Roatán	March 16, 1782	Guatemala	Patriot-Spanish victory
Action of 16 March 1782	March 16, 1782	Strait of Gibraltar	British victory
Battle of Little Mountain	March 22, 1782	Virginia	British-Iroquois victory
Battle of Delaware Bay	April 8, 1782	New Jersey	Patriot victory
Battle of the Saintes	April 9-12, 1782	Dominica	British victory
Battle of Providien	April 12, 1782	Ceylon	French victory
Battle of the Black River	April-August, 1782	Guatemala	British victory
Battle of the Mona Passage	April 19, 1782	Mona passage	British victory
Action of 20–21 April 1782	April 20-21, 1782	Bay of Biscay	British victory
Capture of the Bahamas	May 6, 1782	Bahamas	Patriot-Spanish victory
Crawford expedition	May 25-June 12, 1782	Quebec	British-Iroquois victory
Naval battle off Halifax	May 28-29, 1782	Nova Scotia	British victory
Raid on Lunenburg	July 1, 1782	Nova Scotia	Patriot victory
Battle of Negapatam	July 6, 1782	Ceylon	British victory
Hudson Bay Expedition	August 8, 1782	Rupert's Land	Franco-Patriot victory
Siege of Bryan Station	August 15-17, 1782	Virginia	Patriot victory
Battle of Blue Licks	August 19, 1782	Virginia	British-Iroquois victory
Battle of the Combahee River	August 26, 1782	South Carolina	British victory
Battle of Trincomalee	August 25-September 3, 1782	Ceylon	French victory
Siege of Fort Henry	September 11-13, 1782	Virginia	Patriot victory
Grand Assault on Gibraltar	September 13, 1782	Gibraltar	British victory
Action of 18 October 1782	October 18, 1782	Hispaniola	British victory
Action of 6 December 1782	December 6, 1782	Martinique	British victory
Action of 12 December 1782	December 12, 1782	Spain	British victory
Action of 22 January 1783	January 22, 1783	Virginia	British victory

See also

• List of Continental Forces in the American Revolutionary War
• List of British Forces in the American Revolutionary War