| Date |
Battle
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Brief Synopsis
Flag Denotes Victor
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| 1770
Mar. 5 |
Boston
'Massacre' |
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Insurgency contrive a situation where British soldiers shoot dead 5 civilians
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Area Map
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Campaigns in the North Eastern Colonies
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| 1775
Apr. 19 |
Lexington
Concord
[Massachusetts] |
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British try to seize rebel gunpower but shots fired at both sides start the war
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| 1775
Apr. 20 |
Hanover
[Massachusetts] |
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British soldiers attacked at courthouse
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1775
Apr. 19
(to 1776 Jun. 3) |
Boston (Siege)
[Massachusetts] |
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British trapped in Boston
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| 1775
May 5 |
Martha's Vineyard
[Massachusetts] |
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Rebels force islanders into enlisting
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| 1775 May 10
| Fort Ticonderoga &Crown Point
[New York] (Lake Champlain)
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Green Mountain boys (louts) raid Forts seizing cannon to use against British
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| 1775
June 17 |
Bunker Hill (Breed's Hill)
[Massachusetts] |
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British lose 25 officers & 226 regulars with 803 wounded in a pyretic victory
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1776 June 3 - British besieged for 58 weeks evacuated the City along with 8,800 Loyalists
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| 1775
July 31 |
Great Brewster Island
[Massachusetts] |
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Rebels attack lighthouse repair crew
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| 1775
Nov. 9 |
Lechmere Point
[Massachusetts] |
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Rebels attack British foraging party
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| 1776
Apr. 6 |
Block Island
[Massachusetts] |
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HMS Glasgow carrying secret papers fights off several large rebel warships
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Campaign Map
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| 1776
Aug. 27 |
Long Island (Brooklyn heights)
[New York] |
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British take gloves off in a bid to liberate New York - rebels lose 40% of their army in battle, but remainder escape over river to New York
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| 1776
Aug. 28 |
Jamaica
[New York] |
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British capture rebel outpost
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| 1776
Sept. 13 |
Montresor's Island
[New York] |
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British thwart attempt to retake island
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| 1776
Sept. 15 |
Kips Bay
[New York] |
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British ships blast away at redel defensive earthworks to force a landing on Manhattan Island
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| 1776
Sept. 16 |
Harlem Heights
[New York] |
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Rebels retreat to set up a strong defensive position to repel British, leading to a near month long stalemate
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| 1776
Oct. 12-18 |
Throg's Point
[New York] |
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To break the deadlock British attempt a landing northeast of rebels but encounter too much opposition
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| 1776
Oct. 18 |
Pell's Point (Eastchester)
[New York] |
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British land further north, but not to cut rebels off but to parallel track them as they abandon Harlem
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| 1776
Oct. 22 |
Mamaroneck
[New York] |
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British brush aside any local opposition until they see where the rebels will make their next stand
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| 1776
Oct. 28 |
Whites Plains
[New York] |
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British then march to first take Chatterton's Hill southwest of main rebel entrenchment losing 229 men, but in the main battle rebels squander their initial success & were then only saved by torrential rain
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| 1776
Nov. 16-18 |
Forts Washington & Lee
[New York] |
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Rebels retreat again to North Castle Heights but British double back to Fort Washington capturing 2900 men, considerable supplies & arms. Causing rebels to hastily abandon Fort Lee
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| 1776
Dec. 8 |
Newport
[Rhode Island] |
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6000 British land unopposed
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| 1776
Dec. 13 |
Basking Ridge
[New Jersey] |
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Loyalists capture Gen. Lee at tavern
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| 1776
Dec. 14 |
Fleming
[New Jersey] |
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After being beaten, rebels retreat across the Delaware to Bucks county
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| 1776
Dec. 26 |
Trenton
[New Jersey] |
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Washington marches his threadbare army to cross a frozen Delaware and take a drunken Hessian staging post
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| 1777
Jan. 3 |
Princeton
[New Jersey] |
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Resurgent rebels destroy British base
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| 1777
Jan. 17-25 |
Fort Independence
[New Jersey] |
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6000 rebels attacking 2000 Hessians get caught behind by 500 Loyalists
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| 1777
Mar. 23-24 |
