Guerra de Independencia de los Estados Unidos
- Periodo
- abril de 1775 – septiembre de 1783
- Bandos
- Patriotas y Francia vs Gran Bretaña
- Batallas
- 114
La guerra de Independencia de los Estados Unidos de América fue un conflicto armado que formó parte de la Revolución de las Trece Colonias, en la que las fuerzas independentistas estadounidenses organizadas como el Ejército Continental y comandadas por George Washington derrotaron al Ejército británico del Reino Unido.El conflicto se libró en América del Norte, el Caribe y el océano Atlántico. La guerra terminó con el Tratado de París, que dio como resultado que Gran Bretaña finalmente reconociera la independencia de los Estados Unidos.
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Batallas 114
abril de 1775
Batallas de Lexington y Concord
Las batallas de Lexington y Concord fueron los primeros enfrentamientos de la guerra de Independencia de los Estados Unidos. Se produjeron el 19 de abril de 1775 en Middlesex County, Massachusetts, en los pueblos de Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Arlington y Cambridge. Estos sucesos supusieron un punto de no retorno en la guerra entre el Reino de Gran Bretaña y las Trece Colonias en el contexto de la Norteamérica británica.
abril de 1775 – marzo de 1776
Asedio de Boston
El asedio de Boston fue un episodio de la guerra de Independencia de los Estados Unidos, acaecido entre el 19 de abril de 1775 y el 17 de marzo de 1776 en Boston, Massachusetts y alrededores. Los beligerantes fueron Gran Bretaña por un lado, y las Colonias Unidas de América del Norte de la costa este de América del Norte por el otro. El resultado fue una victoria estratégica de los americanos y la evacuación o retirada de los británicos de Boston, que se dirigieron por mar a Halifax, Nueva Escocia.
mayo de 1775
Captura del Fuerte Ticonderoga
La captura del Fuerte Ticonderoga fue un suceso acontecido en los comienzos de la guerra de Independencia de los Estados Unidos. El 10 de mayo de 1775, los coroneles Ethan Allen y Benedict Arnold sorprendieron y capturaron a una pequeña guarnición británica en el Fuerte Ticonderoga. Los cañones capturados en el fuerte fueron posteriormente destinados a fortificar Dorchester Heights y romper el estancamiento en el asedio de Boston.
mayo de 1775
Battle of Chelsea Creek
The Battle of Chelsea Creek was the second military engagement of the Boston campaign of the American Revolutionary War. It is also known as the Battle of Noddle's Island, Battle of Hog Island and the Battle of the Chelsea Estuary. This battle was fought on May 27 and 28, 1775, on Chelsea Creek and on salt marshes, mudflats, and islands of Boston Harbor, northeast of the Boston peninsula. Most of these areas have since been united with the mainland by land reclamation and are now part of East Boston, Chelsea, Winthrop, and Revere.
mayo de 1775
Batalla de Fairhaven
La batalla de Fairhaven fue el primer enfrentamiento naval de la Guerra de Independencia de los Estados Unidos. Tuvo lugar el 14 de mayo de 1775, en la bahía de Buzzards, a las afueras de la actual ciudad -anteriormente denominada Dartmouth- de Fairhaven (Massachusetts). Al final de la misma, las milicias patriotas consiguieron arrebatar a las tropas británicas dos barcos capturados por el HMS Falcon, así como hacer prisioneros a 13 tripulantes de la Royal Navy, los primeros prisioneros navales de la guerra.
junio de 1775
Batalla de Bunker Hill
La batalla de Bunker Hill tuvo lugar el 17 de junio de 1775, como parte del sitio de Boston durante la guerra de Independencia de los Estados Unidos. El General Israel Putnam estaba a cargo de las fuerzas revolucionarias, mientras que el General de división William Howe mandaba las fuerzas británicas. Aunque la batalla es conocida como de la colina Búnker, la mayor parte de la lucha se desarrolló realmente en la cercana Breed's Hill.
junio de 1775
Battle of Machias
The Battle of Machias was an early naval engagement of the American Revolutionary War, also known as the Battle of the Margaretta, fought around the port of Machias, Maine.
agosto de 1775
Battle of Gloucester (1775)
The Battle of Gloucester was a skirmish fought early in the American Revolutionary War at Gloucester, Massachusetts on August 8 or 9, 1775. Royal Navy Captain John Linzee, commanding the sloop-of-war HMS Falcon, spotted two schooners that were returning from the West Indies. After capturing one schooner, Linzee chased the second one into Gloucester Harbor, where it was grounded. The townspeople called out their militia, captured British seamen sent to seize the grounded schooner, and recovered the captured ship as well.
septiembre de 1775 – noviembre de 1775
Siege of Fort St. Jean
The siege of Fort St. Jean was conducted by American Brigadier General Richard Montgomery on the town and fort of Saint-Jean, also called St. John, St. Johns, or St. John's, in the British province of Quebec during the American Revolutionary War. The siege lasted from September 17 to November 3, 1775.
septiembre de 1775
Battle of Longue-Pointe
The Battle of Longue-Pointe was an attempt by Ethan Allen and a small force of American and Quebec militia to capture Montreal from British forces on September 25, 1775, early in the American Revolutionary War. Allen, who had been instructed only to raise militia forces among the local inhabitants, had long had thoughts of taking the lightly defended city. When he reached the southern shore of the St. Lawrence River with about 110 men, he seized the opportunity to try. Major John Brown, whom Allen claimed was supposed to provide additional forces, did not appear as they had planned, isolating Allen and his men on the north side of the river.
octubre de 1775
Burning of Falmouth
The Burning of Falmouth was an attack by a fleet of Royal Navy vessels on the town of Falmouth, Massachusetts. The fleet was commanded by Captain Henry Mowat. The attack began with a naval bombardment which included incendiary shot, followed by a landing party meant to complete the town's destruction. The attack was the only major event in what was supposed to be a campaign of retaliation against ports that supported Patriot activities in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War.
noviembre de 1775
Battle of Kemp's Landing
The Battle of Kemp's Landing, also known as the Skirmish of Kempsville, was a skirmish in the American Revolutionary War that occurred on November 15, 1775. Militia companies from Princess Anne County in the Province of Virginia assembled at Kemp's Landing to counter British troops under the command of Virginia's last colonial governor, John Murray, Lord Dunmore, that had landed at nearby Great Bridge. Dunmore was investigating rumors of Patriot troop arrivals from North Carolina that turned out to be false; he instead moved against the Princess Anne militia, defeating their attempt at an ambush and routing them.
diciembre de 1775
Batalla de Quebec (1775)
La batalla de Quebec ocurrió el 31 de diciembre de 1775 durante la Guerra de Independencia de los Estados Unidos. En ella las fuerzas de las 13 colonias al mando del general Richard Montgomery y del coronel Benedict Arnold intentaron capturar la ciudad de Quebec ocupada por los británicos y con ella ganar apoyo para la causa estadounidense en Canadá. El ataque falló y el esfuerzo le costó la vida a Montgomery y causó que Arnold cayese herido.
