Battles CategoryAllBattles - 1775Battles - 1776Battles - 1777Battles - 1778Battles - 1779Battles - 1780Battles - 1781Battles - 1782Battles - 1783 01/01/1776 – Battles – Burning of Norfolk in Virginia 01/02/1777 – Battles – Second Battle of Trenton, New Jersey (Assunpink Creek) (New Jersey Campaign) 01/03/1777 – Battles – Battle of Princeton, New Jersey (New Jersey Campaign) 01/05/1777 – Battles – Forage War Begins around New Jersey (New Jersey Campaign) (Forage War) 01/05/1777 – Battles – Skirmish at Elizabethtown, New Jersey (New Jersey Campaign) (Forage War) 01/06/1781 – Battles – French and British Battle of the Island of Jersey Off the Coast of Great Britain 01/07/1781 – Battles – Battle of Mobile in (West Florida) Alabama 01/08/1780 – Battles – Spanish and British Action of 8 January 1780 Near Spain (Naval Battle) 01/10/1777 – Battles – Skirmish at Chatham, New Jersey (New Jersey Campaign) (Forage War) 01/11/1782 – Battles – French Siege of British Brimstone Hill (Saint Kitts) in the West Indies Begins 01/15/1777 – Battles – Skirmish at Connecticut Farms in New Jersey (New Jersey Campaign) (Forage War) 01/16/1777 – Battles – Skirmish at Bonhamtown, New Jersey (New Jersey Campaign) (Forage War) 01/16/1780 – Battles – Spanish and British Battle of Cape St. Vincent Near Portugal 01/17/1781 – Battles – Battle of Cowpens in South Carolina 01/20/1777 – Battles – Battle of Millstone in Manville, New Jersey (New Jersey Campaign) (Forage War) 01/22/1783 – Battles – French and British Action of 22 January 1783 Near Virginia (Naval Battle) 01/23/1777 – Battles – Skirmish at Woodbridge, New Jersey (New Jersey Campaign) (Forage War) 01/25/1782 – Battles – French and British Battle of Saint Kitts in the West Indies (Naval Battle) 02/01/1777 – Battles – Skirmish at Drake’s Farm Near Metuchen, New Jersey (New Jersey Campaign) (Forage War) 02/01/1781 – Battles – Battle of Cowen’s Ford in North Carolina 02/03/1779 – Battles – Battle of Beaufort (Port Royal Island), South Carolina 02/03/1780 – Battles – Battle of Young’s House in New York 02/03/1781 – Battles – British Capture of Dutch Sint Eustatius Island in the Caribbean (Naval Battle) 02/14/1779 – Battles – Battle of Kettle Creek in Georgia 02/17/1782 – Battles – French and British Battle of Sadras Near India (Naval Battle) 02/22/1782 – Battles – French Capture of British Montserrat in the West Indies (Naval Battle) 02/23/1777 – Battles – Skirmish at Spanktown (Rahway), New Jersey (New Jersey Campaign) (Forage War) 02/23/1779 – Battles – Battle of Vincennes in Indiana Begins 02/25/1781 – Battles – Pyle’s Massacre (Battle of Haw River) in North Carolina 02/27/1776 – Battles – Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge in Wilmington, North Carolina 03/02/1776 – Battles – Battle of the Rice Boats near Georgia Begins (Naval Battle) 03/02/1780 – Battles – Spanish and British Battle of Fort Charlotte (West Florida) in Alabama Begins 03/03/1776 – Battles – Battle of Nassau in the Bahamas Begins (Naval Battle) 03/03/1779 – Battles – Battle of Brier Creek in Georgia 03/04/1776 – Battles – Fortification of Dorchester Heights near Boston Begins (Boston Campaign) 03/06/1781 – Battles – Battle of Wetzell’s Mill in North Carolina 03/07/1778 – Battles – Battle off Barbados (Naval Battle) 03/08/1777 – Battles – Battle of Punk Hill in Bonhamtown, New Jersey (New Jersey Campaign) (Forage War) 03/08/1782 – Battles – Gnadenhutten Massacre in Ohio 03/09/1781 – Battles – Siege of Pensacola, Florida Begins 03/09/1783 – Battles – French Capture of the British Turks and Caicos Islands in the West Indies (Naval Battle) 03/15/1781 – Battles – Battle of Guilford Courthouse in North Carolina 03/16/1781 – Battles – French and British Battle of Cape Henry Off Cape Henry in Virginia (Naval Battle) 03/16/1782 – Battles – Spanish and British Action of 16 March 1782 Off Straight of Gibraltar Near Africa (Naval Battle) 03/16/1782 – Battles – Spanish and British Battle of Roatan Island Near Honduras (Naval Battle) 03/17/1776 – Battles – Siege of Boston, Massachusetts Ends (Boston Campaign) 03/17/1780 – Battles – San Juan Expedition Begins Near Nicaragua 03/18/1778 – Battles – Battle of Quinton’s Bridge in New Jersey (Philadelphia Campaign) 03/22/1782 – Battles – Battle of Little Mountain in Kentucky 03/25/1776 – Battles – Battle of Saint-Pierre near Quebec (Quebec Campaign) 03/29/1780 – Battles – Siege of Charleston, South Carolina 04/06/1776 – Battles – Battle of Block Island near Rhode Island (Naval Battle) 04/08/1782 – Battles – Battle of Delaware Bay Near New Jersey (Naval Battle) 04/09/1782 – Battles – French and British Battle of the Saintes Near Dominica in the West Indies (Naval Battle) 04/13/1777 – Battles – Battle of Bound Brook, New Jersey (New Jersey Campaign) 04/13/1782 – Battles – Spanish and British Battle of the Black River Near Honduras Begins (Naval Battle) 04/14/1780 – Battles – Battle of Monck’s Corner in South Carolina 04/14/1783 – Battles – British Capture of the Spanish Bahamas Begins 04/15/1781 – Battles – Siege of Fort Watson in South Carolina Begins 04/16/1781 – Battles – French and British Battle of the Portuguese Colony Porto Praya at Praia Near Africa (Naval Battle) 04/17/1780 – Battles – Second French and British Battle of Martinique in the West Indies (Naval Battle) 04/17/1783 – Battles – Spanish and British Battle of Arkansas Post in Arkansas 04/19/1775 – Battles – Battles of Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts (Boston Campaign) 04/19/1775 – Battles – Siege of Boston, Massachusetts Begins (Boston Campaign) 04/19/1782 – Battles – French and British Battle of the Mona Passage in the Caribbean (Naval Battle) 04/20/1775 – Battles – Gunpowder Affair in Williamsburg, Virginia 04/20/1782 – Battles – French and British Battle of Ushant Near France (Naval Battle) 04/24/1778 – Battles – North Channel Naval Duel Near Great Britain in the Irish Sea (Naval Battle) 04/25/1781 – Battles – Battle of Blandford (Petersburg) in Virginia 04/25/1781 – Battles – Battle of Hobkirk’s Hill (Second Battle of Camden) in South Carolina 04/27/1777 – Battles – Battle of Ridgefield, Connecticut 04/29/1781 – Battles – French and British Battle of Fort Royal Off Martinique in the West Indies (Naval Battle) 05/01/1778 – Battles – Battle of Crooked Billet in Pennsylvania (Philadelphia Campaign) 05/01/1781 – Battles – French and British Action of 1 May 1781 Near France (Naval Battle) 05/06/1780 – Battles – Battle of Lenud’s Ferry in South Carolina 05/08/1781 – Battles – Battle of Fort Motte in South Carolina Begins 05/08/1782 – Battles – Spanish Capture of British Bahamas 05/10/1775 – Battles – Capture of Fort Ticonderoga by Colonial Militia 05/10/1779 – Battles – Chesapeake Raids Near Virginia 05/17/1777 – Battles – Battle of Thomas Creek, Florida 05/18/1776 – Battles – Battle of the Cedars Near Quebec Begins (Quebec Campaign) 05/22/1778 – Battles – Battle of Barren Hill in Pennsylvania (Philadelphia Campaign) 05/22/1781 – Battles – Siege of Augusta, Georgia Begins 05/22/1781 – Battles – Siege of Ninety Six in South Carolina Begins 05/24/1777 – Battles – Meigs Raid in Sag Harbor, New York 05/24/1781 – Battles – French Invasion of British Tobago Island Near South America Begins 05/25/1778 – Battles – Warren and Bristol Raid in Rhode Island (Hope Bay Raids) 05/25/1780 – Battles – Battle of St. Louis (Spanish Louisiana) in Missouri 05/25/1782 – Battles – Crawford Expedition in Ohio Begins 05/27/1775 – Battles – Battle of Chelsea Creek Begins in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts (Boston Campaign) 05/28/1782 – Battles – Naval Battle