Mid-Atlantic Colonies
and the War for Independence


Date
Place
State or
Province
Battle Type
10/14/1774 Declaration of Colonial Rights PA
3/23/1775 Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death - Patrick Henry PA
5/10/1775 Skenesboro Capture of schooner Liberty NY Both
5/10/1775 Fort Ticonderoga NY Land
5/12/1775 Crown Point NY Land
6/12/1775 Turtle Bay NY Land
7/1775 Expedition to Gardiner's Island NY Land
7/6/1775 Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms PA
8/11/1775 Plum Island NY Both
8/11/1775 Gardiners Island NY Both
8/24/1775 New York NY Both
c. 9/3/1775 New York NY Land
10/16/1775 Egg Harbor NJ Both
1/22 - 23/1776 off Sandy Hook Blue Mountain Valley NJ Sea
3/10/1776 Sandy Hook Lighthouse NJ Land
3/27/1776 off Bedlow's Island NY Sea
3/28/1776 Lewes DE Land
4/3/1776 Bedlow's Island NY Both
4/6/1776 off Block Island - Alfred NY Sea
4/7/1776 near Cape Henlopen DE Both
4/7/1776 Staten Island NY Both
4/9/1776 Graves End Bay - Brooklyn NY Both
4/14/1776 The Narrows - Staten Island NY Both
4/23/1776 Sandy Hook NJ Both
4/24/1776 Sandy Hook NJ Land
5/6/1776 Tindall's Island (Bacon's Neck) NJ Land
5/8/1776 off the High Land of Christeen - Delaware River Province DE Sea
5/9/1776 Delaware River DE Sea
5/13/1776 Sandy Hook NJ Both
5/22/1776 Sandy Hook NJ Both
5/31/1776 New York NY Both
6/1776 Amboy NJ Land
6/1/1776 Sandy Hook Lighthouse NJ Land
6/8/1776 Manasquam NJ Land
6/8/1776 New York Harbor NY Sea
6/10/1776 Dover DE Land
c. 6/20/1776 Lewes DE Land
6/21/1776 Sandy Hook NJ Land
6/29/1776 Turtle Gut Inlet NJ Sea
7/2/1776 Staten Island NY Both
7/3/1776 The Narrows - Long Island NY Both
7/3/1776 Staten Island NY Both
7/4/1776 Elizabethtown NJ Both
7/4/1776 The Narrows - New York Harbor NY Both
7/4/1776 New York NY Land
7/4/1776 Declaration of Independence PA
7/4/1776 Philadelphia PA Land
7/5/1776 New York NY Land
7/12 - 8/18/1776 Tappan Sea - Hudson's River NY Both
7/13/1776 Elizabethtown NJ Both
7/16/1776 Haverstraw NY Both
7/18/1776 Bergen Point NJ Land
7/18/1776 Haverstraw NY Both
7/19/1776 New York NY Land
7/21/1776 Bergen Point NJ Land
7/22/1776 off New Jersey coast NJ Both
7/23/1776 Staten Island NY Land
7/24/1776 Elizabethtown NJ Land
7/25/1776 South Amboy NJ Both
7/25/1776 Haverstraw NY Both
7/27/1776 Sing-Sing (Ossining) NY Both
7/27/1776 Hudson River - eastern shore NY Land
7/29/1776 Tappan Meadows NY Both
7/30/1776 Sing-Sing (Ossining) NY Both
8/3/1776 off Tarrytown NY Sea
8/16/1776 Tappan Sea - Hudson River NY Sea
8/18/1776 Hudson River NY Both
8/22 - 23/1776 Flatbush - Long Island NY Land
8/25/1776 Long Island NY Land
8/26/1776 Bergen Point NJ Land
8/26/1776 Long Island Sound - near Killing NY Both
8/26/1776 Valley Grove - Long Island NY Land
8/27/1776 Long Island (Bushwick or Brooklyn) NY Land
8/27/1776 New City Island NY Land
8/28/1776 Jamaica (Brookland Carpenter's House) NY Land
8/29 -30/1776 Americans evacuate Long Island NY Land
8/29/1776 Throg's Point NY Both
8/29/1776 Governor's Island NY Both
8/30/1776 Governor's Island NY Both
8/31/1776 Governor's Island NY Both
9/1/1776 Governor's Island NY Both
9/2/1776 East River NY Both
9/3/1776 Blackwell's Island NY Both
9/3/1776 Whitestone Bay NY Both
9/4 - 5/1776 Hunt's Point NY Both
c. 9/5/1776 Rahway NJ Land
9/5/1776 York Island NY Both
9/6/1776 Governor's Island NY Both
9/6/1776 East River NY Both
9/6/1776 Whitestone NY Sea
9/6/1776 Bedlow's Island NY Both
9/7/1776 Setauket - Long Island NY Land
9/8/1776 Hell Gate NY Land
