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The Battle of Bunker Hill
British victory.
General Sir William Howe as British general.
Colonel William Prescott as Continental General.
Over 800 were wounded and 200 were killed.
There was a shortage in boats and navagation maps.
On June 15 the Americans learned that the British planned to occupy Charlestown. -
The Battle of Long Island
British victory.
Major General Lord Howe as British general.
General George Washington as the Continental general.
The Long Island battle took place in New York.
About 20,000 soilders were on the British side and 10,000 silders were on the American side.
The British attire consisted of red coats and headgear or bearskin caps. -
The Battle of Trenton
American victory.
General George Washington as Continental general.
Colonel Rahl as British general.
There was about 2,400 American troops.
The British wore red coats and leather crested helmets and the Continental army wore blue coats.
Washington's men marched to Trenton with men leading traces of blood in the snow. -
The Battle of Brandywine
The British and Hessians win.
Major General Sir William Howe as British general.
General George Washington as American general.
This battle took place on the west side of Philadelphia.
The Americans dressed as well as they could with their red coats with leather crusted helmets.
There was about 6,000 British men and 8,000 American men. -
The Battle of Saratoga
The Americans win.
Major General John Burgoyne was the general for the Britsh army.
Major General Horatio Gates and Brigadier Benedict Arnold were in charged of the American army.
The British givernment planned to senf troops down the Lake Chaplain route from Canada to the American colonies.
The British army recuited soilders as they moved southward.
There was 5,000 Britsh and about 12,000 - 14,000 American troops. -
The Battle of Monmouth
The battle was a draw, a long term American victory.
Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton, Major General Earl Cornwallis and Major General Knyphausen as the British generals.
General George Washington and Major General Charles Lee were generals for the conntinental.
10,000 Britsh troops against 11,000 American.
At one point of the battle the famous Molly Pitcher, wife of an American gunner officer, took over her husbands cannon.
Up to 100 men died of heatstrokes during the battle. -
The Capture of Savannah
American victory.
Colonel Archibald Campbell was the Britsh general.
Robert Howe was the Continental general.
About 453 people were captured during this event.
There was 3,700 people on the British army and 850 on the Americans.
Only 7 people were killed on the Great Britian army. -
The Battle of the Cowpens
The Americans victory.
Colonel Daniel Morgan was the Continental general.
Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton was the British general.
About 1,000 men on the American side and 1,100 men on the British side.
Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton had his army wear light dragoon helmets.
The British had 39 officers lostand 60 soldiers killef and 829 were captured. 12 Americans were killed and 60 wounded. -
Guilford Court House
British victory.
Major General Lord Cornwallis as British genernal against Major General Nathaniel Greene, Continental general.
Around 1,900 British against 4,400 Americans.
550 were wounded and dead from the British side.
The battle only lasted 90 minutes. -
The Battle of Yorktown
The American and French win.
General Washington was general for the Americans.
Major General Lord Cornwallis was general for the British.
There was 8.800 Americans and 6,000 British.
This was the final battle of the Revelution.
The Americans and French worked together.
