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

• Boston campaign (1774–76)
• Invasion of Canada (1775) (1775–76)
• New York and New Jersey campaigns (1776–77)
• Saratoga campaign (1777)
• Philadelphia campaign (1777–78)
• Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War after Saratoga (1778–81)
• West Indies and Gulf Coast campaigns (1779–82)
• Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War (1775–83)
• Western theater of the American Revolutionary War (1779–82)
• Naval operations in the American Revolutionary War

Battles (in chronological order)

1774

• Powder Alarm – September 1, 1774*

1775

• Battles of Lexington and Concord – April 19, 1775
• Siege of Boston – April 19, 1775 – March 17, 1776
• Gunpowder Incident – April 20, 1775*
• Capture of Fort Ticonderoga – May 10, 1775*
• Battle of Chelsea Creek – May 27 – May 28, 1775
• Battle of Machias – June 11 – June 12, 1775
• Battle of Bunker Hill – June 17, 1775 (also known as the Battle of Breed's Hill)
• Battle of Gloucester, MA – August 8, 1775
• Shelling of Stonington – August 30, 1775
• Siege of Fort St. Jean – September 17 – November 3, 1775 (also called St. John's)
• Burning of Falmouth – October 18, 1775*
• Battle of Kemp's Landing – November 14, 1775
• Battle of Great Bridge – November 28 – December 9, 1775
• Battle of Quebec – December 31, 1775

1776

• Burning of Norfolk – January 1, 1776
• Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge – February 27, 1776
• Battle of the Rice Boats – March 2 – March 3, 1776
• Battle of Nassau – March 3 – March 4, 1776
• Fortification of Dorchester Heights – March 4, 1776*
• Battle of Saint-Pierre – March 25, 1776
• Action of 6 April 1776 – April 6, 1776
• Battle of The Cedars – May 15 – May 16, 1776
• Battle of Trois-Rivières – June 8, 1776
• Battle of Sullivan's Island – June 28, 1776
• Battle of Long Island – August 27, 1776 (also known as the Battle of Brooklyn)
• Landing at Kip's Bay – September 15, 1776
• Battle of Harlem Heights – September 16, 1776
• Battle of Valcour Island – October 11, 1776 (naval battle)
• Battle of White Plains – October 28, 1776
• Battle of Fort Cumberland – November 10 – November 28, 1776
• Battle of Fort Washington – November 16, 1776
• Battle of Fort Lee – November 19, 1776
• Ambush of Geary – December 14, 1776
• Battle of Iron Works Hill – December 22 – December 23, 1776 (also known as the Battle of Mount Holly)
• Battle of Trenton – December 26, 1776

1777

• Second Battle of Trenton – January 2, 1777
• Battle of Princeton – January 3, 1777
• Battle of Millstone – January 20, 1777
• Forage War – Winter 1777
• Battle of Bound Brook – April 13, 1777
• Battle of Ridgefield – April 27, 1777 (also known as the Danbury Raid)
• Battle of Thomas Creek – May 17, 1777
• Meigs Raid – May 23, 1777
• Battle of Short Hills – June 26, 1777 (also known as the Battle of Metuchen Meetinghouse)
• Siege of Fort Ticonderoga – July 5 – July 6, 1777
• Battle of Hubbardton – July 7, 1777
• Battle of Fort Ann – July 8, 1777
• Siege of Fort Stanwix – August 2 – August 23, 1777
• Battle of Oriskany – August 6, 1777
• Battle of Bennington – August 16, 1777
• Battle of Staten Island – August 22, 1777
• Battle of Setauket- August 22, 1777
• First Siege of Fort Henry – September, 1777
• Battle of Cooch's Bridge – September 3, 1777
• Battle of Brandywine – September 11, 1777
• Battle of the Clouds – September 16, 1777
• Battle of Saratoga I – September 19, 1777 (also known as the Battle of Freeman's Farm)
• Battle of Paoli – September 21, 1777
• Battle of Germantown – October 4, 1777
• Battle of Red Bank – October 5 – November 25, 1777
• Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery – October 6, 1777
• Battle of Saratoga II – October 7, 1777 (also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights)
• Battle of Fort Mercer – October 22, 1777
• Bombardment of Fort Mifflin – November 10 – November 15, 1777
• Battle of Gloucester, NJ – November 25, 1777
• Battle of White Marsh – December 5 – December 8, 1777
• Battle of Matson's Ford – December 11, 1777

1778

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• Battle of Quinton's Bridge – March 18, 1778
• North Channel Naval Duel – April 24, 1778
• Battle of Crooked Billet – May 1, 1778
• Battle of Barren Hill – May 20, 1778
• Battle of Freetown – May 25, 1778
• Battle of Monmouth – June 28, 1778
• Battle of Alligator Bridge – June 30, 1778
• Wyoming Massacre – July 3, 1778
• First Battle of Ushant – July 27, 1778
• Siege of Pondicherry – August 21 – October 19, 1778
• Battle of Rhode Island – August 29, 1778 (also known as Battle of Newport or Quaker Hill)
• Grey's raid – September 5 – September 17, 1778
• Siege of Boonesborough – September 7 – September 18, 1778
• Baylor Massacre – September 27, 1778
• Battle of Chestnut Neck – October 6, 1778
• Little Egg Harbor massacre – October 16, 1778
• Carleton's Raid – October 24 – November 14, 1778
• Cherry Valley Massacre – November 11, 1778
• Battle of St. Lucia – December 15, 1778
• Capture of Savannah – December 29, 1778

