List of American Revolutionary War battles - wikipedia List of American Revolutionary War battles American Revolutionary War Campaigns and theaters Boston Canada New York and New Jersey Saratoga Philadelphia Western Northern Northern ( after Saratoga ) Southern Yorktown Naval Boston campaign 1774 -- 1776 Powder Alarm Suffolk Resolves Lexington and Concord Boston Thompson 's War Chelsea Creek Machias Bunker Hill Gloucester Falmouth Knox artillery train Dorchester Heights Canadian campaign Ticonderoga Fort St. Jean Longue - Pointe Arnold 's expedition Quebec Saint - Pierre The Cedars Trois - Rivières Valcour Bay Southern theater 1775 -- 1779 Gunpowder Incident Kemp 's Landing Snow Campaign Savage 's Old Fields Great Cane Brake Great Bridge Norfolk Moore 's Creek Bridge Rice Boats Sullivan 's Island Lindley 's Fort Thomas Creek Alligator Bridge 1st Savannah Beaufort Van Creek Kettle Creek Brier Creek Chesapeake raid Stono Ferry Charles Town 2nd Savannah Revolutionary War campaigns in New York and New Jersey 1776 -- 1777 Long Island The Turtle Staten Island Peace Conference Kip 's Bay Harlem Heights Pell 's Point White Plains Fort Washington Fort Lee Geary Ambush Iron Works Hill Delaware crossing Trenton Assunpink Creek Princeton Forage War Millstone Saratoga Campaign 1777 Fort Ticonderoga Hubbardton Fort Anne Slaying of Jane McCrea Fort Stanwix Oriskany Bennington 1st Saratoga ( Freeman 's Farm ) Forts Clinton and Montgomery 2nd Saratoga ( Bemis Heights ) Kingston Philadelphia campaign 1777 -- 1778 Bound Brook Short Hills Staten Island Cooch 's Bridge Brandywine Clouds Paoli Germantown Red Bank Fort Mifflin Gloucester White Marsh Matson 's Ford Valley Forge Conway Cabal Quinton 's Bridge Crooked Billet Barren Hill Carlisle Peace Commission Monmouth Northern frontier after 1777 Cobleskill Wyoming Valley Big Runaway German Flatts Unadilla and Onaquaga Carleton 's Raid Cherry Valley Minisink Sullivan Expedition Newtown Boyd and Parker Royalton Raid Klock 's Field Johnstown New York City area after 1777 Baylor Massacre Stony Point Paulus Hook Young 's House Connecticut Farms ( NJ ) 1st Long Island Springfield Bull 's Ferry Pine 's Bridge 2nd Long Island Delaware Bay Southern theater 1780 -- 83 Charleston Moncks Corner Lenud 's Ferry Waxhaws Mobley 's Meeting House Ramsour 's Mill Huck 's Defeat Colson 's Mill Rocky Mount Hanging Rock Camden Fishing Creek Musgrove Mill Wahab 's Plantation Black Mingo Charlotte Kings Mountain Shallow Ford Fishdam Ford Blackstock 's Farm Cowpens Cowan 's Ford Torrence 's Tavern Pyle 's Massacre Wetzell 's Mill Guilford Court House Fort Watson Hobkirk 's Hill Fort Motte Augusta Ninety - Six House in the Horseshoe Eutaw Springs Lindley 's Mill Videau 's Bridge Wambaw Combahee River James Island Chesapeake Bay Western theater 1st Fort Henry Siege of Boonesborough Illinois Vincennes Treaty of Fort Pitt Fort Laurens Chillicothe Bird 's expedition Piqua La Balme 's Defeat Coshocton Lochry 's Defeat Long Run Gnadenhütten Little Mountain Crawford expedition Bryan Station Blue Licks 2nd Fort Henry Atlantic theatre Nassau Block Island Turtle Gut Inlet Barbados Frederica North Channel Charles Town 1st Long Island Cape Henry Cape Breton Capture of USS Trumbull Cape Ann 1st Chesapeake Capture of HMS Savage 1st Delaware Bay Halifax Hudson Bay 2nd Long Island 2nd Delaware Bay 3rd Delaware Bay 2nd Chesapeake Bay 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 Quebec ( 1775 -- 76 ) New York and New Jersey campaigns ( 1776 -- 77 ) Saratoga campaign ( 1777 ) Philadelphia campaign ( 1777 -- 78 ) Yorktown campaign ( 1781 ) Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War after Saratoga ( 1778 -- 81 ) Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War ( 1775 -- 83 ) Western theater of the American Revolutionary War ( 1777 -- 82 ) Naval operations in the American Revolutionary War Battles ( in chronological order ) Battle Date Colony / State Outcome Powder Alarm * 000000001774 - 09 - 01 - 0000 September 1, 1774 Massachusetts British soldiers remove military supplies Storming of Fort William and Mary * 000000001774 - 12 - 14 - 0000 December 14, 1774 New Hampshire Patriots seize powder and shot after brief skirmish. Battles of Lexington and Concord 000000001775 - 04 - 19 - 0000 April 19, 1775 Massachusetts Patriot victory : British forces raiding Concord driven back into Boston with heavy losses. Siege of Boston 000000001775 - 04 - 19 - 0000 April 19, 1775 -- March 17, 1776 Massachusetts Patriot victory : British eventually evacuate Boston after Patriots fortify Dorchester heights Gunpowder Incident * 000000001775 - 04 - 20 - 0000 April 20, 1775 Virginia Virginia governor Lord Dunmore removes powder to a Royal Navy ship, standoff is resolved without violence Capture of Fort Ticonderoga 000000001775 - 05 - 10 - 0000 May 10, 1775 New York Patriot victory : Patriots capture British posts at Ticonderoga and Crown point Battle of Chelsea Creek 000000001775 - 05 - 27 - 0000 May 27 - 28, 1775 Massachusetts Patriots victory : Patriots capture British ship Diana Battle of Machias 000000001775 - 06 - 11 - 0000 June 11 - 12, 1775 Massachusetts Patriot forces capture the HM schooner Margaretta Battle of Bunker Hill 000000001775 - 06 - 17 - 0000 June 17, 1775 Massachusetts British victory : British drive Patriot army from the Charlestown peninsula near Boston but suffer heavy losses Battle of Gloucester 000000001775 - 08 - 08 - 0000 August 8, 1775 Massachusetts Patriot victory Siege of Fort St. Jean 000000002017 - 09 - 17 - 0000 September 17 -- November 3, 1775 Quebec Patriot victory : Patriots capture British force and subsequently overrun Montreal and much of Quebec Burning of Falmouth 000000001775 - 10 - 18 - 0000 October 18, 1775 Massachusetts British burn Falmouth Battle of Kemp 's Landing 000000001775 - 11 - 14 - 0000 November 14, 1775 Virginia British victory Siege of Savage 's Old Fields 000000001775 - 11 - 19 - 0000 November 19 - 21, 1775 South Carolina Patriot victory : Patriots defeat loyalist force Battle of Great Bridge 000000001775 - 12 - 09 - 0000 December 9, 1775 Virginia Patriot victory : Lord Dunmore 's loyalist force is defeated Snow Campaign 000000001775 - 12 - 01 - 0000 December 1775 South Carolina Patriot campaign against loyalists in South Carolina Battle of Quebec 000000001775 - 12 - 31 - 0000 December 31, 1775 Quebec British victory : British repulse Patriot assault on Quebec city Burning of Norfolk 000000001776 - 01 - 01 - 0000 January 1, 1776 Virginia British bombard Norfolk and Patriots destroy what they see as a loyalist stronghold Battle of Moore 's Creek Bridge 000000001776 - 02 - 27 - 0000 February 27, 1776 North Carolina Patriot victory : loyalist force of Regulators and Highlanders defeated Battle of the Rice Boats 000000001776 - 03 - 02 - 0000 March 2 - 3, 1776 Georgia British victory Battle of Nassau 000000001776 - 03 - 03 - 0000 March 3 - 4, 1776 Bahamas Patriots raid against the Bahamas to obtain supplies Battle of Saint - Pierre 000000001776 - 03 - 25 - 0000 March 25, 1776 Quebec Patriot victory Battle of Block Island 000000001776 - 04 - 06 - 0000 April 6, 1776 Rhode Island British victory Battle of The Cedars 000000001776 - 05 - 18 - 0000 May 18 - 27, 1776 Quebec British victory Battle of Trois - Rivières 000000001776 - 06 - 08 - 0000 June 8, 1776 Quebec British victory : Patriots forced to evacuate Quebec Battle of Sullivan 's Island 000000001776 - 06 - 28 - 0000 June 28, 1776 South Carolina Patriot victory : British attack on Charleston is repulsed Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet 000000001776 - 06 - 29 - 0000 June 29, 1776 New Jersey Patriot victory Battle of Lindley 's Fort 000000001776 - 07 - 15 - 0000 July 15, 1776 South Carolina Patriot victory : Native Americans attack repulsed Battle of Long Island 000000001776 - 08 - 27 - 0000 August 27, 1776 New York British victory : in the largest battle of the war the Patriot army is outflanked and routed on Long Island but later manages to evacuate to Manhattan Landing at Kip 's Bay 000000001776 - 09 - 15 - 0000 September 15, 1776 New York British victory : British capture New York City Battle of Harlem Heights 000000001776 - 09 - 16 - 0000 September 16, 1776 New York Patriot victory : Patriots repulse British attack on Manhattan Battle of Valcour Island 000000001776 - 10 - 11 - 0000 October 11, 1776 New York British victory : British defeat Patriot naval force on Lake Champlain, but victory comes too late to press the offensive against the Hudson valley Battle of White Plains 000000001776 - 10 - 28 - 0000 October 28, 1776 New York British victory Battle of Fort Cumberland 000000001776 - 11 - 10 - 0000 November 10 - 29, 1776 Nova Scotia British victory Battle of Fort Washington 000000001776 - 11 - 16 - 0000 November 16, 1776 New York British victory : British capture 3,000 Patriots on Manhattan in one of the most devastating Patriot defeats of the war Battle of Fort Lee 000000001776 - 11 - 20 - 0000 November 20, 1776 New Jersey British victory : Patriots begin general retreat Ambush of Geary 000000001776 - 12 - 14 - 0000 December 14, 1776 New Jersey Patriot victory Battle of Iron Works Hill 000000001776 - 12 - 22 - 0000 December 22 - 23, 1776 New Jersey British victory Battle of Trenton 000000001776 - 12 - 26 - 0000 December 26, 1776 New Jersey Patriot victory : Patriots capture Hessian detachment at Trenton Second Battle of Trenton 000000001777 - 01 - 02 - 0000 January 2, 1777 New Jersey Patriot victory Battle of Princeton 000000001777 - 01 - 03 - 0000 January 3, 1777 New Jersey Patriot victory : Patriots defeat a small British force, the British decide to evacuate New Jersey Battle of Millstone 000000001777 - 01 - 20 - 0000 January 20, 1777 New Jersey Patriot victory Forage War January - March 1777 New Jersey Patriots harass remaining British forces in New Jersey Battle of Punk Hill 000000001777 - 03 - 08 - 0000 March 8, 1777 New Jersey Patriot victory Battle of Bound Brook 000000001777 - 04 - 13 - 0000 April 13, 1777 New Jersey British victory Battle of Ridgefield 000000001777 - 04 - 27 - 0000 April 27, 1777 Connecticut British victory Battle of Thomas Creek 000000001777 - 05 - 17 - 0000 May 17, 1777 East Florida British victory Meigs Raid 000000001777 - 05 - 24 - 0000 May 24, 1777 New York Patriot victory Battle of Short Hills 000000001777 - 06 - 26 - 0000 June 26, 1777 New Jersey British victory Siege of Fort Ticonderoga 000000001777 - 07 - 05 - 0000 July 5 - 6, 1777 New York British victory Battle of Hubbardton 000000001777 - 07 - 07 - 0000 July 7, 1777 Vermont British victory Battle of Fort Ann 000000001777 - 07 - 08 - 0000 July 8, 1777 New York British victory Siege of Fort Stanwix 000000001777 - 08 - 02 - 0000 August 2 - 23, 1777 New York Patriot victory : British fail