diciembre de 1775
Battle of Great Bridge
The Battle of Great Bridge was fought December 9, 1775, in the area of Great Bridge, Virginia, early in the American Revolutionary War. The refusal by colonial Virginia militia forces led to the departure of Royal Governor Lord Dunmore and any remaining vestiges of British power over the Colony of Virginia during the early days of the conflict.
febrero de 1776
Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge
The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge was a minor conflict of the American Revolutionary War fought near Wilmington, North Carolina, on February 27, 1776. The victory of the North Carolina Provincial Congress' militia force over British governor Josiah Martin's and Tristan Worsley's reinforcements at Moore's was a turning point in the war; American independence was declared less than five months later.
marzo de 1776
Fortificación de Dorchester Heights
La fortificación de Dorchester Heights fue una importante acción llevada a cabo por el ejército de las Trece Colonias de la costa este de América del norte contra el Reino de Gran Bretaña, el 4 y 5 de marzo de 1776, en Dorchester Heights, Massachusetts. Esta acción pertenece al asedio de Boston, que a su vez se engloba dentro de la guerra de Independencia de los Estados Unidos y concluyó con la rendición de las tropas británicas que se encontraban en Boston.
marzo de 1776
Battle of Saint-Pierre
The Battle of Saint-Pierre was a military confrontation on March 25, 1776, near the Quebec village of Saint-Pierre, east of Lévis. This confrontation, which occurred during the Continental Army's siege of Quebec following its defeat at the Battle of Quebec, was between forces that were both largely composed of Canadian militia, including individuals on both sides of the conflict that had been recruited in the same communities. The Patriot forces routed the Loyalist forces, killing at least 3 and capturing more than 30.
marzo de 1776
Battle of the Rice Boats
The Battle of the Rice Boats, also called the Battle of Yamacraw Bluff, was a land and naval battle of the American Revolutionary War that took place in and around the Savannah River on the border between the Province of Georgia and the Province of South Carolina on March 2 and 3, 1776. The battle pitted the Patriot militia from Georgia and South Carolina against a small fleet of the Royal Navy.
abril de 1776
Battle of Block Island
The Battle of Block Island was a naval skirmish which took place in the waters off Rhode Island during the American Revolutionary War. A Continental Navy squadron under the command of Commodore Esek Hopkins was returning from a successful raid on Nassau when it encountered HMS Glasgow, post ship of the Royal Navy under Captain Tyringham Howe.
mayo de 1776
Batalla de Los Cedros
La batalla de Los Cedros fue una serie de choques militares que acontecieron a principios de la guerra de Independencia de los Estados Unidos, durante la invasión del Ejército Continental de Quebec, que comenzó en septiembre de 1775. Las escaramuzas ocurrieron en mayo de 1776 en torno al paraje de Los Cedros, sito a unos cuarenta y cinco kilómetros al oeste de Montreal. Unidades del Ejército continental se batieron con contingentes de tropas británicas, acompañados de un grupo mayor de indios y de milicianos. El general de brigada Benedict Arnold, que mandaba la guarnición rebelde en Montreal, había apostado un destacamento en Los Cedros en abril de 1776, tras recibir rumores de que británicos e indios al oeste de Montreal se preparaban para actuar. La guarnición se rindió el 19 de mayo tras enfrentarse a una fuerza combinada de tropas británicas e indias dirigida por el capitán George Forster. Los refuerzos rebeldes que se dirigían a Los Cedros también fueron apresados tras una breve escaramuza el 20 de mayo. Todos los cautivos fueron finalmente liberados después de negociaciones entre Forster y Arnold, que se aproximaba al lugar con un contingente de tropas considerable. Los términos del acuerdo exigieron a los rebeldes liberar un número igual de prisioneros británicos, pero el acuerdo fue rechazado por el Congreso, y ningún prisionero británico fue liberado.
junio de 1776
Battle of Trois-Rivières
The Battle of Trois-Rivières was fought on June 8, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War. A British army under Quebec Governor Sir Guy Carleton defeated an attempt by units from the Continental Army under the command of Brigadier General William Thompson to stop a British advance up the Saint Lawrence River valley. The battle occurred as a part of the American invasion of Quebec, which had begun in September 1775 with the goal of removing the province from British rule.
junio de 1776
Battle of Sullivan's Island
The Battle of Sullivan's Island or the Battle of Fort Sullivan was fought on June 28, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War. It took place near Charleston, South Carolina, during the first British attempt to capture the city from American forces. It is also sometimes referred to as the first siege of Charleston, owing to a more successful British siege in 1780.
junio de 1776
Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet
The Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet was an important, early naval victory for the Continental Navy and the future "Father of the American Navy", Captain John Barry. It was the first privateer battle of the American Revolutionary War.
agosto de 1776
Batalla de Long Island
La batalla de Long Island, se libró el 27 de agosto de 1776, acabando en una derrota del Ejército Continental y fue el comienzo de la exitosa campaña que dio a los británicos el control de la estratégica ciudad de Nueva York. En la guerra de Independencia de Estados Unidos fue la primera gran batalla sucedida después que los estadounidenses proclamaran su independencia el 4 de julio de ese mismo año. Además, fue el mayor enfrentamiento de todo el conflicto.
septiembre de 1776
Battle of Harlem Heights
The Battle of Harlem Heights was fought during the New York and New Jersey campaign of the American Revolutionary War in 1776. The action took place on September 16, 1776, in what is now the Morningside Heights area and east into the future Harlem neighborhoods of northwestern Manhattan Island in what is now part of New York City. The Continental Army, under Commander-in-chief General George Washington, Major General Nathanael Greene, and Major General Israel Putnam, totaling around 9,000 men, held a series of high ground positions in upper Manhattan. Immediately opposite was the vanguard of the British Army totaling around 5,000 men under the command of Major General Henry Clinton.
septiembre de 1776
Landing at Kip's Bay
The landing at Kip's Bay was a British amphibious landing carried out on September 15, 1776 during the New York and New Jersey campaign of the American Revolutionary War. It occurred on the East River shore of Manhattan north of what then constituted New York City.
octubre de 1776
Batalla de la isla Valcour
La Batalla naval de isla Valcour, también conocida como Batalla de bahía Valcour o Batalla del lago Champlain, ocurrió el 11 de octubre de 1776 en el lago Champlain. La acción bélica tuvo lugar en la bahía Valcour, un estrecho ubicado entre el territorio de Nueva York y la isla Valcour. El enfrentamiento es considerado una de las primeras batallas navales de la Guerra Revolucionaria Estadounidense, y una de las primeras combatidas por la Armada de los Estados Unidos, en ese entonces organizado como el Ejército Continental. Durante la batalla la mayoría de los barcos de la flota colonial revolucionaria, bajo la orden del general Benedict Arnold, fueron capturados o destruidos por las fuerzas británicas, bajo el comando del general Guy Carleton. Aun así, la defensa que hicieron las tropas continentales del lago Champlain frenó los planes británicos de alcanzar el valle superior del río Hudson.
