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

Battles (in chronological order)

BattleDateColony/StateOutcome
Powder Alarm*September 1, 1774MassachusettsBritish soldiers remove military supplies
Battles of Lexington and ConcordApril 19, 1775MassachusettsPatriot victory: British forces raiding Concord driven back into Boston with heavy losses.
Siege of BostonApril 19, 1775 
March 17, 1776
MassachusettsPatriot victory: British eventually evacuate Boston after Patriots fortify Dorchester heights.
Gunpowder Incident*April 20, 1775VirginiaVirginia governor Lord Dunmore removes powder to a Royal Navy ship, standoff is resolved without violence.
Capture of Fort TiconderogaMay 10, 1775New YorkPatriot victory: Patriots capture British posts at Ticonderoga and Crown point
Battle of Chelsea CreekMay 27-28, 1775MassachusettsPatriots victory: Patriots capture British ship Diana
Battle of MachiasJune 11-12, 1775MassachusettsPatriot forces capture the HM schooner Margaretta
Battle of Bunker HillJune 17, 1775MassachusettsBritish victory: British drive Patriot army from the Charleston peninsula near Boston but suffer heavy losses.
Battle of GloucesterAugust 8, 1775MassachusettsPatriot victory
Siege of Fort St. JeanSeptember 17 
November 3, 1775
QuebecPatriot victory: Patriots capture British force and subsequently overrun Montreal and much of Quebec.
Burning of FalmouthOctober 18, 1775MassachusettsBritish burn Falmouth.
Battle of Kemp's LandingNovember 14, 1775VirginiaBritish victory
Siege of Savage's Old FieldsNovember 19-21, 1775South CarolinaPatriot victory: Patriots defeat loyalist force.
Battle of Great BridgeDecember 9, 1775VirginiaPatriot victory: Lord Dunmore's loyalist force is defeated.
Snow CampaignDecember 1775South CarolinaPatriot campaign against loyalists in South Carolina.
Battle of QuebecDecember 31, 1775QuebecBritish victory: British repulse Patriot assault on Quebec city.
Burning of NorfolkJanuary 1, 1776VirginiaBritish bombard Norfolk and Patriots destroy what they see as a loyalist stronghold.
Battle of Moore's Creek BridgeFebruary 27, 1776North CarolinaPatriot victory: loyalist force of Regulators and Highlanders defeated.
Battle of the Rice BoatsMarch 2-3, 1776GeorgiaBritish victory
Battle of NassauMarch 3-4, 1776BahamasPatriots raid against the Bahamas to obtain supplies.
Battle of Saint-PierreMarch 25, 1776QuebecPatriot victory
Battle of Block IslandApril 6, 1776Rhode IslandBritish victory
Battle of The CedarsMay 18-27, 1776QuebecBritish victory
Battle of Trois-RivièresJune 8, 1776QuebecBritish victory: Patriots forced to evacuate Quebec
Battle of Sullivan's IslandJune 28, 1776South CarolinaPatriot victory: British attack on Charleston is repulsed.
Battle of Turtle Gut InletJune 29, 1776New JerseyPatriot victory
Battle of Lindley's FortJuly 15, 1776South CarolinaPatriot victory: Indian attack repulsed.
Battle of Long IslandAugust 27, 1776New YorkBritish 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 BaySeptember 15, 1776New YorkBritish victory: British capture New York City
Battle of Harlem HeightsSeptember 16, 1776New YorkPatriot victory: Patriots repulse British attack on Manhattan
Battle of Valcour IslandOctober 11, 1776New YorkBritish 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 PlainsOctober 28, 1776New YorkBritish victory
Battle of Fort CumberlandNovember 10-29, 1776Nova ScotiaBritish victory
Battle of Fort WashingtonNovember 16, 1776New YorkBritish victory: British capture 3,000 Patriots on Manhattan in one of the most devastating Patriot defeats of the war.
Ambush of GearyDecember 14, 1776New JerseyPatriot victory
Battle of Iron Works HillDecember 22-23, 1776New JerseyBritish victory
Battle of TrentonDecember 26, 1776New JerseyPatriot victory: Patriots capture Hessian detachment at Trenton.