to take Fort Stanwix Battle of Oriskany 000000001777 - 08 - 06 - 0000 August 6, 1777 New York British victory Second Battle of Machias 000000001777 - 08 - 13 - 0000 August 13 - 14, 1777 Massachusetts British victory Battle of Bennington 000000001777 - 08 - 16 - 0000 August 16, 1777 New York Patriot victory Battle of Staten Island 000000001777 - 08 - 22 - 0000 August 22, 1777 New York British victory Battle of Setauket 000000001777 - 08 - 22 - 0000 August 22, 1777 New York British victory First Siege of Fort Henry September 1 or 21, 1777 Virginia Patriot victory Battle of Cooch 's Bridge 000000001777 - 09 - 03 - 0000 September 3, 1777 Delaware British victory Battle of Brandywine 000000001777 - 09 - 11 - 0000 September 11, 1777 Pennsylvania British victory Battle of the Clouds 000000001777 - 09 - 16 - 0000 September 16, 1777 Pennsylvania Battle called off due to rain Battle of Freeman 's Farm 000000001777 - 09 - 19 - 0000 September 19, 1777 New York British tactical victory : First of the two Battles of Saratoga Battle of Paoli 000000001777 - 09 - 21 - 0000 September 21, 1777 Pennsylvania British victory Siege of Fort Mifflin 000000002017 - 09 - 26 - 0000 September 26 -- November 15, 1777 Pennsylvania British victory Battle of Germantown 000000001777 - 10 - 04 - 0000 October 4, 1777 Pennsylvania British victory Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery 000000001777 - 10 - 06 - 0000 October 6, 1777 New York British victory Battle of Bemis Heights 000000001777 - 10 - 07 - 0000 October 7, 1777 New York Patriot victory : Second of the two Battles of Saratoga, British under Burgoyne driven back and forced to surrender 10 days later Battle of Red Bank 000000001777 - 10 - 22 - 0000 October 22, 1777 New Jersey Patriot victory Battle of Gloucester 000000001777 - 11 - 25 - 0000 November 25, 1777 New Jersey Patriot victory Battle of White Marsh 000000001777 - 12 - 05 - 0000 December 5 - 8, 1777 Pennsylvania Patriot victory Battle of Matson 's Ford 000000001777 - 12 - 11 - 0000 December 11, 1777 Pennsylvania British victory Battle of Barbados 000000001778 - 03 - 07 - 0000 March 7, 1778 Barbados British victory Battle of Quinton 's Bridge 000000001778 - 03 - 18 - 0000 March 18, 1778 New Jersey British victory North Channel Naval Duel 000000001778 - 04 - 24 - 0000 April 24, 1778 Great Britain Patriot victory Battle of Crooked Billet 000000001778 - 05 - 01 - 0000 May 1, 1778 Pennsylvania British victory Battle of Barren Hill 000000001778 - 05 - 20 - 0000 May 20, 1778 Pennsylvania Indecisive Mount Hope Bay raids 000000001778 - 05 - 25 - 0000 May 25 - 30, 1778 Rhode Island British victory Battle of Cobleskill 000000001778 - 05 - 30 - 0000 May 30, 1778 New York British - Iroquois victory Battle of Monmouth 000000001778 - 06 - 28 - 0000 June 28, 1778 New Jersey Draw : British break off engagement and continue retreat to New York Battle of Alligator Bridge 000000001778 - 06 - 30 - 0000 June 30, 1778 East Florida British victory Wyoming Massacre 000000001778 - 07 - 03 - 0000 July 3, 1778 Pennsylvania British - Iroquois victory First Battle of Ushant 000000001778 - 07 - 27 - 0000 July 27, 1778 Bay of Biscay British victory Siege of Pondicherry August 21 -- October 19 1778 India British victory Battle of Newport 000000001778 - 08 - 29 - 0000 August 29, 1778 Rhode Island British victory Grey 's raid 000000001778 - 09 - 05 - 0000 September 5 - 17, 1778 Massachusetts British victory Invasion of Dominica 000000001778 - 09 - 07 - 0000 September 7, 1778 Dominica French victory Siege of Boonesborough 000000001778 - 09 - 07 - 0000 September 7, 1778 