Peekskill
[New Jersey] |
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British try & fail to raid a rebel store
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| 1777
Apr. 13 |
Bound Brook
[New Jersey] |
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Successful British raid on rebel stores
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Area Map
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| 1777
Apr. 25 |
Danbury
[Connecticut] |
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With Long Island's growing numbers British get supplies from Connecticut
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| 1777
Apr. 27 |
Ridgefield
[Connecticut] |
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British extend presence in Connecticut
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| 1777
Apr. 28 |
Compo Hill (Crompo Hill)
[Connecticut] |
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Bayonet charge scatters rebel attack
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| 1777
May 10 |
Pisquata
[New Jersey] |
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Suprise rebel attack driven off
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| 1777
May 23-24 |
Sag Harbor
[New York] |
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British foraging party caught off guard
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| 1777
Jun 22 |
Brunswick
[New Jersey] |
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Attack on Hessian rear guard failed
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| 1777
June 26 |
Short Hills
[New Jersey] |
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Rebels kept slipping the net
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| 1777
Aug 22 |
Staten Island
[New York] |
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Concerted rebel attack driven off
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| 1777
Aug 23 |
Setauket
[Long Island New York] |
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500 rebels attack 150 Loyalists but are repelled and are forced back
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| 1777
Sept. 3 |
Cooch's Bridge
[New Jersey] |
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In an attempt to block the British advance the rebels retreated in stages
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Campaign Map
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Philadelphia Campaign
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| 1777
Sept. 11 |
Brandywine
[Pennsylania] |
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British victory, rebels lose 40% of men
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| 1777
Sept. 16 |
Warren Tavern
[Pennsylania] |
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Wayne's men clash briefly with British
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| 1777
Sept. 20 |
Paoli Tavern
[Pennsylania] |
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'No flint' Grey mounts a night attack
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| 1777
Oct. 2 |
Billingsport
[Pennsylania] |
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British defeat an attempt to block the use of Chesapeake River for supplies
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| 1777
Oct. 4 |
Germantown
[Pennsylania] |
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Despite rebels outnumbering the British 3 to 1 their attack goes badly wrong
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| 1777
Sept. 11 - Oct. 4 |
Philadelphia
-(Seat of Congress)
[Pennsylania] |
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Albeit Revolutionary Headquaters the self appointed cuckoo is forced out & most saw the British as liberators here
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| 1777
Oct. 22 |
Fort Mercer
[New Jersey] |
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Fort abandoned by rebels
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| 1777
Oct.10-Nov.15 |
Fort Mifflin
[New Jersey] |
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A defiant rebel stand eventually crushed by British cannonfire
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| 1777
Dec. 5-8 |
Whitemarsh
[Pennsylania] |
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Howe tries to re-engage with rebels but they manage to give him the slip
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| 1777
Dec. 11 |
Matson Ford
[Pennsylania] |
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British intercept supplies intended for Valley Forge leaving rebels to starve
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| 1777
Dec. 10 |
Long Island
[New York] |
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Rebel raiding party captured
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France declares war on Britain February 6 1778 and enters the war on the rebel side
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| 1778
Mar. 18 |
Quinton Bridge
[New Jersey] |
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Rebel foraging party outwitted
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| 1778
Mar. 23 |
Thompson's Bridge
[New Jersey] |
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Simcoe's patrol drive off rebel guard
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| 1778
May 1 |
Crooked Billet
[Pennsylvania] |
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British target rebel foraging parties
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| 1778
May 20 |
Barren Hill
[Pennsylvania] |
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Lafayette launches ineffective attack
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| Fearing a French blockade the British abandoned Philadelphia |
| 1778 June 28
| Monmouth Courthouse
[New Jersey]
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Despite being attacked the British get nearly everyone safely to New York on the hottest day anyone could remember
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| 1778 July 3
| Wyoming Valley
[Pennsylvania]
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Loyalist victory but became a massarce as Iroquois murdered fleeing rebels
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| 1778 July 18
| Andrustown
[New York]
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Rebel supply area distroyed
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Area Map
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Rhode Island Campaign