octubre de 1776
Batalla de White Plains
La Batalla de White Plains tuvo lugar durante la campaña de Nueva York y Nueva Jersey de la Guerra de Independencia de los Estados Unidos el 28 de octubre de 1776, cerca de White Plains, Nueva York. Tras la retirada del Ejército Continental de George Washington hacia el norte desde Nueva York, el general británico William Howe desembarcó tropas en el condado de Westchester, con la intención de cortar la ruta de escape de Washington. Alertado de este movimiento, Washington se retiró más lejos, estableciendo una posición en el pueblo de White Plains, pero sin poder establecer un control firme sobre el terreno elevado local. Las tropas de Howe expulsaron a las tropas de Washington de una colina cercana al pueblo; tras esta pérdida, Washington ordenó a los estadounidenses que se retiraran más al norte.
octubre de 1776
Battle of Pell's Point
This combat engagement fought, is variously known in American, British, and Hessian sources as the Battle of Pelham, Battle of Pelham Manor, Battle of Pell's Neck, Battle of Rodman's Neck, Battle of Pell's Point, or by other geographically related names. This day-long action was fought by American, British and Hessian troops during the New York and New Jersey campaign of the American Revolutionary War. The conflict took place in an area of the Manor of Pelham, covering what is now part of Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx, New York City, and culminating in what today are the communities of Pelham Manor, Pelham and New Rochelle in Westchester County, New York.
noviembre de 1776
Batalla de Fort Washington
La batalla de Fort Washington se libró en Nueva York el 16 de noviembre de 1776, durante la Guerra de Independencia entre Estados Unidos y Gran Bretaña. Fue una victoria británica que obtuvo la rendición del remanente de la guarnición de Fort Washington cerca del extremo norte de la isla de Manhattan. Fue una de las peores derrotas patriotas de la guerra.
noviembre de 1776
Battle of Fort Cumberland (1776)
The Battle of Fort Cumberland was an attempt by a small number of militia commanded by Jonathan Eddy to bring the American Revolutionary War to Nova Scotia in late 1776. With minimal logistical support from Massachusetts and four to five hundred volunteer militia and Natives, Eddy attempted to besiege and storm Fort Cumberland in central Nova Scotia in November 1776.
diciembre de 1776
Batalla de Trenton
La batalla de Trenton tomó lugar el 26 de diciembre de 1776, durante la guerra de Independencia de los Estados Unidos después de la travesía del río Delaware por parte del general George Washington hacia Trenton, Nueva Jersey. El general George Washington condujo al principal Ejército Continental a través del río durante la noche de 25 a 26 de diciembre, para sorprender y virtualmente eliminar a la guarnición hessiana. El monumento de la batalla de Trenton erigido en el "Five Points" sigue de pie hasta la actualidad como tributo a esta victoria crucial estadounidense.
diciembre de 1776
Cruce de Washington del río Delaware
El cruce del río Delaware por George Washington, que tuvo lugar en la noche del 25 al 26 de diciembre de 1776, durante la Guerra de Independencia de los Estados Unidos, fue el primer movimiento en una compleja y sorpresiva maniobra militar organizada por George Washington, comandante en jefe del Ejército Continental, la cual culminó con su ataque contra las fuerzas de hessianas guarnecidas en Trenton. Los hessianos eran mercenarios alemanes contratados por los británicos.
diciembre de 1776
Battle of Iron Works Hill
The Battle of Iron Works Hill, also known as the Battle of Mount Holly, was a series of minor skirmishes that took place on December 22 and 23, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War. The fighting took place in Mount Holly, New Jersey, between an American force mostly composed of colonial militia under Colonel Samuel Griffin and a force of 2,000 Hessians and British regulars under Carl von Donop.
enero de 1777
Batalla de Princeton
La batalla de Princeton fue una victoria estratégica para las fuerzas revolucionarias del general Washington sobre las fuerzas británicas cerca de Princeton, Nueva Jersey. El sitio es administrado como un parque estatal operado y mantenido por la New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry.
enero de 1777
Battle of the Assunpink Creek
The Battle of the Assunpink Creek, also known as the Second Battle of Trenton, was a battle between American and British troops that took place in and around Trenton, New Jersey, on January 2, 1777, during the American Revolutionary War, and resulted in an American victory.
enero de 1777
Battle of Millstone
The Battle of Millstone, also known as the Battle of Van Nest's Mill, was a skirmish that occurred near the mill of Abraham Van Neste in Weston, New Jersey on January 20, 1777, during the American Revolutionary War. A British foraging party was flanked and driven off by forces composed mostly of New Jersey militia, depriving the British of their wagons and supplies.
abril de 1777
Battle of Bound Brook
The Battle of Bound Brook was a surprise attack by British and Hessian forces on a Continental Army outpost in Bound Brook, New Jersey, during the American Revolutionary War. The British defeated the garrison, whose troops were either captured or fled. U.S. commander Major General Benjamin Lincoln left quickly, abandoning papers and personal effects.
abril de 1777
Battle of Ridgefield
The Battle of Ridgefield was a series of American Revolutionary War skirmishes in Danbury, Connecticut and Ridgefield, Connecticut, including Tryon's Raid on Danbury and the Battle of Compo Hill.
junio de 1777
Battle of Short Hills
The Battle of the Short Hills was a conflict between a Continental Army force commanded by Brigadier General William Alexander, and an opposing British force commanded by Lieutenant General William Howe. The battle took place on June 26, 1777, at Scotch Plains and Edison, New Jersey, during the American Revolutionary War.
julio de 1777
Siege of Fort Ticonderoga (1777)
The siege of Fort Ticonderoga occurred between 2 July and 6 July 1777 at Fort Ticonderoga, near the southern end of Lake Champlain in the state of New York. Lieutenant General John Burgoyne's 8,000-man army occupied high ground above the fort, and nearly surrounded the defenses. These movements precipitated the occupying Continental Army, an under-strength force of 3,000 under the command of General Arthur St. Clair, to withdraw from Ticonderoga and the surrounding defenses. Some gunfire was exchanged, and there were some casualties, but there was no formal siege and no pitched battle. Burgoyne's army occupied Fort Ticonderoga and Mount Independence, the extensive fortifications on the Vermont side of the lake, without opposition on 6 July. Advance units pursued the retreating Americans.
