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
- Invasion of Quebec
- New York and New Jersey campaigns
- Saratoga campaign
- Philadelphia campaign
- Yorktown campaign
- Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War after Saratoga
- Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War
- Western theater of the American Revolutionary War
- Naval operations in the American Revolutionary War
Battles (in chronological order)
| Battle | Date | Colony/State | Outcome |
| Powder Alarm* | Massachusetts | British soldiers remove military supplies | |
| Storming of Fort William and Mary* | New Hampshire | Patriots seize powder and shot after brief skirmish. | |
| Battles of Lexington and Concord | Massachusetts | Patriot victory: British forces raiding Concord driven back into Boston with heavy losses. | |
| Siege of Boston | – March 17, 1776 | Massachusetts | Patriot victory: British eventually evacuate Boston after Patriots fortify Dorchester heights |
| Gunpowder Incident* | Virginia | Virginia governor Lord Dunmore removes powder to a Royal Navy ship, standoff is resolved peacefully | |
| Capture of Fort Ticonderoga | New York | Patriot victory: Patriots capture British posts at Ticonderoga and Crown point | |
| Battle of Chelsea Creek | Massachusetts | Patriots victory: Patriots capture British ship Diana | |
| Battle of Machias | Massachusetts | Patriot forces capture the HM schooner Margaretta | |
| Battle of Bunker Hill | Massachusetts | British victory: British drive Patriot army from the Charlestown peninsula near Boston but suffer heavy losses | |
| Battle of Gloucester | Massachusetts | Patriot victory | |
| Siege of Fort St. Jean | – November 3, 1775 | Quebec | Patriot victory: Patriots capture British force and subsequently overrun Montreal and much of Quebec |
| Battle of Longue-Pointe | September 25, 1775 | Quebec | British victory |
| Burning of Falmouth | Massachusetts | British burn Falmouth | |
| Battle of Kemp's Landing | Virginia | British victory | |
| Siege of Savage's Old Fields | South Carolina | Patriot victory: Patriots defeat loyalist force | |
| Battle of Great Bridge | Virginia | Patriot victory: Lord Dunmore's loyalist force is defeated | |
| Snow Campaign | South Carolina | Patriot campaign against loyalists in South Carolina | |
| Battle of Great Cane Break | December 22, 1775 | South Carolina | |
| Battle of Quebec | Quebec | British victory: British repulse Patriot assault on Quebec city | |
| Burning of Norfolk | Virginia | British bombard Norfolk and Patriots destroy what they see as a loyalist stronghold | |
| Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge | North Carolina | Patriot victory: loyalist force of Regulators and Highlanders defeated | |
| Battle of the Rice Boats | Georgia | British victory | |
| Battle of Nassau | Bahamas | Patriots raid against the Bahamas to obtain supplies | |
| Battle of Saint-Pierre | Quebec | Patriot victory | |
| Battle of Block Island | Rhode Island | British victory | |
| Battle of The Cedars | Quebec | British victory | |
| Battle of Trois-Rivières | Quebec | British victory: Patriots forced to evacuate Quebec | |
| Battle of Sullivan's Island | South Carolina | Patriot victory: British attack on Charleston is repulsed | |
| Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet | New Jersey | Patriot victory | |
| Battle of Gwynn's Island | July 8–10, 1776 | Virginia | Patriot victory |
| Battle of Lindley's Fort | South Carolina | Patriot victory: Native Americans attack repulsed | |
| Battle of Long Island | 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 | New York | British victory: British capture New York City | |
| Battle of Harlem Heights | New York | Patriot victory: Patriots repulse British attack on Manhattan | |
| Battle of Valcour Island | 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 Mamaroneck | October 22, 1776 | New York | British tactical victory |
| Battle of White Plains | New York | British victory | |
| Battle of Fort Cumberland | Nova Scotia | British victory | |
| Battle of Fort Washington | 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 | New Jersey | British victory: Patriots begin general retreat | |
| Ambush of Geary | New Jersey | Patriot victory | |
| Battle of Iron Works Hill | New Jersey | British victory | |
| Battle of Trenton | New Jersey | Patriot victory: Patriots capture Hessian detachment at Trenton | |
| Second Battle of Trenton | New Jersey | Patriot victory | |
| Battle of Princeton | New Jersey | Patriot victory: Patriots defeat a small British force, the British decide to evacuate New Jersey | |