1779

• Battle of Beaufort – February 3, 1779 (also known as the Battle of Port Royal Island)
• Battle of Kettle Creek – February 14, 1779
• Battle of Vincennes – February 23 – February 25, 1779
• Battle of Brier Creek – March 3, 1779
• Battle of Chillicothe – May, 1779
• Armada of 1779 – June – September, 1779
• Battle of Stono Ferry – June 20, 1779
• Great Siege of Gibraltar – June 24, 1779 – February 7, 1783
• Tryon's raid – July 5 – July 14, 1779
• Battle of Grenada – July 6, 1779
• Battle of Stony Point – July 16, 1779
• Penobscot Expedition – July 24 – August 29, 1779
• Battle of Paulus Hook – August 19, 1779
• Battle of Newtown – August 29, 1779
• Capture of Fort Bute – September 7, 1779
• Battle of Lake Pontchartrain – September 10, 1779
• Siege of Savannah – September 16 – October 18, 1779
• Battle of Baton Rouge – September 20 – September 21, 1779
• Battle of Flamborough Head – September 23, 1779
• Battle of San Fernando de Omoa – October 16 – November 29, 1779
• First Battle of Martinique – December 18, 1779

1780

• Battle of Cape St. Vincent – January 16, 1780
• Battle of Young's House – February 3, 1780
• Battle of Fort Charlotte – March 2 – March 14, 1780
• Siege of Charleston – March 29 – May 12, 1780
• Battle of Monck's Corner – April 14, 1780
• Second Battle of Martinique – April 17, 1780
• Battle of Lenud's Ferry – May 6, 1780
• Bird's invasion of Kentucky – May 25 – August, 1780
• Battle of St. Louis – May 25, 1780
• Battle of Waxhaws – May 29, 1780
• Battle of Connecticut Farms – June 7, 1780
• Battle of Mobley's Meeting House – June 10?, 1780
• Battle of Ramsour's Mill – June 20, 1780
• Battle of Springfield, NJ – June 23, 1780
• Huck's Defeat – July 12, 1780
• Battle of Colson's Mill – July 21, 1780
• Battle of Rocky Mount – August 1, 1780
• Battle of Hanging Rock – August 6, 1780
• Battle of Pekowee – August 8, 1780 (also known as the Battle of Piqua)
• Battle of Camden – August 16, 1780
• Battle of Fishing Creek – August 18, 1780
• Battle of Musgrove Mill – August 18, 1780
• Battle of Black Mingo – August 28, 1780
• Battle of Wahab's Plantation – September 20, 1780
• Battle of Charlotte – September 26, 1780
• Battle of Kings Mountain – October 7, 1780
• Royalton Raid – October 16, 1780
• Battle of Klock's Field – October 19, 1780
• La Balme's Defeat – November 5, 1780
• Battle of Fishdam Ford – November 9, 1780
• Battle of Blackstock's Farm – November 20, 1780

1781

• Battle of Jersey – January 6, 1781
• Battle of Mobile – January 7, 1781
• Battle of Cowpens – January 17, 1781
• Battle of Cowan's Ford – February 1, 1781
• Battle of Haw River – February 25, 1781
• Battle of Wetzell's Mill – March 6, 1781
• Battle of Pensacola – March 9 – May 8, 1781
• Battle of Guilford Court House – March 15, 1781
• Battle of Cape Henry – March 16, 1781
• Siege of Fort Watson – April 15 – 23, 1781
• Battle of Porto Praya – April 15, 1781
• Battle of Blanford – April 25, 1781 (also known as the Battle of Petersburg)
• Battle of Hobkirk's Hill – April 25, 1781 (also known as the Second Battle of Camden)
• Battle of Fort Royal – April 29 or 30, 1781
• Battle of Fort Motte – May 8 – May 12, 1781
• Siege of Augusta – May 22 – June 6, 1781
• Siege of Ninety-Six – May 22 – June 19, 1781
• Battle of Spencer's Ordinary – June 26, 1781
• Francisco's Fight – July, 1781
• Battle of Green Spring – July 6, 1781
• Naval battle of Louisbourg – July 21, 1781
• Battle of Dogger Bank – August 5, 1781
• Invasion of Minorca – August 19, 1781 – February 5, 1782
• Lochry's Defeat – August 24, 1781
• Battle of the Chesapeake – September 5, 1781 (naval battle)
• Battle of Groton Heights – September 6, 1781 (also known as the Battle of Fort Griswold)
• Battle of Eutaw Springs – September 8, 1781
• Battle of Lindley's Mill – September 13, 1781
• Long Run Massacre – September 13, 1781
• Siege of Yorktown – September 28 – October 17, 1781
• Battle of Fort Slonco - October 3, 1781
• Siege of Negapatam – October 21 – November 11, 1781
• Battle of Johnstown – October 25, 1781
• Second Battle of Ushant – December 12, 1781

1782

• Capture of Trincomalee – January 11, 1782
• Battle of St. Kitts – January 25 – January 26, 1782
• Battle of Sadras – February 17, 1782
• Gnadenhütten massacre – March 8, 1782
• Battle of Roatán – March 16, 1782
• Battle of Little Mountain – March 22, 1782
• Battle of the Saintes – April 9 – April 12, 1782
• Battle of Providien – April 12, 1782
• Crawford expedition – May 25 – June 12, 1782
• Battle of Negapatam – July 6, 1782
• Battle of Piqua – August 8, 1782
• Hudson Bay Expedition – August 8, 1782
• Siege of Bryan Station – August 15 – August 17, 1782
• Battle of Blue Licks – August 19, 1782
• Battle of the Combahee River – August 26, 1782
• Battle of Trincomalee – August 25 – September 3, 1782
• Battle of Cape Spartel – October 20, 1782

1783

• Battle of Cuddalore – June 20, 1783 (naval battle)
• Siege of Cuddalore – June 7 – June 25, 1783 (land siege)