Second Battle of TrentonJanuary 2, 1777New JerseyPatriot victory
Battle of PrincetonJanuary 3, 1777New JerseyPatriot victory: Patriots defeat a small British force, the British decide to evacuate New Jersey.
Battle of MillstoneJanuary 20, 1777New JerseyPatriot victory
Forage WarJanuary-March 1777New JerseyPatriots harass remaining British forces in New Jersey.
Battle of Punk HillMarch 8, 1777New JerseyPatriot victory
Battle of Bound BrookApril 13, 1777New JerseyBritish victory
Battle of RidgefieldApril 27, 1777ConnecticutBritish victory
Battle of Thomas CreekMay 17, 1777East FloridaBritish victory
Meigs RaidMay 24, 1777New YorkPatriot victory
Battle of Short HillsJune 26, 1777New JerseyBritish victory
Siege of Fort TiconderogaJuly 5-6, 1777New YorkBritish victory
Battle of HubbardtonJuly 7, 1777New YorkBritish victory
Battle of Fort AnnJuly 8, 1777New YorkBritish victory
Siege of Fort StanwixAugust 2-23, 1777New YorkPatriot victory: British fail to take Fort Stanwix
Battle of OriskanyAugust 6, 1777New YorkBritish victory
Second Battle of MachiasAugust 13-14, 1777MassachusettsBritish victory
Battle of BenningtonAugust 16, 1777New YorkPatriot victory
Battle of Staten IslandAugust 22, 1777New YorkBritish victory
Battle of SetauketAugust 22, 1777New YorkBritish victory
First Siege of Fort HenrySeptember 1 or 21, 1777VirginiaPatriot victory
Battle of Cooch's BridgeSeptember 3, 1777DelawareBritish victory
Battle of BrandywineSeptember 11, 1777PennsylvaniaBritish victory
Battle of the CloudsSeptember 16, 1777PennsylvaniaBattle called off due to rain
Battle of Freeman's FarmSeptember 19, 1777New YorkBritish tactical victory: First of the two Battles of Saratoga.
Battle of PaoliSeptember 21, 1777PennsylvaniaBritish victory
Siege of Fort MifflinSeptember 26 
November 15, 1777
PennsylvaniaBritish victory
Battle of GermantownOctober 4, 1777PennsylvaniaBritish victory
Battle of Forts Clinton and MontgomeryOctober 6, 1777New YorkBritish victory
Battle of Bemis HeightsOctober 7, 1777New YorkPatriot victory: Second of the two Battles of Saratoga, British under Burgoyne driven back and forced to surrender 10 days later.
Battle of Red BankOctober 22, 1777New JerseyPatriot victory
Battle of GloucesterNovember 25, 1777New JerseyPatriot victory
Battle of White MarshDecember 5-8, 1777PennsylvaniaPatriot victory.
Battle of Matson's FordDecember 11, 1777PennsylvaniaBritish victory
Battle off BarbadosMarch 7, 1778BarbadosBritish victory
Battle of Quinton's BridgeMarch 18, 1778New JerseyBritish victory
North Channel Naval DuelApril 24, 1778Great BritainPatriot victory
Battle of Crooked BilletMay 1, 1778PennsylvaniaBritish victory
Battle of Barren HillMay 20, 1778PennsylvaniaIndecisive
Mount Hope Bay raidsMay 25-30, 1778Rhode IslandBritish victory
Battle of CobleskillMay 30, 1778New YorkBritish-Iroquois victory
Battle of MonmouthJune 28, 1778New JerseyDraw: British break off engagement and continue retreat to New York.