| Battle of Millstone | New Jersey | Patriot victory | |
| Forage War | January–March 1777 | New Jersey | Patriots harass remaining British forces in New Jersey |
| Battle of Punk Hill | New Jersey | Patriot victory | |
| Battle of Bound Brook | New Jersey | British victory | |
| Battle of Ridgefield | Connecticut | British victory | |
| Battle of Thomas Creek | East Florida | British victory | |
| Meigs Raid | New York | Patriot victory | |
| Battle of Short Hills | New Jersey | British victory | |
| Siege of Fort Ticonderoga | New York | British victory | |
| Battle of Hubbardton | Vermont | British victory | |
| Battle of Fort Ann | New York | British victory | |
| Siege of Fort Stanwix | New York | Patriot victory: British fail to take Fort Stanwix | |
| Battle of Oriskany | New York | British victory | |
| Second Battle of Machias | Massachusetts | British victory | |
| Battle of Bennington | New York | Patriot victory | |
| Battle of Staten Island | New York | British victory | |
| Battle of Setauket | New York | British victory | |
| First Siege of Fort Henry | September 1 or 21, 1777 | Virginia | Patriot victory |
| Battle of Cooch's Bridge | Delaware | British victory | |
| Battle of Brandywine | Pennsylvania | British victory | |
| Battle of the Clouds | Pennsylvania | Battle called off due to rain | |
| Battle of Freeman's Farm | New York | British tactical victory: First of the two Battles of Saratoga | |
| Battle of Paoli | Pennsylvania | British victory | |
| Siege of Fort Mifflin | – November 15, 1777 | Pennsylvania | British victory |
| Battle of Germantown | Pennsylvania | British victory | |
| Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery | New York | British victory | |
| Battle of Bemis Heights | 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 | New Jersey | Patriot victory | |
| Battle of Gloucester | New Jersey | Patriot victory | |
| Battle of White Marsh | Pennsylvania | Patriot victory | |
| Battle of Matson's Ford | Pennsylvania | British victory | |
| Battle of Barbados | Barbados | British victory | |
| Battle of Quinton's Bridge | New Jersey | British victory | |
| North Channel Naval Duel | Great Britain | Patriot victory | |
| Battle of Crooked Billet | Pennsylvania | British victory | |
| Battle of Barren Hill | Pennsylvania | Indecisive | |
| Mount Hope Bay raids | Rhode Island | British victory | |
| Battle of Cobleskill | New York | British-Iroquois victory | |
| Battle of Monmouth | New Jersey | Draw: British break off engagement and continue retreat to New York | |
| Battle of Alligator Bridge | East Florida | British victory | |
| Wyoming Massacre | Pennsylvania | British-Iroquois victory | |
| First Battle of Ushant | Bay of Biscay | Indecisive | |
| Siege of Pondicherry | August 21–October 19, 1778 | India | British victory |
| Battle of Newport | Rhode Island | British victory | |
| Grey's raid | Massachusetts | British victory | |
| Invasion of Dominica | Dominica | French victory | |
| Siege of Boonesborough | Virginia | Patriot victory | |
| Attack on German Flatts | New York | British-Iroquois victory | |
| Baylor Massacre | New Jersey | British victory | |
| Battle of Edgar's Lane | September 30, 1778 | New York | Patriot victory |
| Raid on Unadilla and Onaquaga | Indian Reserve | Patriot victory | |
| Battle of Chestnut Neck | New Jersey | British victory | |
| Little Egg Harbor massacre | New Jersey | British victory | |
| Carleton's Raid | October 24-November 14, 1778 | Vermont | British victory |
| Cherry Valley Massacre | New York | British-Iroquois victory | |
| Battle of St. Lucia | St. Lucia | British victory | |
| Capture of St. Lucia | St. Lucia | British victory | |
| Capture of Savannah | Georgia | British victory | |
| Battle of Beaufort | South Carolina | Patriot victory | |
| Battle of Kettle Creek | Georgia | Patriot victory | |
| Siege of Fort Vincennes | Indiana | Patriot victory | |
| Battle of Brier Creek | Georgia | British victory | |
| Battle of Chillicothe | May 1779 | Quebec | Patriot victory |
| Chesapeake raid | Virginia | British victory | |
| Capture of Saint Vincent | St. Vincent | French victory | |
| Battle of Stono Ferry | South Carolina | British victory | |
| Great Siege of Gibraltar | June 24, 1779 – February 7, 1783 | Gibraltar | British victory |
| Capture of Grenada | Grenada | French victory | |
| Tryon's raid | Connecticut | British victory | |
| Battle of Grenada | Grenada | French victory | |
| Battle of Stony Point | New York | Patriot victory | |