Virginia Patriot victory Attack on German Flatts 000000001778 - 09 - 17 - 0000 September 17, 1778 New York British - Iroquois victory Baylor Massacre 000000001778 - 09 - 27 - 0000 September 27, 1778 New Jersey British victory Raid on Unadilla and Onaquaga 000000001778 - 10 - 02 - 0000 October 2 - 16, 1778 Indian Reserve Patriot victory Battle of Chestnut Neck 000000001778 - 10 - 06 - 0000 October 6, 1778 New Jersey British victory Little Egg Harbor massacre 000000001778 - 10 - 16 - 0000 October 16, 1778 New Jersey British victory Carleton 's Raid October 24 - November 14 1778 Vermont British victory Cherry Valley Massacre 000000001778 - 11 - 11 - 0000 November 11, 1778 New York British - Iroquois victory Battle of St. Lucia 000000001778 - 12 - 15 - 0000 December 15, 1778 St. Lucia British victory Capture of St. Lucia 000000001778 - 12 - 18 - 0000 December 18 - 28, 1778 St. Lucia British victory Capture of Savannah 000000001778 - 12 - 29 - 0000 December 29, 1778 Georgia British victory Battle of Beaufort 000000001779 - 02 - 03 - 0000 February 3, 1779 South Carolina Patriot victory Battle of Kettle Creek 000000001779 - 02 - 14 - 0000 February 14, 1779 Georgia Patriot victory Siege of Fort Vincennes 000000001779 - 02 - 23 - 0000 February 23 - 25, 1779 Quebec Patriot victory Battle of Brier Creek 000000001779 - 03 - 03 - 0000 March 3, 1779 Georgia British victory Battle of Chillicothe May 1779 Quebec Patriot victory Chesapeake raid 000000001779 - 05 - 10 - 0000 May 10 - 24, 1779 Virginia British victory Capture of Saint Vincent 000000001779 - 06 - 16 - 0000 June 16 - 18, 1779 St. Vincent French victory Battle of Stono Ferry 000000001779 - 06 - 20 - 0000 June 20, 1779 South Carolina British victory Great Siege of Gibraltar June 24, 1779 - February 7, 1783 Gibraltar British victory Capture of Grenada 000000001779 - 07 - 02 - 0000 July 2, 1779 Grenada French victory Tryon 's raid 000000001779 - 07 - 05 - 0000 July 5 - 14, 1779 Connecticut British victory Battle of Grenada 000000001779 - 07 - 06 - 0000 July 6, 1779 Grenada French victory Battle of Stony Point 000000001779 - 07 - 16 - 0000 July 16, 1779 New York Patriot victory Battle of Minisink 000000001779 - 07 - 22 - 0000 July 22, 1779 New York British - Iroquois victory Penobscot Expedition July 24 - August 29, 1779 Massachusetts British victory Battle of Paulus Hook 000000001779 - 08 - 19 - 0000 August 19, 1779 New Jersey Patriot victory Battle of Newtown 000000001779 - 08 - 29 - 0000 August 29, 1779 Indian Reserve Patriot victory Capture of Fort Bute 000000001779 - 09 - 07 - 0000 September 7, 1779 West Florida Patriot - Spanish victory Battle of Lake Pontchartrain 000000001779 - 09 - 10 - 0000 September 10, 1779 West Florida Patriot victory Boyd and Parker ambush 000000001779 - 09 - 13 - 0000 September 13, 1779 Indian Reserve British - Iroquois victory Action of 14 September 1779 000000001779 - 09 - 14 - 0000 September 14, 1779 Azores British victory Siege of Savannah September 16 - October 18, 1779 Georgia British victory Battle of Baton Rouge 000000001779 - 09 - 20 - 0000 September 20 - 21, 1779 West Florida Patriot - Spanish victory Battle of Flamborough Head 000000001779 - 09 - 23 - 0000 September 23, 1779 Great Britain Patriot victory Battle of San Fernando de Omoa October 16 - November 29, 1779 Guatemala British victory Action of 11 November 1779 000000001779 - 11 - 11 - 0000 November 11, 1779 Portugal British victory First Battle of Martinique 000000001779 - 12 - 18 - 0000 December 18, 1779 Martinique British victory Action of 8 January 1780 000000001780 - 01 - 08 - 0000 January 8, 