off Halifax (Naval Battle) in Nova Scotia, Canada Begins 05/29/1780 – Battles – Battle of Waxhaws in South Carolina 05/30/1778 – Battles – Battle of Cobleskill in New York 05/30/1778 – Battles – Freetown Raid in Massachusetts (Hope Bay Raids) 06/01/1779 – Battles – Battle of Chillicothe in Ohio 06/03/1779 – Battles – French and Spanish Armada of 1779 Set Sail for Great Britain (Naval Battle) 06/06/1780 – Battles – Battle of Connecticut Farms in New Jersey 06/08/1776 – Battles – Battle of Trois-Rivieres in Quebec (Quebec Campaign) 06/08/1780 – Battles – Battle of Mobley’s Meeting House in South Carolina 06/11/1775 – Battles – Naval Battle of Machias Begins in Maine (Naval Battle) 06/16/1779 – Battles – French Begin Capture of British Colony of Saint Vincent in the West Indies 06/17/1775 – Battles – Battle of Bunker (Breeds) Hill in Boston, Massachusetts (Boston Campaign) 06/17/1783 – Battles – British Siege of French Cuddalore in India 06/18/1779 – Battles – Sullivan Expedition Begins in Pennsylvania 06/20/1779 – Battles – Battle of Stono Ferry in South Carolina 06/20/1780 – Battles – Battle of Ramsour’s Mill in North Carolina 06/20/1783 – Battles – French and British Battle of Cuddalore Near India (Naval Battle) 06/23/1780 – Battles – Battle of Springfield in New Jersey 06/24/1779 – Battles – Great French and Spanish Siege of British Gibraltar Begins 06/26/1777 – Battles – Battle of Short Hills in Scotch Plains, New Jersey 06/26/1781 – Battles – Battle of Spencer’s Ordinary in Virginia 06/28/1776 – Battles – Battle of Sullivan’s Island Near Charleston, South Carolina 06/28/1778 – Battles – Battle of Monmouth in New Jersey (Philadelphia Campaign) 06/29/1776 – Battles – Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet Near Cape May New Jersey (Naval Battle) 06/30/1778 – Battles – Battle of Alligator Bridge in Florida 07/01/1782 – Battles – Raid on Lunenburg in Nova Scotia, Canada (Naval Battle) 07/02/1776 – Battles – British Forces Land at Staten Island New York, the New York Campaign Begins 07/02/1777 – Battles – Siege of Fort Ticonderoga in New York Begins (Saratoga Campaign) 07/02/1779 – Battles – French Capture of British Grenada in the West Indies Begins 07/03/1778 – Battles – Battle of Wyoming in Pennsylvania 07/03/1779 – Battles – Tryon’s Raid in Connecticut Begins (Naval Battle) 07/06/1779 – Battles – British Attack of French Grenada in the West Indies (Naval Battle) 07/06/1781 – Battles – Battle of Green Spring in Virginia 07/06/1782 – Battles – French and British Battle of Negapatam Near India (Naval Battle) 07/07/1777 – Battles – Battle of Hubbardton, New Hampshire (Saratoga Campaign) 07/08/1777 – Battles – Battle of Fort Ann in New York (Saratoga Campaign) 07/09/1781 – Battles – Francisco’s Fight in Virginia Begins 07/12/1780 – Battles – Huck’s Defeat in South Carolina 07/15/1776 – Battles – Battle of Lindley’s Fort in South Carolina 07/16/1779 – Battles – Battle of Stony Point in New York 07/19/1779 – Battles – Battle of Minisink in New York 07/20/1780 – Battles – Battle of Bull’s Ferry in New Jersey Begins 07/21/1780 – Battles – Battle of Colson’s Mill in North Carolina 07/21/1781 – Battles – French and British Action of 21 July 1781 Near Nova Scotia in Canada (Naval Battle) 07/24/1779 – Battles – Penobscot Expedition Begins in Maine (Naval Battle) 07/27/1778 – Battles – Battle of Ushant Near France (Naval Battle) 08/01/1780 – Battles – Battle of Rocky Mount in South Carolina 08/02/1777 – Battles – Siege of Fort Stanwix in New York (Saratoga Campaign) 08/06/1777 – Battles – Battle of Oriskany in New York (Saratoga Campaign) 08/06/1780 – Battles – Battle of Hanging Rock in South Carolina 08/08/1775 – Battles – Battle of Gloucester Begins in Massachusetts (Boston Campaign) (Naval Battle) 08/08/1780 – Battles – Battle of Piqua