REVOLUTIONARY WAR

 

 

Date:  1775–1781 
Location:  Eastern North America (present-day United States and Canada), Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Caribbean Sea 
Result:  Treaty of Paris ;Territorialchanges Britain recognizes independence of the United States, cedes East Florida, West Florida, and Minorca to Spain and Tobago to France

 

Combatants 
United States
France
Spanish Empire
Dutch Republic
Oneida
Tuscarora
Polish volunteers
Quebec volunteers
Prussian volunteers Kingdom of Great Britain
Iroquois Confederacy
Hessian mercenaries
Loyalists 

Commanders 
George Washington
Nathanael Greene
Gilbert de La Fayette
Comte de Rochambeau
Bernardo de Gαlvez
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben King George III
Sir William Howe
Sir Henry Clinton
Lord Cornwallis
John Burgoyne
Johann Rall
Joseph Brant 

Campaigns and theaters 
Boston – Canadian – New York and New Jersey – Saratoga – Philadelphia – Western – Northern – Southern – West Indies and Gulf Coast – Naval

Battles in chronological order

1775
Boston campaign, 1774–1776
Powder Alarm – Lexington and Concord – Boston siege – Bunker Hill – Dorchester Heights

Canadian theater, 1775–1776
Ticonderoga – Crown Point – Longue-Pointe – Fort St. Jean – Quebec – Les Cθdres – Saint-Pierre – Vaudreuil – Trois-Riviθres – Valcour Bay – Fort Cumberland

Battles of Lexington and Concord – April 19, 1775
Siege of Boston – April 19 - March 17, 1776
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga – May 10, 1775
Battle of Crown Point – May 12, 1775
Battle of St. Johns – May 14-18, 1775
Battle of Noodles Island – May 27, 1775
Battle of Hog Island – May 28, 1775
Battle of Bunker Hill – June 17, 1775
Battle of Gloucester – August 8, 1775
Battle of Stonington – August 30, 1775
Battle of Ile Aux Noix – September 5, 1775
Battle of St. Johns (First) – September 18 - November 3, 1775
Burning of Falmouth – October 18, 1775*
Battle of Kemp's Landing – November 14, 1775
Battle of Great Bridge – November 28 - December 9, 1775
Battle of Quebec – December 31, 1775

1776
New York and New Jersey, 1776–1777
Long Island – Kip's Bay – Harlem Heights – Pell's Point – White Plains – Fort Washington – 1st Trenton – 2nd Trenton – Princeton – Forage War – Bound Brook

Burning of Norfolk – January 1, 1776
Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge – February 27, 1776
Fortification of Dorchester Heights – March 4, 1776 *
Battle of Nassau – March 2 – March 3, 1776
Battle of the Rice Boats – March 2 – March 3, 1776
Battle of Saint-Pierre – March 25, 1776
Battle of the Cedars – May 15 – May 16, 1776
Battle of Trois-Riviθres – June 8, 1776
Battle of Long Island – August 27, 1776 (or the Battle of Brooklyn)
Landing at Kip's Bay – September 15, 1776
Battle of Harlem Heights – September 16, 1776
Battle of Valcour Island – October 11, 1776
Battle of White Plains – October 28, 1776
Battle of Fort Washington – November 16, 1776
Battle of Fort Lee – November 19, 1776
Battle of Trenton – December 26, 1776

1777
Saratoga campaign, 1777
Ticonderoga – Hubbardton – Fort Ann – Oriskany – Bennington – 1st Saratoga (Freeman's Farm) – 2nd Saratoga (Bemis Heights)

Philadelphia campaign 1777–1778
Brandywine – Paoli – Germantown – White Marsh – Matson's Ford – Valley Forge – Crooked Billet – Barren Hill – Monmouth

Second Battle of Trenton – January 2, 1777
Battle of Princeton – January 3, 1777
Battle of Millstone – January 20, 1777
Forage War – Winter 1777
Battle of Bound Brook – April 13, 1777
Battle of Short Hills – June 1777
Second Battle of Ticonderoga – July 5-July 6, 1777 *
Battle of Hubbardton – July 7, 1777
Battle of Fort Ann – July 8, 1777
Battle of Oriskany – August 6, 1777
Battle of Bennington – August 16, 1777
Battle of Brandywine – September 11, 1777
Battle of the Clouds – September 16, 1777
Paoli Massacre – September 21, 1777
Battle of Freeman's Farm – September 19, 1777 (or 1st Saratoga)
Battle of Germantown – October 2, 1777
Battle of Red Bank – October 5 to November 25, 1777
Battle of Bemis Heights – October 7, 1777 (or 2nd Saratoga)
Battle of Saratoga – October 17, 1777
Second Battle of Gloucester – November 25, 1777 (or Gloucester)
Battle of White Marsh – December 5 to December 8, 1777
Battle of Matson's Ford – 11 December 1777

1778
Northern theater after Saratoga, 1778–1781
Cobleskill – Wyoming Valley – Big Runaway – Rhode Island – Carleton's Raid – Cherry Valley – Stony Point – Minisink – Penobscot Expedition – Sullivan Expedition – Newtown – Springfield – Groton Heights

Southern theater (1775–83)
Gunpowder Incident – Great Bridge – Moore's Creek Bridge – Rice Boats – Alligator Bridge – Beaufort – Kettle Creek – Briar Creek – Stono Ferry – Savannah – Waxhaw - Charleston – Camden – Kings Mountain – Cowpens – Guilford Court House – Hobkirk's Hill – Eutaw Springs – Yorktown