julio de 1777
Battle of Hubbardton
The Battle of Hubbardton was an engagement in the Saratoga campaign of the American Revolutionary War fought in the village of Hubbardton, Vermont. Vermont was then a disputed territory sometimes called the New Hampshire Grants, claimed by New York, New Hampshire, and the newly organized, not yet recognized, but de facto independent government of Vermont. On the morning of July 7, 1777, British forces, under General Simon Fraser, caught up with the American rear guard of the forces retreating after the withdrawal from Fort Ticonderoga. It was the only battle in Vermont during the revolution.
julio de 1777
Battle of Fort Anne
The Battle of Fort Anne, fought on July 8, 1777, was an engagement between Continental Army forces in retreat from Fort Ticonderoga and forward elements of John Burgoyne's much larger British army that had driven them from Ticonderoga, early in the Saratoga campaign of the American Revolutionary War.
agosto de 1777
Batalla de Bennington
La Batalla de Bennington fue una batalla de la Guerra Revolucionaria Americana, parte de la campaña de Saratoga, que tuvo lugar el 16 de agosto de 1777, en una granja en Walloomsac, Nueva York, a unas 10 millas (16,1 km) de su homónimo, Bennington, Vermont. Una fuerza rebelde de 2.000 hombres, principalmente milicianos de New Hampshire y Massachusetts, dirigidos por el general John Stark, y reforzados por milicianos de Vermont dirigidos por el coronel Seth Warner y miembros de los Green Mountain Boys, derrotó decisivamente a un destacamento del ejército del general John Burgoyne dirigido por el teniente coronel Friedrich Baum, y apoyado por hombres adicionales bajo el mando del teniente coronel Heinrich von Breymann.
agosto de 1777
Battle of Oriskany
The Battle of Oriskany was a major engagement of the Saratoga campaign during the American Revolutionary War. On August 6, 1777, an American column of Tryon County militia and Oneidas marching to relieve the siege of Fort Stanwix was ambushed by a contingent of Britain's Indigenous allies and Loyalists. It was one of the few battles of the war in which most non-Indigenous participants were settlers born in the Thirteen Colonies. The Americans suffered heavy casualties during the battle.
agosto de 1777
Battle of Staten Island
The Battle of Staten Island was a failed raid by Continental Army troops under Major General John Sullivan against British forces on Staten Island on August 22, 1777, during the American Revolutionary War. After British Lieutenant General William Howe sailed with most of his army from New York City in July, Sullivan recognized that the British position on Staten Island was vulnerable, and planned an attack. He carried it out in spite of commanding general George Washington's request that Sullivan reinforce the main army with his troops as soon as possible to support Washington's planned Colonial assault on British-held Philadelphia.
agosto de 1777
Siege of Fort Stanwix
The siege of Fort Stanwix began on August 2, 1777, and ended on August 22, 1777. Fort Stanwix, at the western end of the Mohawk River Valley, was a primary defense point for the Continental Army against the British and Indigenous forces aligned against them during the American Revolutionary War. The fort was occupied by Continental Army forces from New York and Massachusetts under the command of Colonel Peter Gansevoort. The besieging force was composed of British regulars, Loyalist soldiers, Hessians, and Indigenous warriors, under the command of Brigadier General Barry St. Leger. St. Leger's expedition was a diversion in support of Lieutenant General John Burgoyne's campaign to take control of the Hudson River Valley to the east.
agosto de 1777
Battle of Machias (1777)
The Battle of Machias was an amphibious assault on the town of Machias in the Massachusetts District of Maine by British forces during the American Revolutionary War. Local militia aided by Indian allies successfully prevented British troops from landing. The raid, led by Commodore Sir George Collier, was executed in an attempt to head off a planned second assault on Fort Cumberland, which had been besieged in November 1776. The British forces landed below Machias, seized a ship, and raided a storehouse.
septiembre de 1777 – octubre de 1777
Batalla de Saratoga
La batalla de Saratoga fue uno de los enfrentamientos bélicos más importantes librados durante el transcurso de la guerra de Independencia de los Estados Unidos. Su desenlace contribuyó, en gran medida, a decidir el resultado final de la contienda a favor del ejército continental. Esta batalla tuvo lugar entre el 17 de septiembre y el 17 de octubre del año 1777 en Saratoga, una región ubicada entre Boston y la zona de los Grandes Lagos, en las proximidades del río Hudson. El general británico John Burgoyne pretendía aislar a Nueva Inglaterra del resto de las colonias del norte y causar la mayor cantidad de bajas posibles entre las filas del ejército rebelde. Su plan consistía en remontar el valle del río Hudson desde Montreal, donde se hallaban reunidas sus columnas, subiendo a lo largo de este camino fluvial con el apoyo de las tropas británicas asentadas en Nueva York. Estas últimas, acaudilladas por el general Howe, atacarían por el norte y se le unirían en Albany para crear un frente común y emprender una ofensiva conjunta.
septiembre de 1777
Batalla de Brandywine
La batalla de Brandywine fue una de las confrontaciones bélicas de la guerra de Independencia estadounidense, ocurrida el 11 de septiembre de 1777 en los aledaños de Chadds Ford, Pensilvania y el río Brandywine.
septiembre de 1777
Battle of Paoli
The Battle of Paoli was fought on September 20, 1777, near present-day Malvern, Pennsylvania as part of the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War. Following the Continental Army's retreat due to the Battle of Brandywine and the aborted Battle of the Clouds, General George Washington left a force of 1,500 regulars and 1,000 militia behind under Brigadier General Anthony Wayne to monitor and resist advancing British forces as they prepared to attack the American capital of Philadelphia.
septiembre de 1777
Battle of Cooch's Bridge
The Battle of Cooch's Bridge, also known as the Battle of Iron Hill, 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, and it took place about a week before the major Battle of Brandywine. Some traditions claim this as the first battle which saw the U.S. flag.
septiembre de 1777 – noviembre de 1777
Siege of Fort Mifflin
The siege of Fort Mifflin or the siege of Mud Island Fort, which took place from September 26 to November 16, 1777, saw British land batteries commanded by Captain John Montresor and a British naval squadron under Vice Admiral Lord Richard Howe attempt to capture an American fort in the Delaware River that was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Smith. The operation finally succeeded after Smith was wounded. His successor, Major Simeon Thayer, subsequently evacuated the fort on the night of November 15, enabling British troops to occupy the place the following morning.
octubre de 1777
Batalla de Germantown
La Batalla de Germantown formó parte de la Campaña de Filadelfia en la Guerra de la Independencia de Estados Unidos. Tuvo lugar el 4 de octubre de 1777 en Germantown, Pensilvania.
octubre de 1777
Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery
The Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery was fought in the Hudson Highlands of the Hudson River valley on 6 October 1777, during the American Revolutionary War. British troops under General Sir Henry Clinton captured Fort Clinton and Fort Montgomery and dismantled the first iteration of the Hudson River Chains.
