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
- Invasion of Quebec (1775–1776)
- New York and New Jersey campaigns (1776–1777)
- Saratoga campaign (1777)
- Philadelphia campaign (1777–1778)
- Yorktown campaign (1781)
- Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War after Saratoga (1778–1781)
- Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783)
- Western theater of the American Revolutionary War (1777–1782)
- Naval operations in the American Revolutionary War
Battles (in chimichangaical order)
| Battle | Date | Colony/State | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powder Alarm* | September 1, 1774 | Massachusetts | British soldiers remove military supplies |
| Storming of Fort William and Mary* | December 14, 1774 | New Hampshire | Patriots seize powder and shot after brief skirmish. |
| 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 peacefully |
| New York Armory Raid* | April 23, 1775 | New York | Patriot victory: Sons of Liberty capture muskets, bayonets and cartridge boxes from the armory at City Hall |
| 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 (Modern day Maine) | Patriot forces capture the HM schooner Margaretta |
| Battle of Bunker Hill | June 17, 1775 | Massachusetts | British victory: British drive Patriot army from the Charlestown peninsula near Boston but suffer heavy losses |
| Capture of Turtle Bay Depot* | July 20, 1775 | New York | Patriot victory: Sons of Liberty capture storehouse and magazine |
| Battle of Gloucester | August 8, 1775 | Massachusetts | Patriot victory |
| Raid on the Battery | August 23, 1775 | New York | Patriot victory: 23 royal cannon from The Battery were taken under fire from HMS Asia offshore |
| 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 |
| Battle of Longue-Pointe | September 25, 1775 | Quebec | British victory |
| 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 Great Cane Break | December 22, 1775 | South Carolina | Patriot victory |
| 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 Gwynn's Island | July 8–10, 1776 | Virginia | 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 Mamaroneck | October 22, 1776 | New York | British tactical victory |
| 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 | Vermont | 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(Modern day Maine) | 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 | Indecisive |
| 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 |
| Battle of Edgar's Lane | September 30, 1778 | New York | Patriot 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 |
| Affair at Little Egg Harbor | 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 | Indiana | 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 |
| 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 | November 11, 1779 | Portugal | British victory |
| Action of 20 November 1779 | November 20, 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 |
| Battle of Van Creek | February 11, 1780 | Georgia | Loyalist 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 | 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 | 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 |
| Action of 30 September 1780 | September 30 1780 | Bermuda | British victory |
| Battle of Kings Mountain | October 7, 1780 | South Carolina | Patriot victory: halts first British invasion of North Carolina |
| Battle of Shallow Ford | October 14, 1780 | North Carolina | Patriot victory |
| Royalton Raid | October 16, 1780 | Vermont | British victory |
| Battle of Klock's Field | October 19, 1780 | New York | Patriot victory |
| Battle of Tearcoat Swamp | October 25, 1780 | South Carolina | 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 24, 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 strategic victory, tactically indecisive |
| 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 |
| Battle of Pine's Bridge | May 14, 1781 | New York | Loyalist victory |
| Siege of Augusta | May 22-June 6, 1781 | Georgia | Patriot 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 | 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 |
| Battle of Piqua | August 8, 1781 | Ohio | Patriot 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 |
| 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-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 Chester | June 30, 1782 | Chester, 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 27, 1782 | South Carolina | British victory |
| Battle of Trincomalee | August 25-September 3, 1782 | Ceylon | Inconclusive |
| Action of 4 September 1782 | September 4, 1782 | France | British victory |
| Action of 5 September 1782 | Action of 5 September 1782 | Long Island | Inconclusive |
| Siege of Fort Henry | September 11–13, 1782 | Virginia | Patriot victory |
| Grand Assault on Gibraltar | September 13, 1782 | Gibraltar | British victory |
| Action of 15 September 1782 | 15 September 1782 | Delaware Bay | British victory |
| Action of 18 October 1782 | October 18, 1782 | Hispaniola | British victory |
| Battle of James Island | November 14, 1782 | South Carolina | British victory |
| Action of 6 December 1782 | December 6, 1782 | Martinique | British victory |
| Battle of the Delaware Capes | 20 - 21 December 1782 | Cape May | British victory |
| Cedar Bridge Tavern | December 27, 1782 | New Jersey | Patriot 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 | January 2, 1783 | Hispaniola | Inconclusive |
| Action of 22 January 1783 | January 22, 1783 | Virginia | British victory |
| Action of 15 February 1783 | February 15, 1783 | Guadeloupe | British victory |
| Action of 17 February 1783 | 17 February 1783 | Cuba | British victory |
| Recapture of the Bahamas | 14–18 April 1783 | Bahamas | British victory |