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| 1778 Aug 5-12
| Newport
[RHode Island]
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British floatilla and a hurricane wreak French support for a rebel invasion
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| 1778 Aug 19-27
| Quaker Hill
[Rhode Island]
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Rebels attack British strong hold but lack French support & are beaten back
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| 1778 Aug 28
| Middletown
[Rhode Island]
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Weary and disillusioned rebels dig in but know they were already defeated |
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| 1778 Aug 28
| Newport
[Rhode Island]
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Rebels driven out too forcefully to allow Clinton to catch them in a pincer
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| 1778 Aug 31
| Kingsbridge
[New York]
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Rebels use poorly armed Indians as pawns in particularly bloody encounter
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| 1778 Sept 3
| Old Tappen
[New Jersey]
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British suprise approx 100 rebels of which 80 are either killed of captured
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| 1778 Sept 8
| Martha's Vineyard
[Massachusetts]
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British raid for rebel sheep & oxen
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| 1778 Sept 13
| German Flats
[New York]
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British take much rebel livestock
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| 1778 Oct 4-5
| Little Egg Harbour
[New Jersey]
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New Jersey Loyalists launch 4am bayonet attack on rebel camp
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| 1779 Feb 23
| Vincennes
[Ohio territory]
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Rebels capture Indian town & land
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| 1779 Feb 26
| Horseneck Landing
[Connecticut]
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British scatter rebels and take cattle
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| 1779 June 1
| Fort lafayette
[New York]
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British capture Fort
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| 1779 June 1
| Stony Point
[New York]
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British capture Fort
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| 1779 July 2
| Pound Ridge Raid
[New York]
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Rebel Dragoons flee Tarleton's unit
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| 1779 July 5-11
| New London
[Connecticut]
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Clinton stops rebel raids on supplies
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| 1779 July 19-22
| Minisink
[New Jersey]
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Stolen Indian land returned to them
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| 1779 Aug. 18
| Paulus Hook
[New Jersey]
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300 Rebels take British Fort
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| 1779 Oct. 27
| Middlebrook (Raid)
[New Jersey]
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Loyalists capture rebel goods
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| 1780 Jan 14-15
| Staten Island
[New York]
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Rebel raid spotted before much done
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| 1780 Feb. 3
| Four Corners
[New York]
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Rebels cornered at Young's house
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| 1780 Apr. 2
| Harpersfield
[New York]
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Rebels caught gathering Maple sap
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| 1780 June 7-23
| Springfield
[New Jersey]
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British burn rebel houses
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| 1780 July 20-21
| Bull's Ferry
[New Jersey]
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Rebels lose many men trying to take Blockhouse house manned by Loyalists
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| 1780 Aug. 1-2
| Canajoharie
[New York]
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Rebel attack on Indian village repelled
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| 1781 July 9
| Currytown
[New York]
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Loyalists attack rebel base
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| 1781 July 10
| Sharon Springs Swamp
[New York]
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Rebels trap Loyalist unit in a swamp and use them for target practice
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| 1781 Aug. 6
| Shell's Bush
[New York]
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A few Loyalists raid rebel supplies
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| 1781 Aug. 22
| Wawarsing
[New York]
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Rebels terrorized & kill many Loyalists
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| 1781 Sept. 6
| Fort Griswold
[Connecticut]
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Loyalists attack on a rebel patrol
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| 1781 Oct. 10
| Treadwell's Neck
[New York]
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150 rebels attack small Loyalist outpost
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| 1781 Oct. 25
| Johnstown
[New York]
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Darkness saved rebels from complete annihilation by New York Loyalists
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| 1781 Oct. 30
| Jerseyfield
[New York]
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Rebels use Indians to commit atrocities
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Campaign on the Quebec frontier and in the Maritimes
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| 1775 May 9
| Fort Ticonderoga
[New York]
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Green Mountain rough necks siege Fort
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| 1775 May 12
| Crown Point