| Battle of Minisink | New York | British-Iroquois victory | |
| Penobscot Expedition | July 24-August 29, 1779 | Massachusetts | British victory |
| Battle of Paulus Hook | New Jersey | Patriot victory | |
| Battle of Newtown | Indian Reserve | Patriot victory | |
| Capture of Fort Bute | West Florida | Patriot-Spanish victory | |
| Battle of Lake Pontchartrain | West Florida | Patriot victory | |
| Boyd and Parker ambush | Indian Reserve | British-Iroquois victory | |
| Action of 14 September 1779 | Azores | British victory | |
| Siege of Savannah | September 16-October 18, 1779 | Georgia | British victory |
| Battle of Baton Rouge | West Florida | Patriot-Spanish victory | |
| Battle of Flamborough Head | Great Britain | Patriot victory | |
| Action of 6 October 1779 | October 6, 1779 | France | French victory |
| Battle of San Fernando de Omoa | October 16-November 29, 1779 | Guatemala | British victory |
| Action of 11 November 1779 | Portugal | British victory | |
| Action of 20 November 1779 | November 20, 1779 | Portugal | British victory |
| First Battle of Martinique | Martinique | British victory | |
| Action of 8 January 1780 | Spain | British victory | |
| Battle of Cape St. Vincent | Portugal | British victory | |
| Battle of Young's House | New York | British victory | |
| Battle of Van Creek | February 11, 1780 | Georgia | Loyalist victory |
| San Juan Expedition | March–November, 1780 | Guatemala | Patriot-Spanish victory |
| Battle of Fort Charlotte | 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 | South Carolina | British victory | |
| Second Battle of Martinique | Martinique | Patriot victory | |
| Battle of Lenud's Ferry | South Carolina | British victory | |
| Bird's invasion of Kentucky | May 25-August 4, 1780 | Virginia | British victory |
| Battle of St. Louis | Louisiana | Patriot-Spanish victory | |
| Battle of Waxhaws | South Carolina | British victory | |
| Battle of Connecticut Farms | New Jersey | British victory | |
| Battle of Mobley's Meeting House | South Carolina | Patriot victory | |
| Battle of Ramsour's Mill | North Carolina | Patriot victory | |
| Battle of Springfield | New Jersey | Patriot victory | |
| Huck's Defeat | South Carolina | Patriot victory | |
| Battle of Bull's Ferry | New Jersey | Loyalist victory | |
| Battle of Colson's Mill | North Carolina | Patriot victory | |
| Battle of Rocky Mount | South Carolina | Loyalist victory | |
| Battle of Hanging Rock | South Carolina | Patriot victory | |
| Battle of Pekowee | Quebec | Patriot victory | |
| Action of 9 August 1780 | Atlantic | Franco-Spanish victory | |
| Action of 10 August 1780 | August 10, 1780 | France | British victory |
| Action of 13 August 1780 | August 13, 1780 | Ireland | British victory |
| Battle of Camden | South Carolina | British victory | |
| Battle of Fishing Creek | South Carolina | British victory | |
| Battle of Musgrove Mill | South Carolina | Patriot victory | |
| Battle of Black Mingo | South Carolina | Patriot victory | |
| Battle of Wahab's Plantation | South Carolina | Patriot victory | |
| Battle of Charlotte | North Carolina | British victory | |
| Action of 30 September 1780 | September 30 1780 | Bermuda | British victory |
| Battle of Kings Mountain | South Carolina | Patriot victory: halts first British invasion of North Carolina | |
| Battle of Shallow Ford | October 14, 1780 | North Carolina | Patriot victory |
| Royalton Raid | Vermont | British victory | |
| Battle of Klock's Field | New York | Patriot victory | |
| Battle of Tearcoat Swamp | October 25, 1780 | South Carolina | Patriot victory |
| La Balme's Defeat | Quebec | British-Iroquois victory | |
| Battle of Fishdam Ford | South Carolina | Patriot victory | |
| Battle of Blackstock's Farm | November 20, 1780 | South Carolina | Patriot victory |
| Battle of Fort St. George | New York | Patriot victory | |
| Battle of Jersey | Jersey | British victory | |
| Battle of Mobile | West Florida | Patriot-Spanish victory | |
| Battle of Cowpens | South Carolina | Patriot victory | |
| Battle of Cowan's Ford | North Carolina | British victory | |
| Capture of Sint Eustatius | Sint Eustatius | British victory | |
| Battle of Haw River | North Carolina | Patriot victory | |
| Battle of Wetzell's Mill | North Carolina | British victory | |
| Siege of Pensacola | March 9-May 8, 1781 | West Florida | Patriot-Spanish victory |
| Battle of Guilford Court House | North Carolina | British victory | |
| Battle of Cape Henry | Virginia | British strategic victory, tactically indecisive | |
| Siege of Fort Watson | South Carolina | Patriot victory | |