1780 Spain British victory Battle of Cape St. Vincent 000000001780 - 01 - 16 - 0000 January 16, 1780 Portugal British victory Battle of Young 's House 000000001780 - 02 - 03 - 0000 February 3, 1780 New York British victory San Juan Expedition March - November, 1780 Guatemala Patriot - Spanish victory Battle of Fort Charlotte 000000001780 - 03 - 02 - 0000 March 2 - 14, 1780 West Florida Patriot - Spanish victory Siege of Charleston March 29 - May 12, 1780 South Carolina British victory : British recapture South Carolina following the battle Battle of Monck 's Corner 000000001780 - 04 - 14 - 0000 April 14, 1780 South Carolina British victory Second Battle of Martinique 000000001780 - 04 - 17 - 0000 April 17, 1780 Martinique Patriot victory Battle of Lenud 's Ferry 000000001780 - 05 - 06 - 0000 May 6, 1780 South Carolina British victory Bird 's invasion of Kentucky May 25 - August 4, 1780 Virginia British victory Battle of St. Louis 000000001780 - 05 - 25 - 0000 May 25, 1780 Louisiana Patriot - Spanish victory Battle of Waxhaws 000000001780 - 05 - 29 - 0000 May 29, 1780 South Carolina British victory Battle of Connecticut Farms 000000001780 - 06 - 07 - 0000 June 7, 1780 New Jersey British victory Battle of Mobley 's Meeting House 000000001780 - 06 - 10 - 0000 June 10 - 12, 1780 South Carolina Patriot victory Battle of Ramsour 's Mill 000000001780 - 06 - 20 - 0000 June 20, 1780 North Carolina Patriot victory Battle of Springfield 000000001780 - 06 - 23 - 0000 June 23, 1780 New Jersey Patriot victory Huck 's Defeat 000000001780 - 07 - 12 - 0000 July 12, 1780 South Carolina Patriot victory Battle of Bull 's Ferry 000000001780 - 07 - 20 - 0000 July 20 - 21, 1780 New Jersey Loyalist victory Battle of Colson 's Mill 000000001780 - 07 - 21 - 0000 July 21, 1780 North Carolina Patriot victory Battle of Rocky Mount 000000001780 - 08 - 01 - 0000 August 1, 1780 South Carolina Loyalist victory Battle of Hanging Rock 000000001780 - 08 - 06 - 0000 August 6, 1780 South Carolina Patriot victory Battle of Pekowee 000000001780 - 08 - 08 - 0000 August 8, 1780 Quebec Patriot victory Action of 9 August 1780 000000001780 - 08 - 09 - 0000 August 9, 1780 Atlantic Spanish victory Battle of Camden 000000001780 - 08 - 16 - 0000 August 16, 1780 South Carolina British victory Battle of Fishing Creek 000000001780 - 08 - 18 - 0000 August 18, 1780 South Carolina British victory Battle of Musgrove Mill 000000001780 - 08 - 18 - 0000 August 18, 1780 South Carolina Patriot victory Battle of Black Mingo 000000001780 - 08 - 28 - 0000 August 28, 1780 South Carolina Patriot victory Battle of Wahab 's Plantation 000000001780 - 09 - 20 - 0000 September 20, 1780 South Carolina Patriot victory Battle of Charlotte 000000001780 - 09 - 26 - 0000 September 26, 1780 North Carolina British victory Battle of Kings Mountain 000000001780 - 10 - 07 - 0000 October 7, 1780 South Carolina Patriot victory : halts first British invasion of North Carolina Royalton Raid 000000001780 - 10 - 16 - 0000 October 16, 1780 Vermont British victory Battle of Klock 's Field 000000001780 - 10 - 19 - 0000 October 19, 1780 New York Patriot victory La Balme 's Defeat 000000001780 - 11 - 05 - 0000 November 5, 1780 Quebec British - Iroquois victory Battle of Fishdam Ford 000000001780 - 11 - 09 - 0000 November 9, 1780 South Carolina Patriot victory Battle of Blackstock 's Farm 000000001780 - 11 - 20 - 0000 November 20, 1780 South Carolina Patriot victory Battle of Fort St. George 000000001780 - 11 - 23 - 0000 November 23, 1780 New York Patriot victory Battle of Jersey 000000001781 - 01 - 06 - 0000 January 6, 1781 