[New York]
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Rebels siege trading post and cannon
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| 1775 May 17
| Fort St John
[Quebec]
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Rebels take garrison then chased off
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| 1775 June 12
| Machias
[Maine]
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Skirmish over some timber
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| 1775 Sept.12 -Nov.3
| Fort St John (Seige)
[Quebec]
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British held out against 2,500 rebels for 7 weeks crucially delaying them
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| 1775 Sept.25
| Montreal
[Quebec]
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Rebels take city & manage to recruit a few Canadians who fled later when the Americans started to get decimated
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| 1775 Oct. 18
| Falmouth
[Maine]
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British retaliate against hostility
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| 1775 Oct. 18
| Chambly
[Quebec]
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Although attacked by a large rebel force they take Fort a bit too easily
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| 1775 Oct. 30
| Longueuil (Montreal)
[Quebec]
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Carleton's pityfully small force has to retreat from City for rebels to plunder
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| 1775 Dec.8-31
| Quebec City (siege)
[Quebec]
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Carleton's masterly defences kept the rebels at bay in worsening conditions
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| 1775 Dec. 31
| Quebec City
[Quebec]
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Rebels used a blizzard as cover, but good intelligence helped British inflict very heavy casualties on the rebels
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| 1776 May 16
| The Cedars
[Quebec]
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British relief ship arrives to drive out besiegers then constantly attacks them
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| 1776 June 7
| Trois Rivieres
[Quebec]
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Rebel counter attack fails & they take more heavy loses having to flee again
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| 1776 Oct. 11-12
| Valcour Island
[New York - Lake Champlain]
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Almost all Rebel warships destroyed
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| 1776 Nov.7-29
| Fort Cumberland
[Nova Scotia]
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Rebels often lost men because they imagined others thought as they did
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| 1776 Nov.14
| Fort St Johns
[Quebec]
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British retake Fort
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| 1777
| Upper New York (raid)
[Quebec]
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Royal Highlanders attack rebel position
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| 1777
| Fort Howe
[New Brunswick - St John]
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New built fort successfully defended
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The rebel's Canadian expedition had been an abject failure and their disloyalty rejected
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| 1777 Aug. 13
| Machias
[Maine]
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New Rebel warships take a beating
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Campaign Map
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Saratoga Campaign
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| 1777 July 5-6
| Fort Ticonderoga
[New York]
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Burgoyne's men haul cannon up sheer bluff so able to fire down on rebels
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| 1777 July 7
| Hubbardton
[Vermount]
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Rebels suffer heavy loses and retreat
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| 1777 July 9
| Fort Anne
[New York]
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British take over abandoned rebel Fort
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| 1777
| South Bay
[New York]
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British heavily outnumbered resort to trickery to get the rebels to retreat
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| 1777 Aug. 2-22
| Fort Stanwix (siege)
[New York]
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Siege was delaying the British too long
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| 1777 Aug. 8
| Oriskany
[New York]
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Especially bloody encounter with more rebel casualties than Loyalists in battle
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| 1777 Aug. 16
| Bennington
[New York]
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Hessians led into a very costly trap
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| 1777 Sept. 17-19
| Freeman's Farm
[New York]
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Outnumbered 3 to 1 the British hold the field - just - but have lost many men
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| 1777 Sept. 18-24
| Lake George
[New York]
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Now even more outnumbered the British are exhausted with no time to recover
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| 1777 Sept. 24
| Diamond Island
[New York]
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Burgoyne starts set of tactical retreats
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| 1777 Oct. 6
| Forts Montgomery & Clinton
[New York]
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Burgoyne ambushes advancing rebels
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| 1777 Oct. 7
| Bemis Heights
[New York]
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Despite now facing 6000 rebels Burgoyne advances on them
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| 1777 Oct. 11-17
| Saratoga
[New York]
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Burgoyne tricked into surrendering
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| 1777 Oct.