Battle of Alligator BridgeJune 30, 1778East FloridaBritish victory
Wyoming MassacreJuly 3, 1778PennsylvaniaBritish-Iroquois victory
First Battle of UshantJuly 27, 1778Bay of BiscayBritish victory
Siege of PondicherryAugust 21–October 19 1778IndiaBritish victory
Battle of NewportAugust 29, 1778Rhode IslandBritish victory
Grey's raidSeptember 5-17, 1778MassachusettsBritish victory
Invasion of DominicaSeptember 7, 1778DominicaFrench victory
Siege of BoonesboroughSeptember 7, 1778VirginiaPatriot victory
Attack on German FlattsSeptember 17, 1778New YorkBritish-Iroquois victory
Baylor MassacreSeptember 27, 1778New JerseyBritish victory
Raid on Unadilla and OnaquagaOctober 2-16, 1778Indian ReservePatriot victory
Battle of Chestnut NeckOctober 6, 1778New JerseyBritish victory
Little Egg Harbor massacreOctober 16, 1778New JerseyBritish victory
Carleton's RaidOctober 24-November 14 1778VermontBritish victory
Cherry Valley MassacreNovember 11, 1778New YorkBritish-Iroquois victory
Battle of St. LuciaDecember 15, 1778St. LuciaBritish victory
Capture of St. LuciaDecember 18-28, 1778St. LuciaBritish victory
Capture of SavannahDecember 29, 1778GeorgiaBritish victory
Battle of BeaufortFebruary 3, 1779South CarolinaPatriot victory
Battle of Kettle CreekFebruary 14, 1779GeorgiaPatriot victory
Siege of Fort VincennesFebruary 23-25, 1779QuebecPatriot victory
Battle of Brier CreekMarch 3, 1779GeorgiaBritish victory
Battle of ChillicotheMay 1779QuebecPatriot victory
Chesapeake raidMay 10-24, 1779VirginiaBritish victory
Capture of Saint VincentJune 16-18, 1779St. VincentFrench victory
Battle of Stono FerryJune 20, 1779South CarolinaBritish victory
Great Siege of GibraltarJune 24, 1779-February 7, 1783GibraltarBritish victory
Capture of GrenadaJuly 2, 1779GrenadaFrench victory
Tryon's raidJuly 5-14, 1779ConnecticutBritish victory
Battle of GrenadaJuly 6, 1779GrenadaFrench victory
Battle of Stony PointJuly 16, 1779New YorkPatriot victory
Battle of MinisinkJuly 22, 1779New YorkBritish-Iroquois victory
Penobscot ExpeditionJuly 24-August 29, 1779MassachusettsBritish victory
Battle of Paulus HookAugust 19, 1779New JerseyPatriot victory
Battle of NewtownAugust 29, 1779Indian ReservePatriot victory
Capture of Fort ButeSeptember 7, 1779West FloridaPatriot-Spanish victory
Battle of Lake PontchartrainSeptember 10, 1779West FloridaPatriot victory
Boyd and Parker ambushSeptember 13, 1779Indian ReserveBritish-Iroquois victory
Action of 14 September 1779September 14, 1779AzoresBritish victory
Siege of SavannahSeptember 16-October 18, 1779GeorgiaBritish victory
Battle of Baton RougeSeptember 20-21, 1779West FloridaPatriot-Spanish victory
Battle of Flamborough HeadSeptember 23, 1779Great BritainPatriot victory
Battle of San Fernando de OmoaOctober 16-November 29, 1779GuatemalaBritish victory
Action of 11 November 1779November 11, 1779PortugalBritish victory
First Battle of MartiniqueDecember 18, 1779MartiniqueBritish victory
Action of 8 January 1780January 8, 1780SpainBritish victory
Battle of Cape St. VincentJanuary 16, 1780PortugalBritish victory
Battle of Young's HouseFebruary 3, 1780New YorkBritish victory
San Juan ExpeditionMarch-November, 1780GuatemalaPatriot-Spanish victory
Battle of Fort CharlotteMarch 2-14, 1780West FloridaPatriot-Spanish victory
Siege of CharlestonMarch 29-May 12, 1780South CarolinaBritish victory: British recapture South Carolina following the battle.