Western theater
Boonesborough – Kaskaskia & Vincennes – Fort Laurens – St. Louis – Bird's expedition – Lochry's Defeat – Long Run – Gnadenhutten – Crawford expedition – Bryan Station – Blue Licks

Gulf Coast campaigns
Fort Bute – Baton Rouge – Fort Charlotte – San Fernando – Fort San Juan – St. Louis – Mobile – Pensacola
Campaign in North American Waters 1778–1782
Newport – Penobscot – Cape Henry – Chesapeake
European waters, 1778–1782
First Ushant – Cape St. Vincent – Dogger Bank – Second Ushant – Cape Spartel – Fort St. Philip
West Indies campaign
Nassau – St. Lucia – Grenada – Martinique – Fort Royal – St. Kitts – The Saintes
East Indies Campaign 1778–1783
Porto Praya – Sadras – Providien – Negapatam – Trincomalee – Cuddalore
Battle of Freetown – May 25, 1778
Battle of Monmouth – June 28, 1778
Battle of Alligator Bridge – June 30, 1778
First Battle of Ushant – July 27, 1778
Battle of Rhode Island – August 29, 1778
Baylor Massacre – September 27, 1778
Little Egg Harbor massacre – October, 1778
Battle of Chestnut Neck – October 6, 1778
Carleton's Raid (1778) – October 24 - November 14, 1778

1779
Battle of Beaufort – 3 February 1779, also known as Battle of Port Royal Island
Battle of Kettle Creek – 14 February 1779
Battle of Vincennes – February 23 – February 25, 1779
Battle of Briar Creek – March 3, 1779
Battle of Stono Ferry – 20 June 1779
Battle of Stony Point – July 16, 1779
Battle of Paulus Hook – August 19, 1779
Battle of Newtown – August 29, 1779
Siege of Savannah – October 9, 1779

1780
Battle of Cape St. Vincent – January 16, 1780
Siege of Charleston – March 29, 1780
Bird's Invasion of Kentucky – May–June, 1780
Battle of Connecticut Farms – June 6, 1780
Battle of Springfield – June 23, 1780
Battle of Pekowee – August 8, 1780, also known as the Battle of Piqua
Battle of Camden – August 16, 1780
Battle of Kings Mountain – October 7, 1780
Royalton Raid – October 16, 1780

1781
Battle of Cowpens – January 17, 1781
Battle of Guilford Court House – March 15, 1781
Battle of Groton Heights – September 6, 1781
Battle of Eutaw Springs – September 8, 1781
Siege of Yorktown – September 28 – October 17, 1781
Second Battle of Ushant – December 12, 1781

1782
Battle of Sadras – February 17, 1782
Battle of the Saintes – April 9-April 12, 1782
Battle of Blue Licks – August 19, 1782
Battle of the Combahee River – August 27, 1782 

 



MARSTELLER, Frederick
1754-bef. 1800
American
PA
Private
PA Archives, 6th series Vol. I p. 913

MARSTELLER, Frederick
2/11/1737-12/1815
PA
Bedford County Associators
Private
Frederick changed the spelling of his name to Mostoller.
Wefley: History of Bedford, Vol II p.113

MARSTELLER, George
4/26/1761-5/5/1833
PA
Berks County Militia
Private
PA Archives, 5th series Vol. III p. 282

MARSTELLER, George
5/24/1736-1/25/1800
PA
Chester County Militia
Private
PA Archives, 5th series Vol. III p. 282

MARSTELLER, Heinrich
1747-10/1804
PA
Berks County Militia
Private
PA Archives, 5th series Vol. V p. 273

MARSTELLER, Henry
9/1754-3/1796
PA
2nd Battalion Berks Co. PA Militia. Capt. Eagnor's Company.
Private
 PA Archives, 5th series Vol. V p. 275

MARSTELLER, Jacob
1758-1829
PA
Berks County, PA
Private

Berks County Historical Society

MARSTELLER, Michael
12/21/1751-7/1816
PA
Philadelphia Rifle Regiment
Private
PA Archives, 5th series Vol.II p. 260, 262, 264, 267, 269, 270, 271, 272, 274, 275, 448 3rd series Vol. XXIII p. 251, 6th series Vol I p.924, Vol III p.1295, 1325, Vol IV p. 425, Vol V p. 461



MARSTELLER, Nicholas
1745-1810
PA
Northhampton Co. PA Associators and Militia 8th Company, 4th Battalion
Captain
PA Archives, 5th series Vol.II p. 260, 262, 264, 267, 269, 270, 271, 272, 274, 275, 448, 540, 541. Vol. VIII p. 190, 330, 364, 566

MARSTELLER, Peter
1760-3/31/1800
PA
1st Battalion Berks Co. PA Militia. Capt. Strouse's Company.
Private
Berks County Historical Society

MARSTELLER, Philip
1/4/1742-1/4/1803
PA
Quartermaster Corp.
Colonel
Pallbearer for Pres. George Washington.
Marsteller Family Journal, Vol.VII

MARSTELLER, Valentine
12/26/1738-8/4/1804
PA
Bucks County Militia
Private
PA Archives, 5th series Vol. V p. 332, 428

MOSTELLER, George
1745-1790
 NC

Private
Curtis Mosteller Letter



MOSTELLER, Peter
1740-1/1/1814
NC

Private
NC State Archives