| Lake Champlain (raid)
[New York]
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Rebel attack soundly beaten off by British at Lake Champlain where they remained in control till the end of war
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| 1778 Sept. 5-6
| Bedford - Fair Haven (raid)
[New York]
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British detroy 70 rebel ships together with many of their buildings
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| 1778 Oct. 6-8
| Unadilla
[New York]
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Rebels massacre Iroquois in their town
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| 1778 Nov. 11
| Cherry Valley Massacre
[New York]
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Revenge attack on rebels at Unadilla
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| 1778
| Penobscot River
[Maine]
|
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Rebel ship attacks Loyalist settlement but was soon driven back out to sea
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| 1778
| Cape Sable
[Nova Scotia]
|
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Rebels fair no better further north
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1779 July 28 to
.................. Aug 13
| Bagaduce
[Maine - Penobscot River]
|
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A lone piquet of 50 redcoats hold off 3000 rebels until Royal Navy arrived
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| 1779 Aug. 29
| Newtown
[New York]
|
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Rebel retaliation resulting in Iroquois being forced off their land to Canada
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| 1780
| Mohawk Valley (raid)
[New York]
|
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Loyalist raid
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| 1780 May 26
| San Luis de Ylinoises
[Illinois Territory]
|
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Indian attack repelled
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| 1780 Oct. 8
| Fort Anne
[New York]
|
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Rebels try to retake Fort
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| 1780 Oct. 11
| Fort George
[New York]
|
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Rebels try & fail to dislodge British
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| 1780 Oct. 15-18
| Schoharie valley
[New York]
|
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As with other Loyalist raids the chruch was burnt down in order to blame them
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| 1780 Oct. 19
| Fort Keyser
[New York]
|
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130 rebel killed or taken prisoner
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| 1780 Oct. 19
| Klock's Field
[New York]
|
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Loyalists escape from large rebel force
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| 1781 Jan.
| Fort St Joseph
[Illinois Territory]
|
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Spainish capture Fort but then retreat
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| 1781 Jan. 22
| Morrisania
[New York]
|
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Rebel raid on Loyalists in the Bronx
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| 1781 Aug. 24
| Big Miami River
[Ohio Territory]
|
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Lochry's rebel unit are defeated
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| 1781
| Mohawk Valley (raid)
[New York]
|
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Loyalist raid
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| 1782 Mar. 7-8
| Gnadenhuetten Massacre
[Ohio Territory]
|
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Another Rebel massacre of Indians
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| 1782 June 4-5
| Sandusky
[Ohio Territory]
|
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Small force of Indians attack larger group of rebels killing their commander
|
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| 1782 June 6
| Olentangy
[Ohio Territory]
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Indian raid
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Campaign Map
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Southern Colonies Campaign
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| 1775 Apr. 21-22
| Williamsburg
[Virginia]
|
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Royal marines try to seize gunpower
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| 1775 Apr. 21
| Charlestown Magazine
[South Carolina]
|
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Insurgents steal gunpowder from town
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| 1775 Nov. 19
| Ninty -Six
[South Carolina]
|
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Local Loyalists attack rebel base
|
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| 1775 Dec. 9
| Great Bridge
[Virginia]
|
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Rebels occupy the town of Norfolk
|
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| 1775 Dec. 22
| Cane Break
[South Carolina]
|
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Rebels amalgamate their strenght to crush any organising loyalist support
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| 1776 Feb. 27
| Moore's Creek Bridge
[North Carolina]
|
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Another violent attack to suppress loyalist sentiment in the Carolinas
|
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| 1776 June 28
| Charleston (1st Siege)
[South Carolina]
|
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Despite several attempts Royal Navy couldn't breakthrough a log barrier
|
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| 1777 Feb 2-7
| Fort McIntosh
[Georgia]
|
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Exiled Georgian Loyalists regroup in friendly Florida & return to take Fort
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| 1777 Sept. 1