| Battle of Porto Praya | Cape Verde | Draw | |
| Battle of Blandford | Virginia | British victory | |
| Battle of Hobkirk's Hill | South Carolina | British victory | |
| Battle of Fort Royal | Martinique | French victory | |
| Action of 1 May 1781 | France | British victory | |
| Battle of Fort Motte | South Carolina | Patriot victory | |
| Battle of Pine's Bridge | May 14, 1781 | New York | Loyalist 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 | Barbary Coast | British victory | |
| Battle of Spencer's Ordinary | Virginia | British victory | |
| Francisco's Fight | July 1781 | Virginia | Patriot victory |
| Battle of Green Spring | Virginia | British victory | |
| Naval battle of Louisbourg | Nova Scotia | Franco-Patriot victory | |
| Battle of Dogger Bank | North Sea | British victory | |
| Battle of Piqua | August 8, 1781 | Ohio | Patriot victory |
| Invasion of Minorca | August 19, 1781 – February 5, 1782 | Minorca | Franco-Spanish victory |
| Lochry's Defeat | Quebec | British-Iroquois victory | |
| Battle of the Chesapeake | Virginia | French victory | |
| Battle of Groton Heights | Connecticut | British victory | |
| Battle of Eutaw Springs | South Carolina | British victory | |
| Battle of Lindley's Mill | North Carolina | Patriot victory | |
| Long Run Massacre | 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 | New York | Patriot victory | |
| Siege of Negapatam | October 21-November 11, 1781 | India | British victory |
| Battle of Johnstown | New York | Patriot victory | |
| Second Battle of Ushant | Bay of Biscay | British victory | |
| Battle of Videau's Bridge | South Carolina | British victory | |
| Siege of Brimstone Hill | January 11-February 13, 1782 | St. Christopher | Franco-Patriot victory |
| Capture of Trincomalee | Ceylon | British victory | |
| Action of 15 January 1782 | January 15, 1782 | Jamaica | British victory |
| Capture of Demerara and Essequibo | January 22-February 5, 1782 | Demerara and Essequibo | Franco-Patriot victory |
| Battle of Saint Kitts | St. Christopher | British victory | |
| Battle of Sadras | India | French victory | |
| Capture of Montserrat | Montserrat | French victory | |
| Battle of Wambaw | South Carolina | British victory | |
| Gnadenhütten massacre | Ohio | ||
| Battle of Roatán | Guatemala | Patriot-Spanish victory | |
| Action of 16 March 1782 | Strait of Gibraltar | British victory | |
| Battle of Little Mountain | Virginia | British-Iroquois victory | |
| Battle of Delaware Bay | New Jersey | Patriot victory | |
| Battle of the Saintes | Dominica | British victory | |
| Battle of Providien | Ceylon | French victory | |
| Battle of the Black River | April–August, 1782 | Guatemala | British victory |
| Battle of the Mona Passage | Mona passage | British victory | |
| Action of 20–21 April 1782 | Bay of Biscay | British victory | |
| Capture of the Bahamas | Bahamas | Patriot-Spanish victory | |
| Crawford expedition | May 25-June 12, 1782 | Quebec | British-Iroquois victory |
| Naval battle off Halifax | Nova Scotia | British victory | |
| Raid on Chester | Chester, Nova Scotia | British victory | |
| Raid on Lunenburg | Nova Scotia | Patriot victory | |
| Battle of Negapatam | Ceylon | British victory | |
| Hudson Bay Expedition | Rupert's Land | Franco-Patriot victory | |
| Siege of Bryan Station | Virginia | Patriot victory | |
| Battle of Blue Licks | Virginia | British-Iroquois victory | |
| Battle of the Combahee River | South Carolina | British victory | |
| Battle of Trincomalee | August 25-September 3, 1782 | Ceylon | Inconclusive |
| Action of 4 September 1782 | September 4, 1782 | France | British victory |
| Action of 5 September 1782 | Action of 5 September 1782 | Long Island | Inconclusive |
| Siege of Fort Henry | Virginia | Patriot victory | |
| Grand Assault on Gibraltar | Gibraltar | British victory | |
| Action of 15 September 1782 | 15 September 1782 | Delaware Bay | British victory |
| Action of 18 October 1782 | Hispaniola | British victory | |
| Battle of James Island | November 14, 1782 | South Carolina | British victory |
| Action of 6 December 1782 | Martinique | British victory | |
| Battle of the Delaware Capes | 20 - 21 December 1782 | Cape May | British victory |
| Action of 2 January 1783 | January 2, 1783 | Hispaniola | Inconclusive |
| Action of 22 January 1783 | Virginia | British victory | |
| Action of 15 February 1783 | February 15, 1783 | Guadeloupe | British victory |
| Action of 17 February 1783 | 17 February 1783 | Cuba | British victory |
| Recapture of the Bahamas | 14–18 April 1783 | Bahamas | British victory |