octubre de 1777
Battle of Red Bank
The Battle of Red Bank, also known as the Battle of Fort Mercer, was fought on October 22, 1777, during the American Revolutionary War. A force of 1,200 Hessian troops was sent to take Fort Mercer on the New Jersey side of the Delaware River just south of Philadelphia, but was defeated by a smaller force of Continental Army troops.
noviembre de 1777
Battle of Gloucester (1777)
The Battle of Gloucester was a skirmish fought between November 25, 1777 and the early morning of November 26, 1777, during the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War. It was the first battlefield command for the Marquis de Lafayette.
diciembre de 1777
Battle of White Marsh
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 major engagement of 1777 between British and American forces.
mayo de 1778
Battle of Cobleskill
The Battle of Cobleskill was an American Revolutionary War raid on the frontier settlement of Cobleskill, New York on May 30, 1778. The battle took place in what is now the hamlet of Warnerville, New York, near the modern Cobleskill-Richmondville High School. The raid marked the beginning of a phase in which Loyalists and Haudenosaunee, encouraged and supplied by British authorities in the Province of Quebec, attacked and destroyed numerous villages on what was then the western frontier of New York and Pennsylvania.
mayo de 1778
Mount Hope Bay raids
The Mount Hope Bay raids were a series of military raids conducted by British troops during the American Revolutionary War against communities on the shores of Mount Hope Bay on May 25 and 31, 1778. The towns of Bristol and Warren, Rhode Island were significantly damaged, and Freetown, Massachusetts was also attacked, although its militia resisted British attacks more successfully. The British destroyed military defenses in the area, including supplies that had been cached by the Continental Army in anticipation of an assault on British-occupied Newport, Rhode Island. Homes as well as municipal and religious buildings were also destroyed in the raids.
mayo de 1778
Battle of Barren Hill
The Battle of Barren Hill was a minor engagement during the American Revolution. On May 20, 1778, a British Army force attempted to encircle a smaller Continental Army force then under the command of Marquis de Lafayette. The maneuver failed, and the Continental Army escaped the trap but the British took the field.
mayo de 1778
Battle of Crooked Billet
The Battle of Crooked Billet was a battle in the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War fought on May 1, 1778 near the Crooked Billet Tavern in Moreland Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. In the skirmish action, British forces under the command of Major John Graves Simcoe launched a surprise attack against Brigadier General John Lacey and three regiments of Pennsylvania militia, who were caught sleeping. The British inflicted significant damage, and Lacey and his forces were forced to retreat into neighboring Warminster, Bucks County.
junio de 1778
Batalla de Monmouth
La batalla de Monmouth fue una batalla de la Guerra de Independencia de los Estados Unidos que se libró en Nueva Jersey el 28 de junio de 1778, y es considerada como el punto de inflexión en la Revolución Norteamericana. El Ejército Continental de George Washington atacó la retaguardia de una columna británica liderada por Sir Henry Clinton mientras esta abandonaba Monmouth Court House.
junio de 1778
Battle of Alligator Creek Bridge
The Battle of Alligator Bridge took place on June 30, 1778, and was the only major engagement in an unsuccessful campaign to conquer British East Florida during the American Revolutionary War. A detachment of Georgia militiamen under the command of General James Screven chased Thomas Brown's Loyalist company into a large position of British regulars established by British Major Mark Prevost and were turned back.
julio de 1778
Battle of Wyoming
The Battle of Wyoming was a military engagement during the American Revolutionary War between Patriot militia and a force of Loyalist soldiers and Iroquois warriors. The battle took place in the Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania on July 3, 1778, in what is now Luzerne County. The result was an overwhelming defeat for the Patriots. The battle is often referred to as the Wyoming Massacre because of the roughly 300 Patriot casualties, many of whom were killed by the Iroquois as they fled the battlefield or after they had been taken prisoner.
agosto de 1778
Battle of Rhode Island
The Battle of Rhode Island took place on August 29, 1778. Continental Army and militia forces commanded by Major-General John Sullivan had been on Aquidneck Island besieging British forces occupying Newport, Rhode Island. They chose to lift the siege and planned to withdraw to the northern part of Aquidneck Island. The British then sortied, supported by recently arrived Royal Navy ships, and attacked the retreating Americans. The battle ended inconclusively, but Continental forces then chose to withdraw further to the mainland, leaving Aquidneck Island including Newport in British hands. The soldiers in combat were about 4,875 in the American army and 2,950 in the British army, for a total of 7,825 making it the largest battle in New England based on numbers.
septiembre de 1778
Siege of Boonesborough
The siege of Boonesborough was a military engagement which took place in September 1778 during the American Revolutionary War. On September 7, Shawnee chief Blackfish, who was allied to the British, led an attack on the Kentucky settlement of Boonesborough. Months before the battle, Blackfish had captured and adopted Daniel Boone, the founder of Boonesborough. Boone escaped the Shawnees in time to lead the defense of the settlement. Blackfish's siege was unsuccessful and was lifted after eleven days. Boone was then court-martialed by fellow officers who suspected him of harboring Loyalist sympathies. He was acquitted, but soon left the settlement.
octubre de 1778
Affair at Little Egg Harbor
The Affair at Little Egg Harbor took place on October 15, 1778, in South Jersey during the American Revolutionary War. American Loyalists commanded by Patrick Ferguson surprised an outpost of Patriot Kazimierz Pułaski‘s Legion at night, killing 45 and capturing five. The raid took place about one week after the Battle of Chestnut Neck, a British raid aimed at suppressing privateers who used the area as a base to harass and seize British ships and their cargoes.
noviembre de 1778
Cherry Valley massacre
The Cherry Valley massacre was an attack by British and Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) forces on a fort and the town of Cherry Valley in central New York on November 11, 1778, during the American Revolutionary War. It has been described as one of the most horrific frontier massacres of the war. A mixed force of Loyalists, British soldiers, Senecas, and Mohawks descended on Cherry Valley, whose defenders, despite warnings, were unprepared for the attack. During the raid, the Seneca in particular targeted non-combatants, and reports state that 30 such individuals were killed, in addition to a number of armed defenders.
febrero de 1779
Battle of Beaufort
The Battle of Beaufort, also known as the Battle of Port Royal Island, was fought on February 3, 1779, near Beaufort, South Carolina, during the American Revolutionary War. The battle took place not long after British forces consolidated control around Savannah, Georgia, which they had captured in December 1778.
febrero de 1779
Battle of Kettle Creek
The Battle of Kettle Creek was the first major victory for Patriots in the back country of Georgia during the American Revolutionary War that took place on February 14, 1779. It was fought in Wilkes County about eleven miles (18 km) from present-day Washington, Georgia. A militia force of Patriots defeated and scattered a Loyalist militia force that was on its way to British-controlled Augusta. Several Loyalist prisoners were subsequently hanged.