| Wheeling
[Virginia]
|
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Indians lay a siege but then give up
|
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| 1778 Dec. 29
| Savannah
[Georgia]
|
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Local Loyalists help the British take a seemingly impregnable fortification
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| 1779 Jan. 9
| Sudbury
[Georgia]
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Prevost takes the rebel stronghold
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| 1779 Feb. 3
| Port Royal Island
[South Carolina]
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British land & chase after rebels who sniped at them to burn their homes
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| 1779 Feb. 14
| Kettle Creek
[Georgia]
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Loyalists had initial success but then wilt against fanatical rebel resistance
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| 1779 Mar. 3
| Briar Creek
[Georgia]
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This time rebels resounding defeated consolidating Loyalist hold on Georgia
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| 1779 June 16
| Stono Creek
[South Carolina]
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Rebels replused as they attacked British rear guard at Ferry
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Spain declares war on Britain June 16 1779 and enters the war on the rebel side
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| 1779 Oct. 9
| Savannah
[Georgia]
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French & rebels take very heavy loses
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| 1780 April 14
| Monck's Corner
[South Carolina]
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British victory but rebels then posed as Loyalists to rape Loyalist women
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| 1780 Ap.12-May 9
| Charleston (2nd siege)
[South Carolina]
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No welcome here for the British but still they occupy after about a week
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| 1780 May 6
| Lenud's ferry
[South Carolina]
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Tarleton's unit capture large rebel reinforcement unit & their supplies
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| 1780 May 29
| Waxhaw Creek
[South Carolina]
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Exhausted from riding for 53 hours a Loyalist unit defeat larger rebel force
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| 1780 June 20
| Ramsour's Mill
[North Carolina]
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Indecisive encounter with equal casualties on each side
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| 1780 July 12
| Williamson's Plantation
[South Carolina]
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aka 'Huck's defeat' when a heavily outnumberd Loyalist unit is ambushed
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| 1780 July 30
| Thicketty Fort
[South Carolina]
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Small Loyalist garrison overwhelmed
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| 1780 Aug. 1
| Green Spring
[South Carolina]
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Although Ferguson's unit inflicted heavy casualties they were driven back
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| 1780 Aug. 1
| Rocky Mount
[South Carolina]
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Rebels are embolden but are then put down by Tarleton's unit half their size
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| 1780 Aug. 6
| Hanging Rock
[South Carolina]
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Lightening attack on Loyalists before British could respond to help
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| 1780 Aug. 15
| Wateree Ferry
[South Carolina]
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Rebels capture a few sick British
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| 1780 Aug. 15-16
| Camden
[South Carolina]
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Although outnumbered 2 to 1 the British inflict over 2000 rebel casualties
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| 1780 Aug. 18
| Fishing Creek
[North Carolina]
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Rebels take more heavy loses
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| 1780 Aug. 18
| Musgrove's Mill
[South Carolina]
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Loyalists initially scatter rebels but lose men while taking prisoners
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| 1780 Aug. 24
| Great Savannah
[South Carolina]
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Loyalist unit escorting hundreds of prisoners are attacked on way to prison
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| 1780 Sept. 14-18
| Augusta
[Georgia]
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Rebels besiege garrison but are caught by Cruger's unit & suffer heavy loses
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| 1780 Sept. 21
| Wahab's Plantation
[North Carolina]
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Loyalist unit about 100 strong is surrounded and ruthlessly massacred
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| 1780 Sept. 26
| Charlotte
[North Carolina]
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Cornwallis attacks with only a few men but disengages when Augusta attacked
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| 1780 Sept. 29
| Black Mingo Creek
[South Carolina]
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Loyalists & rebels both lose 50 men
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| 1780 Oct. 7
| King's Mountain
[South Carolina]
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A rebel atrocity where 800 Loyalists were surrounded & given No Quarter
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| 1780 Oct. 9
| Polk's Mill
[North Carolina]