Battle of Monck's CornerApril 14, 1780South CarolinaBritish victory
Second Battle of MartiniqueApril 17, 1780MartiniquePatriot victory
Battle of Lenud's FerryMay 6, 1780South CarolinaBritish victory
Bird's invasion of KentuckyMay 25-August 4, 1780VirginiaBritish victory
Battle of St. LouisMay 25, 1780LouisianaPatriot-Spanish victory
Battle of WaxhawsMay 29, 1780South CarolinaBritish victory
Battle of Connecticut FarmsJune 7, 1780New JerseyBritish victory
Battle of Mobley's Meeting HouseJune 10-12, 1780South CarolinaPatriot victory
Battle of Ramsour's MillJune 20, 1780North CarolinaPatriot victory
Battle of SpringfieldJune 23, 1780New JerseyPatriot victory
Huck's DefeatJuly 12, 1780South CarolinaPatriot victory
Battle of Bull's FerryJuly 20-21, 1780New JerseyLoyalist victory
Battle of Colson's MillJuly 21, 1780North CarolinaPatriot victory
Battle of Rocky MountAugust 1, 1780South CarolinaLoyalist victory
Battle of Hanging RockAugust 6, 1780South CarolinaPatriot victory
Battle of PekoweeAugust 8, 1780QuebecPatriot victory
Action of 9 August 1780August 9, 1780AtlanticSpanish victory
Battle of CamdenAugust 16, 1780South CarolinaBritish victory
Battle of Fishing CreekAugust 18, 1780South CarolinaBritish victory
Battle of Musgrove MillAugust 18, 1780South CarolinaPatriot victory
Battle of Black MingoAugust 28, 1780South CarolinaPatriot victory
Battle of Wahab's PlantationSeptember 20, 1780South CarolinaPatriot victory
Battle of CharlotteSeptember 26, 1780North CarolinaBritish victory
Battle of Kings MountainOctober 7, 1780South CarolinaPatriot victory: halts first British invasion of North Carolina.
Royalton RaidOctober 16, 1780VermontBritish victory
Battle of Klock's FieldOctober 19, 1780New YorkPatriot victory
La Balme's DefeatNovember 5, 1780QuebecBritish-Iroquois victory
Battle of Fishdam FordNovember 9, 1780South CarolinaPatriot victory
Battle of Blackstock's FarmNovember 20, 1780South CarolinaPatriot victory
Battle of Fort St. GeorgeNovember 23, 1780New YorkPatriot victory
Battle of JerseyJanuary 6, 1781JerseyBritish victory
Battle of MobileJanuary 7, 1781West FloridaPatriot-Spanish victory
Battle of CowpensJanuary 17, 1781South CarolinaPatriot victory
Battle of Cowan's FordFebruary 1, 1781North CarolinaBritish victory
Capture of Sint EustatiusFebruary 3, 1781Sint EustatiusBritish victory
Battle of Haw RiverFebruary 25, 1781North CarolinaPatriot victory
Battle of Wetzell's MillMarch 6, 1781North CarolinaBritish victory
Siege of PensacolaMarch 9-May 8, 1781West FloridaPatriot-Spanish victory
Battle of Guilford Court HouseMarch 15, 1781North CarolinaBritish victory
Battle of Cape HenryMarch 16, 1781VirginiaBritish victory
Siege of Fort WatsonApril 15-23, 1781South CarolinaPatriot victory
Battle of Porto PrayaApril 15, 1781Cape VerdeDraw
Battle of BlandfordApril 25, 1781VirginiaBritish victory
Battle of Hobkirk's HillApril 25, 1781South CarolinaBritish victory
Battle of Fort RoyalApril 29, 1781MartiniqueFrench victory
Action of 1 May 1781May 1, 1781FranceBritish victory
Battle of Fort MotteMay 8-12, 1781South CarolinaPatriot victory
Siege of AugustaMay 22-June 6, 1781GeorgiaPatriot victory
Siege of Ninety-SixMay 22-June 6, 1781South CarolinaBritish victory
Invasion of TobagoMay 24-June 2, 1781TobagoFrench victory
Action of 30 May 1781May 30, 1781Barbary CoastBritish victory
Battle of Spencer's OrdinaryJune 26, 1781VirginiaBritish victory
Francisco's FightJuly 1781VirginiaPatriot victory
Battle of Green SpringJuly 6, 1781VirginiaBritish victory
Naval battle of LouisbourgJuly 21, 1781Nova ScotiaFranco-Patriot victory
Battle of Dogger BankAugust 5, 1781North SeaBritish victory
Invasion of MinorcaAugust 19, 1781-February 5, 1782MinorcaFranco-Spanish victory
Lochry's DefeatAugust 24, 1781QuebecBritish-Iroquois victory
Battle of the ChesapeakeSeptember 5, 1781VirginiaFrench victory
Battle of Groton HeightsSeptember 6, 1781ConnecticutBritish victory
Battle of Eutaw SpringsSeptember 8, 1781South CarolinaBritish victory
Battle of Lindley's MillSeptember 13, 1781North CarolinaPatriot victory
Long Run MassacreSeptember 13, 1781VirginiaBritish-Iroquois victory
Siege of YorktownSeptember 28-October 19, 1781VirginiaFranco-Patriot victory: Cornwallis surrenders his force of over 7,000.