Jersey British victory Battle of Mobile 000000001781 - 01 - 07 - 0000 January 7, 1781 West Florida Patriot - Spanish victory Battle of Cowpens 000000001781 - 01 - 17 - 0000 January 17, 1781 South Carolina Patriot victory Battle of Cowan 's Ford 000000001781 - 02 - 01 - 0000 February 1, 1781 North Carolina British victory Capture of Sint Eustatius 000000001781 - 02 - 03 - 0000 February 3, 1781 Sint Eustatius British victory Battle of Haw River 000000001781 - 02 - 25 - 0000 February 25, 1781 North Carolina Patriot victory Battle of Wetzell 's Mill 000000001781 - 03 - 06 - 0000 March 6, 1781 North Carolina British victory Siege of Pensacola March 9 - May 8, 1781 West Florida Patriot - Spanish victory Battle of Guilford Court House 000000001781 - 03 - 15 - 0000 March 15, 1781 North Carolina British victory Battle of Cape Henry 000000001781 - 03 - 16 - 0000 March 16, 1781 Virginia British victory Siege of Fort Watson 000000001781 - 04 - 15 - 0000 April 15 - 23, 1781 South Carolina Patriot victory Battle of Porto Praya 000000001781 - 04 - 15 - 0000 April 15, 1781 Cape Verde Draw Battle of Blandford 000000001781 - 04 - 25 - 0000 April 25, 1781 Virginia British victory Battle of Hobkirk 's Hill 000000001781 - 04 - 25 - 0000 April 25, 1781 South Carolina British victory Battle of Fort Royal 000000001781 - 04 - 29 - 0000 April 29, 1781 Martinique French victory Action of 1 May 1781 000000001781 - 05 - 01 - 0000 May 1, 1781 France British victory Battle of Fort Motte 000000001781 - 05 - 08 - 0000 May 8 - 12, 1781 South Carolina Patriot victory Siege of Augusta May 22 - June 6, 1781 Georgia Patriot victory Siege of Ninety - Six May 22 - June 6, 1781 South Carolina British victory Invasion of Tobago May 24 - June 2, 1781 Tobago French victory Action of 30 May 1781 000000001781 - 05 - 30 - 0000 May 30, 1781 Barbary Coast British victory Battle of Spencer 's Ordinary 000000001781 - 06 - 26 - 0000 June 26, 1781 Virginia British victory Francisco 's Fight July 1781 Virginia Patriot victory Battle of Green Spring 000000001781 - 07 - 06 - 0000 July 6, 1781 Virginia British victory Naval battle of Louisbourg 000000001781 - 07 - 21 - 0000 July 21, 1781 Nova Scotia Franco - Patriot victory Battle of Dogger Bank 000000001781 - 08 - 05 - 0000 August 5, 1781 North Sea British victory Invasion of Minorca August 19, 1781 - February 5, 1782 Minorca Franco - Spanish victory Lochry 's Defeat 000000001781 - 08 - 24 - 0000 August 24, 1781 Quebec British - Iroquois victory Battle of the Chesapeake 000000001781 - 09 - 05 - 0000 September 5, 1781 Virginia French victory Battle of Groton Heights 000000001781 - 09 - 06 - 0000 September 6, 1781 Connecticut British victory Battle of Eutaw Springs 000000001781 - 09 - 08 - 0000 September 8, 1781 South Carolina British victory Battle of Lindley 's Mill 000000001781 - 09 - 13 - 0000 September 13, 1781 North Carolina Patriot victory Long Run Massacre 000000001781 - 09 - 13 - 0000 September 13, 1781 Virginia British - Iroquois victory Siege of Yorktown September 28 - October 19, 1781 Virginia Franco - Patriot victory : Cornwallis surrenders his force of over 7,000 Battle of Fort Slongo 000000001781 - 10 - 03 - 0000 October 3, 1781 New York Patriot victory Siege of Negapatam October 21 - November 11, 1781 India British victory Battle of Johnstown 000000001781 - 10 - 25 - 0000 October 25, 1781 New York Patriot victory Second Battle of Ushant 000000001781 - 12 - 12 - 0000 December 12, 1781 Bay of Biscay British victory Battle of Videau 's Bridge 000000001782 - 01 - 02 - 0000 January 2, 1782 South Carolina British victory Siege of