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120 rebels attack small Welsh foraging party only to get driven off by them
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| 1780 Oct. 14
| Shallow Ford
[North Carolina]
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Defeated again, Loyalist's morale low
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| 1780 Oct. 23
| Hampton Roads
[Virginia]
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British drive off rebels to establish base briefly leaving after a month
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| 1780 Oct. 25
| Tearcoat Swamp
[South Carolina]
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Small Loyalist convey attacked
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| 1780 Nov. 9
| Fishdam Ford
[South Carolina]
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Attacked at 3am Loyalists lose 20 men
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| 1780 Nov.20
| Blackstock's Hill
[South Carolina]
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Determined attack by Tarleton on Sumter's unit causing many to desert
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| 1780 Dec. 4
| Rugeley's Mills
[South Carolina]
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Washington gets Loyalist garrison to surrender with a fake cannon
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| 1780 Dec. 12-13
| Halfway Swamp
[South Carolina]
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A battle that turned into a duel
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| 1780 Dec. 27
| Hammond's Store
[North Carolina]
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Defeated & retreating Loyalists again slaughtered as was then a rebel policy
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| 1781 Jan. 5
| Richmond
[Virginia]
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Alnold led raid destroys rebel supplies
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| 1781 Jan. 8
| Charles City Courthouse
[Virginia]
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Simcoe 20 takes rebels prisoners
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| 1781 Jan. 17
| Hannah's Cowpens
[South Carolina]
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Rebels 3 widely spaced lines of fire & retreat against Tarleton's too predictable charge cost 1000 loyalists
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| 1781 Jan. 23-24
| Wiggan's Hill Plantation
[Georgia]
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Outnumbered British were attacked at night but drove rebels into a swamp
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| 1781 Jan. 28-Feb. 1
| Wilmington
[North Carolina]
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Rebels supplies & cannon detroyed
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| 1781 Feb. 1
| Catawba River
[North Carolina]
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Cornwallis was chasing retreating rebels who were murdering potential Loyalist support ahead of him
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| 1781 Feb. 1
| Tarrant's Tavern
[North Carolina]
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Heavy defeat of rebels owing to wet power which improved Loyalist morale
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| 1781 Feb. 25
| Haw River Massacre
[North Carolina]
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Rebels responsed with slaughtering 400 Loyalists in an inhuman way
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| 1781 Feb. 28
| Fort Watson
[South Carolina]
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Rebels storm Fort but are soundly beaten off, suffering heavy loses
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| 1781 March 2
| Clapp's Mills
[South Carolina]
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Tarleton's unit dispersed 800 rebels
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| 1781 March 6
| Wetzell's Mills
[North Carolina]
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Tarleton inflicts heavy loses on rebels
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| 1781 March 6
| Wiboo Swamp
[South Carolina]
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Advance unit of Loyalists have 3 killed
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| 1781 March 14-27
| Lower Bridge of Black River
[North Carolina]
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An out numbered British rear guard's valiant action against overwelming odds
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| 1781 March 15
| Guilford Courthouse
[North Carolina]
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Cornwallis's ruthless move turns battle & Tarleton did not
miss his cue, but this haemorrhaged more precious men
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| 1781 March 19
| Portsmouth
[Virginia]
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British arrive to cut rebel supply lines
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| 1781 April 15-23
| Fort Watson
[South Carolina]
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Loyalist Fort surrenders
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| 1781 April 19
| Burrell's Landing
[South Carolina]
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Simcoe's Queens rangers engage 500 rebels who soon retreated in disarray
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| 1781 April 19
| Williamsburg
[Virginia]
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Phillip's unit force rebels to retreat
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| 1781 April 25
| Hobkirk's Hill
[South Carolina]
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Rawdon's outnumbered 4 to 1 Loyalists bravely drive rebels from the field
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| 1781 April 25
| Peterburg
[Virginia]
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British destroy rebel ships and cargo
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| 1781 April 27
| Osborne's
[Virginia]
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Surprise British attack destroys 13 rebel ships & capture copious supplies
