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A 1780 map showing movements prior to the battle: A: British movements to Danbury B: American movements toward Danbury C:British movements toward The state of Connecticut was not a scene of conflict during the first two years of the American Revolutionary War, even though the war had begun in neighboring Massachusetts in April 1775, and New York City had been taken by the British in the New ...
The Battle of Cooch's Bridge, also known as the Battle of Iron Hill, [5] was fought on September 3, 1777, between the Continental Army and American militia and primarily German soldiers serving alongside the British Army during the American Revolutionary War. It was the only significant military action during the war on the soil of Delaware ...
1,400 captured [3] The New York and New Jersey campaign in 1776 and the winter months of 1777 was a series of American Revolutionary War battles for control of the Port of New York and the state of New Jersey, fought between British forces under General Sir William Howe and the Continental Army under General George Washington.
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 (1775–1776) Invasion of Quebec (1775–1776) New York and New Jersey campaigns (1776–1777) Saratoga campaign (1777) Philadelphia campaign (1777 ...
Sunset over the battlefield at Star Fort. Ninety Six had become a prosperous village of about 100 settlers by the time of the American Revolutionary War.The first land battle (the siege of Savage's Old Fields) of the war fought in South Carolina took place at Ninety Six on November 19–21, 1775; then major Andrew Williamson of the Ninety-Six District Regiment of militia tried to recapture ...
Fort Mifflin, originally called Fort Island Battery and also known as Mud Island Fort, was commissioned in 1771 and sits on Mud Island (or Deep Water Island) on the Delaware River below Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [nb 1] near Philadelphia International Airport. During the American Revolutionary War, the British Army bombarded and captured the ...
19 killed. 60 wounded. 33 missing. 238 deserted [4][5] The Battle of White Marsh or Battle of Edge Hill was a battle of the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War fought December 5–8, 1777, in the area surrounding Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania. The battle, which took the form of a series of skirmish actions, was the last ...
28 November 28, 1972 [2] Newtown Battlefield State Park, formerly known as Newtown Battlefield Reservation, was the site of the Battle of Newtown fought in August 1779, during the American Revolutionary War. It was the only major battle of the Sullivan Expedition, an armed offensive led by General John Sullivan that was ordered by the ...