Battle of Fort SlongoOctober 3, 1781New YorkPatriot victory
Siege of NegapatamOctober 21-November 11, 1781IndiaBritish victory
Battle of JohnstownOctober 25, 1781New YorkPatriot victory
Second Battle of UshantDecember 12, 1781Bay of BiscayBritish victory
Battle of Videau's BridgeJanuary 2, 1782South CarolinaBritish victory
Siege of Brimstone HillJanuary 11-February 13, 1782St. ChristopherFranco-Patriot victory
Capture of TrincomaleeJanuary 11, 1782CeylonBritish victory
Capture of Demerara and EssequiboJanuary 22-February 5, 1782Demerara and EssequiboFranco-Patriot victory
Battle of Saint KittsJanuary 25-26, 1782St. ChristopherBritish victory
Battle of SadrasFebruary 17, 1782IndiaFrench victory
Capture of MontserratFebruary 22, 1782MontserratFrench victory
Battle of WambawFebruary 24, 1782South CarolinaBritish victory
Gnadenhütten massacreMarch 8, 1782Quebec
Battle of RoatánMarch 16, 1782GuatemalaPatriot-Spanish victory
Action of 16 March 1782March 16, 1782Strait of GibraltarBritish victory
Battle of Little MountainMarch 22, 1782VirginiaBritish-Iroquois victory
Battle of Delaware BayApril 8, 1782New JerseyPatriot victory
Battle of the SaintesApril 9-12, 1782DominicaBritish victory
Battle of ProvidienApril 12, 1782CeylonFrench victory
Battle of the Black RiverApril-August, 1782GuatemalaBritish victory
Battle of the Mona PassageApril 19, 1782Mona passageBritish victory
Action of 20–21 April 1782April 20-21, 1782Bay of BiscayBritish victory
Capture of the BahamasMay 6, 1782BahamasPatriot-Spanish victory
Crawford expeditionMay 25-June 12, 1782QuebecBritish-Iroquois victory
Naval battle off HalifaxMay 28-29, 1782Nova ScotiaBritish victory
Raid on LunenburgJuly 1, 1782Nova ScotiaPatriot victory
Battle of NegapatamJuly 6, 1782CeylonBritish victory
Hudson Bay ExpeditionAugust 8, 1782Rupert's LandFranco-Patriot victory
Siege of Bryan StationAugust 15-17, 1782VirginiaPatriot victory
Battle of Blue LicksAugust 19, 1782VirginiaBritish-Iroquois victory
Battle of the Combahee RiverAugust 26, 1782South CarolinaBritish victory
Battle of TrincomaleeAugust 25-September 3, 1782CeylonFrench victory
Siege of Fort HenrySeptember 11-13, 1782VirginiaPatriot victory
Grand Assault on GibraltarSeptember 13, 1782GibraltarBritish victory
Action of 18 October 1782October 18, 1782HispaniolaBritish victory
Battle of Cape SpartelOctober 20, 1782MoroccoPatriot victory
Action of 6 December 1782December 6, 1782MartiniqueBritish victory
Action of 12 December 1782December 12, 1782SpainBritish victory
Action of 22 January 1783January 22, 1783VirginiaBritish victory
Capture of the Turks and Caicos IslandsMarch 9, 1783Turks and Caicos IslandsFrench victory
Capture of the BahamasApril 14-18, 1783BahamasBritish victory
Battle of Arkansas PostApril 17, 1783LouisianaPatriot-Spanish victory
Battle of CuddaloreJune 20, 1783IndiaFrench victory
Siege of CuddaloreJune 7-25, 1783India Indecisive, resolved after the Peace treaty
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