in Ohio 08/08/1782 – Battles – French Hudson Bay Expedition in Canada 08/09/1780 – Battles – Spanish, French, and British Action of 9 August 1780 Near the Azore Islands (Naval Battle) 08/13/1777 – Battles – Battle of Machias (in Maine) Begins 08/15/1782 – Battles – Siege of Bryan Station in Kentucky Begins 08/16/1777 – Battles – Battle of Bennington in New York (Saratoga Campaign) 08/16/1780 – Battles – Battle of Camden in South Carolina 08/18/1780 – Battles – Battle of Fishing Creek in South Carolina 08/18/1780 – Battles – Battle of Musgrove Hill in South Carolina 08/19/1779 – Battles – Battle of Paulus Hook (Jersey City) in New Jersey 08/19/1781 – Battles – Spain Invasion of British Minorca Island off of Spain 08/19/1782 – Battles – Battle of Blue Licks in Kentucky 08/21/1778 – Battles – Siege of Pondicherry French Colony in India Begins 08/22/1777 – Battles – Battle of Setauket in New York 08/22/1777 – Battles – Battle of Staten Island in New York 08/24/1781 – Battles – Lochry’s Defeat in Indiana 08/25/1782 – Battles – French and British Battle of Trincomalee Near Sri Lanka Begins (Naval Battle) 08/26/1782 – Battles – Battle of the Combahee River in South Carolina 08/27/1776 – Battles – Battle of Long Island, New York (New York Campaign) 08/28/1781 – Battles – Capture of the USS Trumbull Ship Near Delaware (Naval Battle) 08/29/1778 – Battles – Battle of Rhode Island (Quaker Hill, Newport) 08/29/1779 – Battles – Battle of Newtown in New York 08/30/1775 – Battles – Shelling of Stonington, Connecticut 09/01/1777 – Battles – Siege of Fort Henry in Virginia 09/03/1777 – Battles – Battle of Cooch’s Bridge (Iron Hill) in Newark, Delaware 09/05/1778 – Battles – Grey’s Raid in Massachusetts 09/05/1781 – Battles – French and British Battle of the Chesapeake Off Virginia (Naval Battle) 09/06/1781 – Battles – Battle of Groton Heights in Connecticut 09/07/1778 – Battles – French Invasion and Capture of Dominica British Colony in the West Indies 09/07/1778 – Battles – Native American Siege of Boonesborough in Kentucky Begins 09/07/1779 – Battles – Spanish Capture of British Fort Bute in (West Florida) Louisiana 09/08/1781 – Battles – Battle of Eutaw Springs in South Carolina 09/10/1779 – Battles – Battle of Lake Pontchartrain in (West Florida) Louisiana (Naval Battle) 09/11/1777 – Battles – Battle of Brandywine in Pennsylvania (Philadelphia Campaign) 09/11/1782 – Battles – Second Siege of Fort Henry in Virginia Begins 09/12/1779 – Battles – Battle of Baton Rouge in (West Florida) Louisiana Begins 09/13/1779 – Battles – Boyd and Parker Ambush in New York 09/13/1781 – Battles – Battle of Lindley’s Mill in North Carolina 09/13/1781 – Battles – Long Run Massacre in Kentucky 09/14/1779 – Battles – Spanish and British Action of 14 September 1779 off the Azore Islands (Naval Battle) 09/14/1780 – Battles – Battle of Black Mingo in South Carolina 09/15/1776 – Battles – Landing at Kip’s Bay Near New York City (New York Campaign) 09/15/1779 – Battles – Spanish Capture of British Settlement Saint George’s Caye Near Belize 09/16/1776 – Battles – Battle of Harlem Heights in New York City (New York Campaign) 09/16/1777 – Battles – Battle of Whitehorse Tavern (the Clouds, Goshen) in Pennsylvania (Philadelphia Campaign) 09/16/1779 – Battles – Siege of Savannah, Georgia Begins 09/17/1775 – Battles – Siege of Fort St. Jean in Quebec in Canada Begins (Invasion of Quebec) 09/17/1778 – Battles – Attack on German Flatts in New York 09/19/1777 – Battles – First Battle of Saratoga in New York (Saratoga Campaign) 09/20/1777 – Battles – Battle of Paoli in Pennsylvania (Philadelphia Campaign) 09/21/1780 – Battles – Battle of Wahab’s Plantation in North Carolina 09/23/1779 – Battles – Battle of Flamborough Head in the North Sea Near Great Britain (Naval Battle) 09/26/1777 – Battles – Siege of Fort Mifflin in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Begins (Philadelphia Campaign) 09/26/1780 – Battles – Battle of Charotte in North Carolina 09/27/1778 – Battles – Baylor Massacre in River Vale, New Jersey 09/28/1781 – Battles – Siege of Yorktown in Virginia Begins 10/02/1778 – Battles – Raid on Unadilla and Onaquaga in New York Begins 10/03/1781 – Battles – Battle of Fort Slongo in New York 10/04/1777 – Battles – Battle of Germantown in Pennsylvania (Philadelphia Campaign) 10/06/1777 – Battles – Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery Near West Point, New York (Saratoga Campaign) 10/06/1778 – Battles – Battle of Chestnut Neck in New Jersey 10/07/1777 – Battles – Second Battle of Saratoga in New York (Saratoga Campaign) 10/07/1780 – Battles – Battle of King’s Mountain in South Carolina 10/11/1776 – Battles – Battle of Valcour Island in New York (Quebec Campaign) (Naval Battle) 10/15/1778 – Battles – The Affair at Little Egg Harbor in New Jersey 10/16/1779 – Battles – British and Spanish Battle of San Fernando de Omoa (Guatemala) in Honduras Begins 10/16/1780 – Battles – Royalton Raid in Vermont 10/18/1775 – Battles – Burning of Falmouth, Massachusetts (Present Day Portland, Maine) 10/18/1782 – Battles – French and British Action of 18 October 1782 Near Hispaniola in the Caribbean (Naval Battle) 10/19/1780 – Battles – Battle of Klock’s Field in New York 10/20/1782 – Battles – French Spanish and British Battle of Cape Spartel Near Morocco in Africa (Naval Battle) 10/22/1777 – Battles – Battle of Red Bank in New Jersey (Philadelphia Campaign) 10/24/1778 – Battles – Carleton’s Raid Near Vermont and New York 10/25/1781 – Battles – Battle of Johnstown in New York 10/28/1776 – Battles – Battle of White Plains in New Jersey (New York Campaign) 11/05/1780 – Battles – LaBalme’s Defeat in Indiana 11/09/1780 – Battles – Battle of Fishdam Ford in South Carolina 11/10/1776 – Battles – Battle of Fort Cumberland in Nova Scotia, Canada Begins 11/11/1775 – Battles – Snow Campaign Begins in South Carolina 11/11/1778 – Battles – Cherry Valley Massacre in New York 11/11/1779 – Battles – British and Spanish Action of 11 November 1779 Near Portugal (Naval Battle) 11/15/1775 – Battles – Battle of Kemp’s Landing in Virginia 11/16/1776 – Battles – Battle of Fort Washington, New York 11/19/1775 – Battles – First Siege of Ninety Six, South Carolina Begins (Snow Campaign) 11/20/1780 – Battles – Battle of Blackstock’s Farm in South Carolina 11/23/1780 – Battles – Battle of Fort. St. George in New York 11/25/1777 – Battles – Battle of Gloucester in New Jersey (Philadelphia Campaign) 12/05/1777 – Battles – Battle of White Marsh in Pennsylvania (Philadelphia Campaign) 12/06/1782 – Battles – French and British Action of 6 December 1782 Off Martinique in the Caribbean (Naval Battle) 12/09/1775 – Battles – Battle of Great Bridge in Virginia 12/11/1777 – Battles – Battle of Matson’s Ford in Pennsylvania (Philadelphia Campaign) 12/12/1781 – Battles – French and British Second Battle of Ushant Near France (Naval Battle) 12/12/1782 – Battles – Naval Action of 12 December 1782 Near Spain (Naval Battle) 12/14/1776 – Battles – Ambush of Geary in New Jersey (New Jersey Campaign) 12/15/1778 – Battles – Battle of St. Lucia in the West Indies (Naval Battle) 12/18/1778 – Battles – Capture of French Held St. Lucia by the British in the West Indies Begins 12/18/1779 – Battles – French and British Battle of Martinique in the West Indies (Naval Battle) 12/22/1776 – Battles – Battle of Iron Works Hill in Mount Holly, New Jersey (New Jersey Campaign) 12/26/1776 – Battles – Battle of Trenton, New Jersey (New Jersey Campaign) 12/29/1778 – Battles – British Capture of Savannah, Georgia 12/31/1775 – Battles – Battle of Quebec in Canada (Quebec Campaign)
