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 of Lexington and Concord (1775)
Boston campaign (1775–1776)
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

List of American Revolutionary War battles

Battles (in chronological order)

See also

References

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Battle	Date	Location	Outcome	Ref
Powder Alarm*	September 1, 1774	Massachusetts	British soldiers remove military supplies	^[1]
Storming of Fort William and Mary*	December 14, 1774	New Hampshire	American insurgents seize powder and shot after brief skirmish.	^[2]
Battles of Lexington and Concord	April 19, 1775	Massachusetts	American insurgent victory: British forces raiding Concord driven back into Boston with heavy losses.	^[3]
Battle of Meriam's Corner	April 19, 1775	Massachusetts	American victory. Patriots attack and inflict casualties on the British as they retreat from Concord.
Siege of Boston	April 19, 1775 – March 17, 1776	Massachusetts	American victory: British eventually evacuate Boston after Americans fortify Dorchester heights	^[4]
Gunpowder Incident*	April 20, 1775	Virginia	Virginia governor Lord Dunmore removes powder to a Royal Navy ship, standoff with American insurgents is resolved peacefully	^[1]
New York Armory Raid*	April 23, 1775	New York	American victory: Sons of Liberty capture muskets, bayonets, and cartridge boxes from the armory at City Hall	^[5]^[6]
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga	May 10, 1775	New York	Major American victory, capture British posts at Ticonderoga and Crown Point	^[7]
Battle of Chelsea Creek	May 27–28, 1775	Massachusetts	American victory - capture of British ship Diana	^[8]
Broad Street Incident/Raid	June 6, 1775	New York	American victory: Sons of Libertycapture muskets, and cartridge boxes	^[9]
Battle of Machias	June 11–12, 1775	Massachusetts (present-day Maine)	American forces capture the HM schooner Margaretta
Battle of Bunker Hill	June 17, 1775	Massachusetts	British victory: British drive American forces from the Charlestown peninsula near Boston but suffer heavy losses	^[10]
Capture of Turtle Bay Depot	July 20, 1775	New York	American victory: Sons of Liberty capture storehouse and magazine	^[11]
Battle of Gloucester	August 8, 1775	Massachusetts	American victory	^[12]
Raid on the New York Battery	August 23, 1775	New York	American victory: 23 royal cannon from The Battery were taken under fire from HMS Asia offshore	^[13]
Siege of Fort St. Jean	September 17 – November 3, 1775	Quebec	American victory - capture of British force and subsequently overrun Montreal and much of Quebec	^[14]
Battle of Longue-Pointe	September 25, 1775	Quebec	British victory	^[15]
Burning of Falmouth	October 18, 1775	Massachusetts	British burn Falmouth	^[16]
Battle of Kemp's Landing	November 14, 1775	Virginia	British victory	^[17]
Siege of Savage's Old Fields	November 19–21, 1775	South Carolina	American insurgent victory - defeat of British loyalist force	^[18]
Battle of Great Bridge	December 9, 1775	Virginia	American victory: Lord Dunmore's loyalist force is defeated	^[19]
Snow Campaign	December 1775	South Carolina	American insurgent victory; a campaign against loyalists in South Carolina	^[18]
Battle of Great Cane Break	December 22, 1775	South Carolina	American victory	^[20]
Battle of Quebec	December 31, 1775	Quebec	British victory: British repulse American assault on Quebec city	^[21]
Burning of Norfolk	January 1, 1776	Virginia	British bombard Norfolk; Americans destroy what they see as a loyalist stronghold	^[22]
Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge	February 27, 1776	North Carolina	American victory: loyalist force of Regulators and Highlanders defeated	^[23]
Battle of the Rice Boats	March 2–3, 1776	Georgia	British victory	^[24]
Raid of Nassau	March 3–4, 1776	Bahamas	American victory. They raided the Bahamas to obtain supplies	^[25]
Battle of Saint-Pierre	March 25, 1776	Quebec	American victory	^[26]
Battle of Block Island	April 6, 1776	Rhode Island	British victory	^[27]
Battle of The Cedars	May 18–27, 1776	Quebec	British victory	^[28]
Battle of Round Mountain	June 1, 1776	North Carolina	American victory
Battle of Trois-Rivières	June 8, 1776	Quebec	British victory: Americans forced to evacuate Quebec	^[29]
Battle of Sullivan's Island	June 28, 1776	South Carolina	American victory: British attack on Charleston is repulsed	^[30]
Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet	June 29, 1776	New Jersey	American victory	^[31]
Battle of McDowell's Station	July 3–12, 1776	North Carolina	American victory
Battle of Gwynn's Island	July 8–10, 1776	Virginia	American victory	^[32]
Battle of Lindley's Fort	July 15, 1776	South Carolina	American victory: Native Americans' attack repulsed	^[33]
Battle of Long Island	August 27, 1776	New York	British victory: in the largest battle of the war, the American army of George Washington 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 and hold it for the duration of the war