febrero de 1779
Siege of Fort Vincennes
The siege of Fort Sackville, also known as the siege of Fort Vincennes or the Battle of Vincennes, was an American Revolutionary War frontier battle fought in present-day Vincennes, Indiana. In February 1779, an American militia led by Lieutenant Colonel George Rogers Clark defeated the British garrison of Fort Sackville commanded by Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton. Clark surprised the fort after a gruelling march from Kaskaskia, and following the execution of four Odawa captives, forced Hamilton's surrender.
marzo de 1779
Battle of Brier Creek
The Battle of Brier Creek was fought on March 3, 1779, near Brier Creek in eastern Georgia as part of the Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War. A British force of 900 regulars and militia under Lieutenant-colonel Jacques Marcus Prevost defeated an American force of 1,100 regulars and militia under Brigadier General John Ashe and Colonel Samuel Elbert. In a lopsided battle the Americans suffered at least 150 killed and a further 227 captured, among them Elbert, while the British sustained only 16 casualties. The battle boosted Loyalist cause in the region while severely damaging Patriot morale.
junio de 1779
Battle of Stono Ferry
The Battle of Stono Ferry was an American Revolutionary War battle, fought on June 20, 1779, near Charleston, South Carolina. The rear guard from a British expedition retreating from an aborted attempt to take Charleston held off an assault by militia forces under American General Benjamin Lincoln.
julio de 1779
Battle of Stony Point
The Battle of Stony Point took place on July 16, 1779, during the American Revolutionary War. In a well-planned and -executed nighttime attack, a highly trained select group of George Washington's Continental Army troops under the command of Brigadier General "Mad Anthony" Wayne defeated British troops in a quick and daring assault on their outpost in Stony Point, New York, located in present day Rockland County, approximately 30 mi (48 km) north of New York City.
julio de 1779
Battle of Minisink
The Battle of Minisink took place during the American Revolutionary War at Minisink Ford, New York, on July 22, 1779. It was the only major skirmish of the Revolutionary War fought in the upper Delaware River valley. The battle was a decisive Haudenosaunee and Loyalist victory, as the Patriot militia was hastily assembled, ill-equipped and inexperienced.
agosto de 1779
Penobscot Expedition
The Penobscot Expedition was an unsuccessful expedition launched by the Massachusetts Provincial Congress during the American Revolutionary War. On June 17, 1779, 700 British Army troops under Brigadier-general Francis McLean landed on the coast of the District of Maine and established a series of fortifications around Fort George on the Majabigwaduce Peninsula in the upper Penobscot Bay with the goals of establishing a military presence on that part of the coast and establishing the colony of New Ireland. In response, the Massachusetts Provincial Congress, supported by the Second Continental Congress, raised an expedition to drive McLean's troops out.
agosto de 1779
Battle of Newtown
The Battle of Newtown was the only major battle of the Sullivan Expedition, an armed offensive led by Major General John Sullivan that was ordered by George Washington to end the threat of the Haudenosaunee who had sided with the British in the American Revolutionary War. Opposing Sullivan's four brigades were 250 Loyalist soldiers from Butler's Rangers, commanded by Major John Butler, and 350 Haudenosaunee and Lenape (Delaware). Butler and Mohawk war leader Joseph Brant did not want to make a stand at Newtown, and instead proposed to harass the enemy on the march, but were overruled by Sayenqueraghta and other Indigenous war leaders.
agosto de 1779
Battle of Paulus Hook
The Battle of Paulus Hook was fought on August 19, 1779, between Continental Army and British forces in the American Revolutionary War. The Patriots were led by Major Light Horse Harry Lee, and launched a nighttime raid on the British-controlled fort in what is today downtown Jersey City. They surprised the British, taking 158 prisoners, and withdrew with the approach of daylight. Despite retaining the fort and its cannons, the British lost much of their control over New Jersey. Lee was rewarded by the Second Continental Congress with a gold medal, the only non-general to receive such an award during the war.
septiembre de 1779 – octubre de 1779
Sitio de Savannah
El sitio de Savannah es el nombre por el que se conoce a una batalla de la guerra de Independencia de los Estados Unidos que se produjo en 1779. Un año antes, la ciudad de Savannah, en el estado de Georgia había sido tomada por un cuerpo expedicionario del Ejército británico al mando del teniente coronel Archibald Campbell. El sitio propiamente consistió en una tentativa conjunta de tropas franco-estadounidenses para la reconquista de la ciudad de Savannah, que tuvo lugar entre los días 16 de septiembre de 1779 y 18 de octubre de 1779. El 9 de octubre de ese mismo año de 1779 tuvo lugar un fuerte asalto contra los británicos, aunque se saldó con un fracaso. Durante dicho asalto, el conde polaco Kazimierz Pułaski, que combatía a favor de la independencia de los Estados Unidos cayó mortalmente herido. Con el fracaso del ataque, el sitio franco-estadounidense fracasó, y los británicos mantuvieron en sus manos el control del estado de Georgia hasta 1782.
septiembre de 1779
Batalla de Baton Rouge (1779)
La batalla de Baton Rouge fue una importante victoria española en septiembre de 1779 durante la Revolución estadounidense. Baton Rouge fue el segundo enclave británico en caer en manos hispanas durante la campaña de Bernardo de Gálvez hacia el Oeste de la Florida.
septiembre de 1779
Batalla del Lago Pontchartrain
La batalla del Lago Pontchartrain fue un enfrentamiento naval ocurrido el 10 de septiembre de 1779 entre las flotas aliadas hispano-estadounidense, dirigida por el capitán William Pickles, y la británica, en el contexto de la guerra de Independencia de los Estados Unidos. El encuentro, librado en las aguas del lago Pontchartrain, se saldó con una victoria aliada y la rendición el 16 de octubre del mismo año de las fuerzas británicas entre la actual Lacombe y el río Tangipahoa.
septiembre de 1779
Captura de Fort Bute
La captura del Fuerte de Manchak o de Fort Bute tuvo lugar en Manchac, Luisiana, y señaló el inicio de la intervención española en la guerra de Independencia de los Estados Unidos del lado del Reino de Francia y los rebeldes norteamericanos; con el fin de desplazar el dominio inglés de América del Norte.
marzo de 1780 – mayo de 1780
Asedio de Charleston
El asedio de Charleston fue una de las batallas más importantes en la etapa final de la guerra de la Independencia de Estados Unidos, después de que los británicos desplazaran su foco estratégico a las colonias del sur. Como derrota, significó la mayor derrota en número de bajas del lado revolucionario. En cambio, el General George Washington consiguió evitar los intentos de combate fuerza a fuerza y ubicar a sus fuerzas estratégicamente para que las mejores comunicaciones de los británicos (SLOC) no pudieran realizar un golpe aplastante. Al mismo tiempo, Washington, junto con su ayudante, el general La Fayette, fue consciente de los esfuerzos por ganarle a los británicos el Reino Unido de Francia.
