Important battles of the Revolutionary War

By: Me(Dylan Orwig)

Lexington and Concord

• Date: Wednesday, April 19, 1775• Weather: ~55-65`F, winds calm• Location: Lexington and Concord

Massachusetts

Siege of Fort Ticonderoga

• Date: Wednesday, May 10, 1775• Weather: ~55-65`F, winds 10 knots• Location: Fort Ticonderoga, New York

Battle of Chelsea Creek

• Date: Saturday, May 27, 1775• Weather: 65 degrees and cloudy• Location: Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Battle of Bunker( Breeds) Hill

• Date: Friday, June 16, 1775• Weather: ~55-65`F, winds 10 knots• Location: Charlestown, Massachusetts

Battle of Quebec

• Date: Sunday, December 31, 1775• Weather: ~31`F,Blizzard conditions• Location: Quebec City, Province of Quebec

Battle of Long Island( Brooklyn Heights)

• Date: Tuesday, August 27, 1776• Weather: ~78-82`F, rain/fog and high winds• Location: Long Island, New York

Battle of White Plains

• Date: Monday, October 28, 1776• Weather: Heavy rains• Location: White Plains, New York

Battle of Fort Washington

• Date: Saturday, November 16,1776• Weather: ~28`F; winds ~20-30 knots; Light

Snow• Location: Washington Heights, Manhattan,

New York

Battle of Trenton

• Date: Thursday, December 26, 1776• Weather: ~20`F, cloudy, winds calm• Location: Trenton, New Jersey

Battle of Princeton

• Date: Friday, January 03, 1777• Weather: ~28`F; clear; windy• Location: Princeton, New Jersey

Battle of Oriskany

• Date: Wednesday, April 06, 1777• Weather:84`F, clear, humid, and light winds• Location: Oriskany , New York

Battle of Bennington

• Date: Saturday, August 16, 1777• Weather: ~80F Cloudy, Rain and

Thunderstorms• Location: Bennington, New York

Battle of Brandywine

• Date: Thursday, September, 11, 1777• Weather: ~50F winds calm; thick fog• Location: Near Chadds Ford, Pennslyvania

Battle of Saratoga( Freeman’s Farm)

• Date: Friday, September, 19, 1777• Weather: 52`F,cloudy• Location: Saratoga Country, New York

Battle of Germantown

• Date: Saturday, October 04, 1777• Weather: 34`F, cloudy, morning fog • Location: Germantown, Pennslyvania

Battle of Saratoga( Bemis Heights)

• Date: Tuesday, October 07, 1777• Weather: 48F Cloudy• Location: Saratoga County, New York

Battle of Monmouth

• Date: Sunday, June 28, 1778• Weather: ~96`F, warm and humid• Location: Monmouth, New Jersey

Siege of Charlestown

• Date: Wednesday, March 29, 1780• Weather: ~65-70`F, clear, very windy• Location: Charlestown, South Carolina

Battle of Kings Mountain

• Date: Saturday, October 07, 1780• Weather: ~22`F winds 13knots• Location: Near Blackburn, SC and Kings

Mountain, NC

Battle of Cowpens

• Date: Wednesday, January 17, 1781• Weather: ~55-65`F, winds 10knots• Location: Cowpens, South Carolina

Battle of Guilford Courthouse

• Date: Thursday, March 15, 1781• Weather:~45-50`F, sunny• Location: Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina

Battle of Eutaw Springs

• Date: Saturday, September 08, 1781• Weather: ~75-85`F, winds 15-20 knots• Location: Near present-day Eutawville, South

Carolina

Battle of Yorktown

• Date: Tuesday, October 09, 1781• Weather:~49-60`F, winds 7-20 knots• Location: Yorktown, Virginia