Brimstone Hill January 11 - February 13, 1782 St. Christopher Franco - Patriot victory Capture of Trincomalee 000000001782 - 01 - 11 - 0000 January 11, 1782 Ceylon British victory Capture of Demerara and Essequibo January 22 - February 5, 1782 Demerara and Essequibo Franco - Patriot victory Battle of Saint Kitts 000000001782 - 01 - 25 - 0000 January 25 - 26, 1782 St. Christopher British victory Battle of Sadras 000000001782 - 02 - 17 - 0000 February 17, 1782 India French victory Capture of Montserrat 000000001782 - 02 - 22 - 0000 February 22, 1782 Montserrat French victory Battle of Wambaw 000000001782 - 02 - 24 - 0000 February 24, 1782 South Carolina British victory Gnadenhütten massacre 000000001782 - 03 - 08 - 0000 March 8, 1782 Ohio Battle of Roatán 000000001782 - 03 - 16 - 0000 March 16, 1782 Guatemala Patriot - Spanish victory Action of 16 March 1782 000000001782 - 03 - 16 - 0000 March 16, 1782 Strait of Gibraltar British victory Battle of Little Mountain 000000001782 - 03 - 22 - 0000 March 22, 1782 Virginia British - Iroquois victory Battle of Delaware Bay 000000001782 - 04 - 08 - 0000 April 8, 1782 New Jersey Patriot victory Battle of the Saintes 000000001782 - 04 - 09 - 0000 April 9 - 12, 1782 Dominica British victory Battle of Providien 000000001782 - 04 - 12 - 0000 April 12, 1782 Ceylon French victory Battle of the Black River April - August, 1782 Guatemala British victory Battle of the Mona Passage 000000001782 - 04 - 19 - 0000 April 19, 1782 Mona passage British victory Action of 20 -- 21 April 1782 000000001782 - 04 - 20 - 0000 April 20 - 21, 1782 Bay of Biscay British victory Capture of the Bahamas 000000001782 - 05 - 06 - 0000 May 6, 1782 Bahamas Patriot - Spanish victory Crawford expedition May 25 - June 12, 1782 Quebec British - Iroquois victory Naval battle off Halifax 000000001782 - 05 - 28 - 0000 May 28 - 29, 1782 Nova Scotia British victory Raid on Lunenburg 000000001782 - 07 - 01 - 0000 July 1, 1782 Nova Scotia Patriot victory Battle of Negapatam 000000001782 - 07 - 06 - 0000 July 6, 1782 Ceylon British victory Hudson Bay Expedition 000000001782 - 08 - 08 - 0000 August 8, 1782 Rupert 's Land Franco - Patriot victory Siege of Bryan Station 000000001782 - 08 - 15 - 0000 August 15 - 17, 1782 Virginia Patriot victory Battle of Blue Licks 000000001782 - 08 - 19 - 0000 August 19, 1782 Virginia British - Iroquois victory Battle of the Combahee River 000000001782 - 08 - 26 - 0000 August 26, 1782 South Carolina British victory Battle of Trincomalee August 25 - September 3, 1782 Ceylon French victory Siege of Fort Henry 000000001782 - 09 - 11 - 0000 September 11 - 13, 1782 Virginia Patriot victory Grand Assault on Gibraltar 000000001782 - 09 - 13 - 0000 September 13, 1782 Gibraltar British victory Action of 18 October 1782 000000001782 - 10 - 18 - 0000 October 18, 1782 Hispaniola British victory Action of 6 December 1782 000000001782 - 12 - 06 - 0000 December 6, 1782 Martinique British victory Action of 22 January 1783 000000001783 - 01 - 22 - 0000 January 22, 1783 Virginia British victory See also American Revolutionary War portal United States Army portal List of Continental Forces in the American Revolutionary War List of British Forces in the American Revolutionary War Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_American_Revolutionary_War_battles&oldid=801465360 '' Categories : Battles of the American Revolutionary War Lists of battles American Revolution - 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Question: where did the opening battle of the revolutionary war take place
Answer: September 1, 1774