marzo de 1780
Batalla del Fuerte Charlotte
La batalla del Fuerte Charlotte fue un sitio que se prolongó por dos semanas dirigido por el famoso general español Bernardo de Gálvez contra Gran Bretaña para proteger las fortificaciones de la actual Mobile durante la guerra revolucionaria americana. La fortaleza de Charlotte era el puesto fronterizo británico capaz de amenazar Nueva Orleans en la vecina colonia de la Luisiana española, cuya caída permitió a los españoles alcanzar el oeste de la Florida.
mayo de 1780
Battle of Waxhaws
The Battle of Waxhaws was a military engagement which took place near Lancaster, South Carolina on May 29, 1780, during the American Revolutionary War. A provincial unit, the British Legion commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton, overtook a Patriot force led by Abraham Buford. Buford's men consisted of Continental Army soldiers, while Tarleton's force was mostly made up of Loyalist troops. After the two forces sighted each other, Buford rejected an offer of surrender terms, and Tarleton's cavalry charged. An unknown number of Buford's men then attempted to surrender at the same time as Tarleton's horse was shot, pinning him underneath. An unknown number of Loyalists, angered by this apparent perfidy, continued their attack, killing some Patriots until order was restored.
mayo de 1780
Batalla de San Luis
La batalla de San Luis fue un infructuoso ataque británico a San Luis ocurrido el 26 de mayo de 1780, durante la guerra de Independencia de los Estados Unidos.
junio de 1780
Batalla de Springfield
La Batalla de Springfield fue un enfrentamiento decisivo de la Guerra de Independencia de los Estados Unidos, que tuvo lugar el 23 de junio de 1780 en el condado de Essex, Nueva Jersey. La batalla, que resultó en una victoria estadounidense, puso fin de manera efectiva a las ambiciones británicas en Nueva Jersey.
agosto de 1780
Batalla de Camden
La batalla de Camden fue una gran victoria para los ingleses en el escenario sureño de la guerra de independencia estadounidense. El 16 de agosto de 1780, las fuerzas británicas bajo el teniente general Lord Charles Cornwallis derrotó a las fuerzas estadounidenses del general Horatio Gates cerca de 10 km al norte de Camden, fortaleciendo el dominio británico en las Carolinas siguiendo la captura de Charleston.
agosto de 1780
Battle of Piqua
The Battle of Piqua, also known as the Battle of Peckowee, Battle of Pekowi, Battle of Peckuwe and the Battle of Pickaway, was a military engagement fought on August 8, 1780, at the Indian village of Piqua along the Mad River in western Ohio Country between the Kentucky County militia under General George Rogers Clark and Shawnee Indians under Chief Black Hoof. The Indians were driven off and the village and surrounding fields burned, but Clark suffered daunting casualties. Clark's expedition was in response to Bird's invasion of Kentucky earlier that summer by a combined force of Shawnee, Lenape and Miami warriors that killed and captured hundreds of white settlers.
septiembre de 1780
Battle of Charlotte
The Battle of Charlotte was fought on September 26, 1780 during the American Revolutionary War. It took place at what was then the Mecklenburg County courthouse; which is now the site of the Bank of America tower at Trade and Tryon Streets in uptown Charlotte, North Carolina. An advance guard of General Charles Cornwallis' army rode into town and encountered a well-prepared American militia under the command of William R. Davie in front of the court house. A skirmish ensued in which George Hanger, leading British cavalry, was wounded. The small American force, which had not intended more than token resistance, withdrew north toward Salisbury, North Carolina upon the arrival of Cornwallis and the main army.
octubre de 1780
Batalla de Kings Mountain
La Batalla de Kings Mountain fue un conflicto bélico ocurrido el 7 de octubre de 1780 en el marco de la Guerra de Independencia de los Estados Unidos. La batalla supuso una importante y decisiva victoria independentista; de hecho, Theodore Roosevelt afirmó que esta victoria marcó un "punto de inflexión en la Revolución Estadounidense".
noviembre de 1780
Battle of Blackstock's Farm
The Battle of Blackstock's Farm, also called Blackstock's Plantation, Blackstock's Hill, and Blackstocks, a military engagement of the American Revolutionary War, took place in what today is Union County, South Carolina, a few miles from Cross Anchor, on November 20, 1780.
enero de 1781
Batalla de Cowpens
La batalla de Cowpens fue un combate perteneciente a la guerra de Independencia de los Estados Unidos acaecido el 17 de enero de 1781 cerca de Chesnee. Los contrincantes fueron Reino Unido por un lado, y los recién independizados Estados Unidos por el otro. La batalla concluyó con la victoria de los americanos.
enero de 1781
Batalla de Mobila
La batalla de Mobila fue la contraofensiva militar de Gran Bretaña para recapturar esta ciudad, tomada por el ejército español en el marco de la guerra de Independencia de los Estados Unidos tras la batalla del Fuerte Charlotte.
febrero de 1781
Pyle's Massacre
Pyle's Massacre was an engagement fought in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina, on February 24, 1781, during the American Revolutionary War. The battle was fought between Patriot troops attached to the Continental Army under Colonel Henry Lee III and Loyalist North Carolina militiamen commanded by John Pyle. Due to the unique uniforms worn by Lee's men, the Loyalists mistakenly believed they were the British Legion, who were en route to reinforce Pyle. When Lee's men opened fire, they took Pyle's forces totally by surprise. This resulted in an extremely lopsided victory for Lee, and Pyle's command was scattered and routed.
marzo de 1781 – mayo de 1781
Batalla de Pensacola
La batalla de Pensacola, librada en Pensacola de marzo a mayo de 1781, marcó la culminación del esfuerzo de España por reconquistar las Floridas del dominio británico, en el contexto de la Revolución americana.
marzo de 1781
Batalla de Guilford Court House
La batalla de Guildford Court House fue una batalla que ocurrió en Carolina del Norte el 15 de marzo de 1781. Junto con la anterior batalla de Cowpens, esta batalla resultó fundamental para la victoria estadounidense en la guerra de la Independencia de Estados Unidos.
marzo de 1781
Batalla del cabo Henry
La batalla del cabo Henry es una batalla naval de la Guerra de Independencia de los Estados Unidos, que se libró en la bahía de Chesapeake el 16 de marzo de 1781 entre la escuadra inglesa al mando del almirante Marriott Arbuthnot y la escuadra francesa del capitán Charles Sochet des Touches.
