Major Battles and Skirmishes of the American Revolution: 1778-1781
including Commanders, Force Size and Casualties

American British
Date Battle Commander Force Killed Wounded Captured Commander Force Killed Wounded Captured
1778
Jun 28 Monmouth Courthouse Gen. Washington 13,462 (3) 152 300 Gen. Henry Clinton 13,059 (3) 190 390 576
Jul 3 Wyoming Col. Zebulon Butler 360 300 (1) Col. John Butler 900 3 8
Aug 29 Newport Gen. John Sullivan 5,000 30 137 Gen. Sir Robert Pigot 3,000 38 210
Nov 11 Cherry Valley Col. Ichabod Alden 250 70 33 Walter Butler & Brant 700
Dec 29 Savannah Gen. Robert Howe 850 83 LtC. Archibald Campbell 3,500 3 10
1779
Feb 3 Beaufort Gen. William Moultrie 320 8 22 Maj. Gardiner 200
Feb 14 Kettle Creek Col. Andrew Pickens 300 9 23 Col. Boyd 700 40 70
Mar 3 Briar Creek Gen. John Ashe 1,700 200 173 Lt. C. Mark Prevost 900 5 11
Jun 20 Stono Ferry Gen. Benjamin Lincoln 1,200 146 (1) Lt. C. John Maitland 900 26 103
Jul 16 Stoney Point Gen. Anthony Wayne 1,350 15 83 LtC. Henry Johnson 625 20 74 543
Jul-Aug Penobscot Expedition Gens. Lovell & Wadsworth 1,000 474 (4) Col. Francis MacLean 600 13 (1)
Aug 19 Paulus Hook Col. Henry Lee 300 2 3 Maj. William Sutherland 250 50 (1) 158
Aug 29 Newtown Gen. John Sullivan 3,462 3 39 Walter Butler & Brant 1,200 12
Sep 16 Siege of Savannah Gen. Benjamin Lincoln 5,050 244 584 Gen. Augustine Prevost 3,200 40 63
1780
Feb 3 Young's House LtC. Joseph Thompson 450 14 37 76 Lt. C. Chapple Norton 550 5 18
Mar 29 Siege of Charleston Gen. Benjamin Lincoln 5,000 92 148 4,650 Gen. Henry Clinton 14,000 76 189
Apr 14 Monck's Corner Gen. Isaac Huger 500 20 (1) 67 LtC. Banastre Tarleton 650 3
May 6 Lenud's Ferry Col. William Washington 350 41 (1) 67 LtC. Banastre Tarleton 150
May 29 Waxhaws Col. Abraham Buford 400 113 203 (3) LtC. Banastre Tarleton 270 5 15
Jun 7-23 Springfield Gen. Nathaniel Greene 1,800 15 61 Gen. W. Knyphausen 5,000 150 (1)
Jun 20 Ramseur's Mill Col. Francis Locke 400 150 (1) Lt. C. John Moore 1,300 150 (1)
Aug 1 Rocky Mount Col. Thomas Sumter 600 14 (1) LtC. George Trumbull 500 200 (1)
Aug 16 Camden Gen. Horatio Gates 3,052 1,050 (4) Gen. Cornwallis 2,239 68 245
Aug 18 Fishing Creek Col. Thomas Sumter 700 150 330 LtC. Banastre Tarleton 160 16 (1)
Oct 7 King's Mountain Cols.Campbell,Cleveland, 900 28 62 Maj. Patrick Ferguson 1,104 225 163 716
McDowell,Sevier&Shelby
Oct 19 Klock's Field Gen. Robt Van Rensselaer 1,500 Sir John Johnson 1,000
Nov 20 Blackstock's Plantation Col. Thomas Sumter 1,000 3 5 LtC. Banastre Tarleton 270 50 (1)
1781
Jan 17 Cowpens Gen. Daniel Morgan 1,025 12 60 LtC. Banastre Tarleton 1,100 100 229 829
Feb 25 Haw River Cols. Pickens & Lee 600 none Col. John Pyle 400 90 250
Mar 6 Wetzell's Mill Col. Otho Williams 700 20 (1) LtC. Banastre Tarleton 1,200 21 (1)
Mar 15 Guilford Courthouse Gen. Nathaniel Greene 4,400 78 183 Gen. Cornwallis 1,900 143 389
Apr 25 Blandford Gen. A. von Steuben 1,000 60 (1) Gen. William Phillips 2,500 70 (1)
Apr 25 Hobkirk's Hill Gen. Nathaniel Greene 1,551 19 115 Lt. C. Lord Rawdon 900 38 170 50
May 8 Fort Motte Gen. Francis Marion 450 2 LtC. Donald McPherson 175 175
May 22 Siege of Augusta Gen. Andrew Pickens 1,600 16 35 LtC. Thomas Browne 630 52 334
May 22 Siege of Ninety-Six Gen. Nathaniel Greene 1,500 57 70 LtC. John Kruger 550 27 58
Jun 26 Spencer's Ordinary Col. Richard Butler 570 9 14 32 LtC. John Simcoe 400 10 23
Jul 6 Greenspring Farm Gens. Lafayette&Wayne 900 28 99 12 Gen. Cornwallis 7,000 25 (1)
Sep 8 Eutaw Springs Gen. Nathaniel Greene 2,200 139 375 LtC. Alexander Stewart 2,000 85 351 400
Sep 12 Cane Creek Gen. John Butler 400 25 90 10 Cols. Fanning & McNeil 950 27 90
Sep 28 Siege of Yorktown Gen. Washington
Gen. Rochambeau		 11,133
7,800		 23
60		 65
193		 Gen. Cornwallis 8,885 156 326 8,087

Footnotes: (1) Killed or Wounded; (2) Wounded or Captured; (3) 37 Americans and 59 British died of heat stroke; (4) Killed, Wounded or Captured.

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