Directory of Battles Resources

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This category lists pages about battles in the American Revolution, also known as the American War for Independence (AWI). Fought on North American soil from April, 1775 through November, 1783, the conflict pitted 13 of the British colonies in North America against their parent country, Great Britain. Attempts to add a 14th, Canada failed.

Resources in This Category

• Battle of Breed's Hill / Bunker Hill

  http://www.wpi.edu/academics/military/bhill.html
  Brief history, overview of events precipitating battle, and key events with specific information of participants and area.

• Battle of Saratoga

  http://www.wpi.edu/academics/military/saratoga.html
  Brief history, overview of events precipitating battle, and key events with specific information of participants and area.

• Guilford Court House - A Pivotal Battle in the War for Independence

  http://www.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/32guilford/32guilford.htm
  A lesson with objectives and materials to be taught as units on the Revolutionary War or a course on conflict resolution.

• Lafayette's Campaign Virginia

  http://xenophongroup.com/mcjoynt/laf_va.htm
  A prelude to, and at the end, part of the Yorktown Campaign of 1781.

• The Battle of Millstone

  http://www.doublegv.com/ggv/battles/millstone.html
  The militia's defense of New Jersey after the Battle of Princeton.

• The Battle of Monmouth

  http://www.doublegv.com/ggv/battles/Monmouth.html
  In 1778 when the British abandoned Philadelphia, they crossed through New Jersey again, and Washington engaged them, and won at Monmouth Court House.

• The Battle of Princeton

  http://www.doublegv.com/ggv/battles/Princeton.html
  Washington chased the British out of most of New Jersey.

• The Battle of the Saintes

  http://www.fortogden.com/saintes.html
  Sea battle between the French and British fleets in 1782.

• The Battle of Trenton

  http://www.doublegv.com/ggv/battles/Trenton.html
  Washington chased the British out of most of New Jersey.

• The Battles of Connecticut Farms and Springfield

  http://www.doublegv.com/ggv/battles/Springfld.html
  The last major action in the north by the British.

• The Philadelphia Campaign

  http://www.ushistory.org/march/
  A virtual marching tour with a quick history of the war, overview of events leading to the campaign, and chronicles the events as they happen.

• Why We Remember Lexington and Concord and the Nineteenth of April

  http://rjohara.net/gen/wars/minuteman.html
  An essay, "That Memory May Their Deed Redeem", by Robert J. O'Hara.

• Yorktown Campaign, Virginia

  http://xenophongroup.com/mcjoynt/yrkcam-z.htm
  Shows the events leading up to the siege of Yorktown and takes you through the battle by describing daily events, aided by maps and illustrations. Covers the period August through October 1781.

 

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