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| 1781 May 9
| Pensacola
[West Florida]
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British lose West Florida to Spain after a two month siege with no relief
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| 1781 May 11
| Orangeburg
[South Carolina]
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90 Loyalists surrendered garrison but were murdered on route to Greene
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| 1781 May 12
| Fort Motte
[South Carolina]
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Fort surrendered & Loyalists murdered
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| 1781 May 22-June 21
| Ninety-Six
[South Carolina]
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Besieged Loyalists were going to fight to the death but relief Loyalists arrive & it was the rebels who did the dying
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| 1781 May 22-June 5
| Augusta
[Georgia]
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When the Loyalist outpost was overrun their officers were hung by the rebels
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| 1781 June 4
| Charlotteville
[Virginia]
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Tarleton seized 7 rebel leaders but just missed getting Thomas Jefferson
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| 1781 June 5
| Point of Fork
[Georgia]
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Simcoe's ruse captures rebel supplies
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| 1781 June 26
| Spencer's Ordinary Tavern
[Virginia]
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Queen's Rangers kill about 30 rebels
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| 1781 July 4-10
| Wilmington
[North carolina]
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Ineffective rebel raid on Loyalist base
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| 1781 July 6
| Green Spring
[Virginia]
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Wayne is fooled into believing he was only dealing with the British rear guard
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| 1781 July 17
| Quinby Bridge
[South Carolina]
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Out numbered Tarleton & his men tore into rebel cavalry who decided to flee but burnt a church down to blame him
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| 1781 Aug 1-19
| New Bern
[North Carolina]
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British destroy rebel property
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| 1781 Aug 13
| Parker's Ferry
[South Carolina]
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Loyalist's rout a rebel attack
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| 1781 Sept. 8
| Eutaw Springs
[South Carolina]
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On losing yet again, Greene wrote:-
'We fight, get beat, rise & fight again'
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French having landed 10,000 men close in on Cornwallis's meagre battle weary force
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| 1781 Sept. 12
| Hillsboro
[North Carolina]
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David Fanning's Militia free hundreds of prisoners & kill over 250 rebels
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| 1781 Sept.28-Oct.19
| Yorktown
[Virginia]
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Cornwallis with only 3,300 fit for duty men is cornered by 16,000 French and Rebel troops and the French Navy
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Cornwallis surrenders leaving the British with no significant offensive capability
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| 1781 Dec. 1
| Dorchester
[South Carolina]
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British withdraw from an isolated Fort and move closer to Charlestown
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| 1782 Jan. 22-23
| Savannah
[Georgia]
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Rebels attack City & suffer so heavy a defeat that no more attempts are made
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1782 July 11 much to the concern of those in Savannah the British to cut costs evacuate the City and move to Charlestown with many of the Loyalists transported to Florida
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| 1782 Aug. 19
| Blue Licks
[Kentucky]
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Last major battle of war that was a costly defeat for the rebels and kept them east of the Appalachian Mountains
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| 1782 Aug. 19
| Fair Lawn
[South Carolina]
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British foraging party were ambushed but charged and turned the tables
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| 1782 Aug. 27
| Combahee Ferry
[South Carolina]
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British foraging party spot rebel cavalry & ambush them killing many
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| 1782 Sept. 11-13
| Wheeling (Fort Henry)
[Virginia / Ohio border]
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Last 'battle' of the war when a few Loyalists and some Indians lay siege to a frontier Fort but give up after 3 days
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| 1782 Nov. 14
| James Island
[South Carolina]
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Rebels ambush British woodcutters but reinforcements arrive to repulse them
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1782 Dec. 14 - British end their occupation of Charlestown and move to New York
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With cessation of hostilities on Feb. 4th 1783 the Treaty of Paris was
signed Sept. 3rd 1783 instigating one of the largest mass migrations in history when 80,000 Loyalists left the country for
Canada and Bahamas etc. before the last British troops themselves left Dec. 4th 1783
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