abril de 1781
Batalla de Hobkirk's Hill
La batalla de Hobkirk's Hill fue una batalla de la guerra de Independencia de los Estados Unidos que se libró el 25 de abril de 1781 cerca de Camden, Carolina del Sur. Una pequeña fuerza estadounidense bajo el mando de Nathanael Greene que ocupaba Hobkirk's Hill, al norte de Camden, fue atacada por tropas británicas dirigidas por Francis Rawdon. Después de un feroz enfrentamiento, Greene se retiró, dejando a la fuerza más pequeña de Rawdon en posesión de la colina.
abril de 1781
Battle of Blandford
The Battle of Blandford, also called the Battle of Petersburg, took place near Petersburg, Virginia on 25 April 1781, late in the American War of Independence. Roughly 2,300 British regulars under the command of Brigadier General William Phillips defeated about 1,000 American militia under Major General Baron von Steuben.
abril de 1781
Asedio de Fort Watson
El asedio de Fort Watson fue un enfrentamiento de la guerra de Independencia Estadounidense en Carolina del Sur que comenzó el 15 de abril de 1781 y duró hasta el 23 de abril de 1781. En ella las fuerzas del ejército continental bajo el mando de Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee y la milicia de Carolina del Sur bajo el mando de Francis Marion sitiaron Fort Watson, un puesto de avanzada británico fortificado que formaba parte de la cadena de comunicación y suministro entre Charleston y otros puestos de avanzada británicos más al interior.
mayo de 1781 – junio de 1781
Siege of Ninety Six
The siege of Ninety Six was a siege in western South Carolina late in the American Revolutionary War. From May 22 to June 18, 1781, Continental Army Major General Nathanael Greene led 1,000 troops in a siege against the 550 Loyalists in the fortified village of Ninety Six, South Carolina. The 28-day siege centered on an earthen fortification known as Star Fort. Despite having more troops, Greene was unsuccessful in taking the town, and was forced to lift the siege when Lord Rawdon approached from Charleston with British troops.
junio de 1781
Battle of Spencer's Ordinary
The Battle of Spencer's Ordinary was an inconclusive skirmish that took place on 26 June 1781, late in the American Revolutionary War. British forces under Lieutenant Colonel John Graves Simcoe and American forces under Colonel Richard Butler, light detachments from the armies of General Lord Cornwallis and the Marquis de Lafayette respectively, clashed near a tavern at a road intersection not far from Williamsburg, Virginia.
julio de 1781
Battle of Green Spring
The Battle of Green Spring took place near Green Spring Plantation in James City County, Virginia during the American Revolutionary War. On July 6, 1781 United States Brigadier General "Mad" Anthony Wayne, leading the advance forces of the Marquis de Lafayette, was ambushed near the plantation by the British army of Earl Charles Cornwallis in the last major land battle of the Virginia campaign prior to the Siege of Yorktown.
agosto de 1781
Lochry's Defeat
Lochry's Defeat, also known as the Lochry massacre, was a battle fought on August 24, 1781, near present-day Aurora, Indiana, in the United States. The battle was part of the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), which began as a conflict between Great Britain and the Thirteen Colonies before spreading to the western frontier, where American Indians entered the war as British allies. The battle was short and decisive: about one hundred Indians of local tribes led by Joseph Brant, a Mohawk military leader who was temporarily in the west, ambushed a similar number of Pennsylvania militiamen led by Archibald Lochry. Brant and his men killed or captured all of the Pennsylvanians without suffering any casualties.
septiembre de 1781 – octubre de 1781
Batalla de Yorktown (1781)
La batalla de Yorktown tuvo lugar durante la guerra de Independencia de los Estados Unidos entre el 28 de septiembre y el 19 de octubre de 1781. Enfrentó a los independentistas y sus aliados franceses —tanto los enviados oficialmente al mando del conde de Rochambeau como los voluntarios del marqués de La Fayette— contra los británicos al mando de lord Cornwallis.
septiembre de 1781
Batalla de la Bahía de Chesapeake
La batalla de la bahía de Chesapeake, también conocida como la batalla de los Cabos de Virginia o la batalla de los Cabos, fue una batalla crucial y definitoria en la guerra de Independencia de los Estados Unidos. Tuvo lugar el 5 de septiembre de 1781 cerca de la boca de la bahía de Chesapeake entre una flota británica, conducida por el contraalmirante Thomas Graves, y una flota francesa, dirigida por el contraalmirante conde de Grasse. Desde el punto de vista táctico, la batalla no tuvo un resultado claro, pero desde el punto de vista estratégico fue un gran triunfo de los franceses, ya que condujo directamente a la independencia de los Estados Unidos, que era el objetivo de la guerra.
septiembre de 1781
Batalla de Eutaw Springs
La batalla de Eutaw Springs fue la última batalla importante en el teatro del sur durante la guerra de Independencia Estadounidense. Ocurrió el 8 de septiembre de 1781 y en ella los continentales bajo Nathanael Greene consiguieron dar una victoria pírrica a las fuerzas británicas bajo Alexander Stewart, que selló el destino de los británicos en Carolina del Sur y, de forma indirecta, también en Yorktown.
septiembre de 1781
Battle of Groton Heights
The Battle of Groton Heights was a battle of the American Revolutionary War fought on September 6, 1781, between a small Connecticut militia force led by Lieutenant Colonel William Ledyard and the more numerous British forces led by Brigadier General Benedict Arnold and Lieutenant Colonel Edmund Eyre.
abril de 1782
Battle of Delaware Bay
The Battle of Delaware Bay, or the Battle of Cape May, was a naval engagement fought between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United States during the American Revolutionary War. A British force of three vessels attacked three American privateers that were escorting a fleet of merchantmen. The ensuing combat in Delaware Bay near Cape May ended with the American sloop Hyder Ally capturing the British sloop-of-war HMS General Monk.
agosto de 1782
Battle of Blue Licks
The Battle of Blue Licks, fought on August 19, 1782, was one of the last battles of the American Revolutionary War. The battle occurred ten months after Lord Cornwallis's surrender at Yorktown, which had effectively ended the war in the east. On a hill next to the Licking River in what is now Robertson County, Kentucky, a force of 50 Butler's Rangers and 300 Indigenous warriors ambushed and routed 182 Kentucky militia, who were partially led by Daniel Boone, the famed frontiersman.
septiembre de 1782
Siege of Fort Henry (1782)
The second siege of Fort Henry was a three-day engagement during the American Revolutionary War that began on September 11, 1782. A force of about 260 Wyandot, Shawnee, Mingo and Lenape attacked Fort Henry, an American fortification at what is now Wheeling, West Virginia. They were accompanied by 40 soldiers from Butler's Rangers, a British provincial regiment. The siege was one of the last engagements of the Revolutionary War. In the 19th century, the story of the siege became well known to Americans due to the "gunpowder exploit" of Betty Zane.
abril de 1783
Batalla del Puesto de Arkansas (1783)
La batalla del Puesto de Arkansas fue una batalla de la guerra anglo-española librada en el Puesto de Arkansas el 17 de abril de 1783.
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