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Bunker Hill
Charlestown, Massachusetts
British General: Sir William Howe
Contitenal Generals: Dr. Joseph Warren, Israel Putnam, William Prescott
Victor: Britsh
-Colonist claimed the hill
-The fighting began as soon as the day did
-Although the British technically won, they suffered too many losses to fully benefit from it. -
Long Island
Long Island, New York
British: Major General Lord Howe
Continental: General George Washington
Victor: British
- the British force landed on Long Island to the South of the American fortifications.
-Two hundred men withdrew to Prospect Hill, destroying british supplies.
-British casualties were around 400 while the Americans lost around 2,000 and several guns. -
Trenton
Trenton, New Jersey
British: Colonel Rahl
Continental: General George Washington
Victor: Colonist -Washington had some 2,400 men
-Washington’s men then marched to Trenton, some of the men leaving traces of blood on the snow.
-The effect of the battle of Trenton was out of all proportion to the numbers involved and the casualties. -
Brandywine
Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania
British: Major General Sir William Howe
Victor: British
Continental: General George Washington
-Washington knew that the British army would have to ford the Brandywine if they were to get to their target, Philadelphia
-The British and Hessians were left occupying the field having driven the Americans from their position on Brandywine Creek.
-reported British losses at 1,960 and the Americans at 700. -
Saratoga
Saratoga County, New York
British: Major General John Burgoyne
Continental: Benedict Arnold
Victor: Colonist
-The Americans forced the surrender of Burgoyne’s force.
-Germans allied the British
-Of the 7,000 British and Germans who marched from Canada only 3,500 were fit for duty at the surrender. -
Monmouth
Monmouth, New Jersey
British: Sir Henry Clinton
Continental: George Washington
Victor: Tie
-Both sides lost about 350 men in killed
-proven that Americans can stand against the regulars, without the advantage of surprise.
- In the aftermath, Lee is court-martialled, and is found guilty, and is removed from the Army for a year -
Capture of Savannah
Savannah, Georgia
Great Britain: Colonel Archibald Campbell
Continental: Robert Howe
Victor: British
-British troop ordered to move to the South.
- Campbell took 453 prisoners
-The British held Savannah through the remainder of the war and used the city as a staging ground for further attacks in the South -
Cowpen
Cowpens, South Carolina
British: Banastre Tarleton
Continental: Daniel Morgan
Victor: Colonists
- Tarleton's van emerged from the woods in front of the American position.
-Morgan's army took 712 prisoners, which included 200 wounded
-Washington the opportunity, which he seized, to trap and defeat Cornwallis at the Battle of Yorktown, which caused the British to give up their efforts to regain their colonies. -
Guilford Court House
Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina
Great Britain: Lord Charles Cornwallis
Continental: Nathanael Greene
Victor: British
-Although grossly outnumbered, Cornwallis nonetheless was certain that his redcoats, victors on scores of battlefields, could overcome the rebels.
-The heaviest fighting took place on the third line where General Greene had stationed his Continentals
-General Greene had ordered his army to retreat, leaving the British in possession of the battlefield. -
Yorkown
Yorktown, Virginia
Great Britain: Lord Charles Cornwallis
Continental: George Washington
Victor: The Americans and French
-French soldiers landed in Rhode Island to try to help their American allies in assaulting British-occupied New York City.
-The march to Yorktown led by General George Washington and the Comte de Rochambeau began on August 19
-The British soldiers marched out and laid down their arms in between the French and American armies, while many civilians watched.