9/10/1776 Montresor's Island NY Land
9/12/1776 Horn's Hook NY Land
9/13/1776 East River NY Both
9/14/1776 East River NY Land
9/15/1776 Paulus Hook NJ Both
9/15/1776 Kip's Bay - British Troops Occupy New York NY Both
9/16/1776 Paulus Hook NJ Both
9/16/1776 Harlem Heights (Harlem Plains) NY Land
9/16/1776 North River NY Sea
9/17/1776 Amboy NJ Both
9/17/1776 Paulus Hook NJ Both
9/18/1776 Paulus Hook NJ Land
9/18/1776 Harlem Heights NY Land
9/19/1776 Paulus Hook NJ Both
9/20/1776 Paulus Hook NJ Both
9/23/1776 Paulus Hook NJ Both
9/23/1776 Montresor's Island NY Land
9/27/1776 Amboy NJ Both
9/29/1776 near Brookhaven NY Land
mid 9/1776 Wind Mill Point NY Both
10/3/1776 Harlem Heights NY Land
10/5/1776 Bergen NJ Land
10/8/1776 Montresor's Island NY Both
10/9/1776 Fort Lee NJ Both
10/9/1776 near Dobbs Ferry Galley Independence NY Sea
10/11 - 13/1776 Valcour Island (Lake Champlain) NY Sea
10/12 - 18/1776 Throg's Neck (Throg's Point) NY Land
10/13/1776 Split Rock (Lake Champlain) NY Sea
10/14/1776 Crown Point NY Land
10/14-15/1776 Staten Island - Watering Place NY Land
10/15-16/1776 Richmond Town - Staten Island NY Land
10/18/1776 Pell's Point (Pelham Manor New Rochelle) NY Land
10/19/1776 Hunt's Point NY Both
10/22/1776 Mamaroneck NY Land
10/23/1776 near White Plains NY Land
10/25/1776 near Dobbs Ferry NY Both
10/27/1776 Fort Lee NJ Both
10/27/1776 White Plains NY Land
10/28/1776 Fort Lee NJ Land
10/28/1776 New York NY Sea
10/28/1776 White Plains (Chatterton's Hill) NY Land
11/1/1776 near Liberty Pole NJ Land
11/2/1776 Setauket - Long Island NY Land
11/4/1776 White Plains NY Land
11/5/1776 off Fletcher's Island NY Both
11/5/1776 Hudson River NY Both
11/5/1776 Tappan Bay NY Sea
11/7/1776 near Fort Lee NJ Land
11/8/1776 Hudson River off Dobb's Ferry NY Both
11/8/1776 Mount Washington NY Land
11/9/1776 Fort Lee NJ Land
11/12/1776 Sandy Hook NJ Both
11/13/1776 Huntington Bay - Long Island NY Both
11/16/1776 Fort Cockhill (also Cox) NY Land
11/16/1776 Fort Washington (Mount Washington Fort Knyphausen) NY Both
11/16/1776 Fort Tryon NY Land
11/16/1776 Fort George (Laurel Hill) NY Land
11/16/1776 Harlem Cove (Manhattanville) NY Land
11/20/1776 Fort Lee (Fort Constitution) NJ Land
11/22/1776 Acquackanonk NJ Land
11/29/1776 Long Island Sound NY Both
12/1/1776 Brunswick occupied by British NJ Land
12/6/1776 off Wading River - Long Island Sound NJ Both
12/6/1776 Long Island Sound NY Both
12/6/1776 Tappan NY Land
12/8/1776 near Trenton NJ Land
12/9/1776 near New Bridge NJ Land
12/10/1776 near Pennytown NJ Land
12/11/1776 Burlington NJ Land
12/12/1776 Short Hills NJ Land
12/12/1776 near Amboy NJ Land
12/13/1776 Basking Ridge NJ Land
12/13/1776 Sandy Hook NJ Both
12/13/1776 near Pennytown NJ Land
12/14/1776 Flemington NJ Land
12/15/1776 Hackensack NJ Land
12/16/1776 Freehold NJ Land
12/17 - 18/1776 Vessel's (McKonkey's) Ferry NJ Land
12/17/1776 Springfield NJ Land
12/17/1776 Pluckemin NJ Land
12/18/1776 Cape May NJ Both
12/19 - 20/1776 Bergen Woods - English Neighborhood NJ Land
12/19/1776 Springfield NJ Land
12/19/1776 near Trenton NJ Land
12/20/1776 Four Miles above Trenton NJ Land
12/20/1776 Northeast of Trenton NJ Land
12/20/1776 Shrewsbury NJ Land
12/20/1776 Connecticut Shore - Norwalk Islands NY Both
12/21/1776 near Trenton NJ Land
12/22/1776 near Black Horse NJ Land
12/22/1776 Rancocas Bridge NJ Land
12/23/1776 Mount Holly NJ Land
12/23/1776 Freehold NJ Land
12/25/1776 New Bridge NJ Land
12/25/1776 North of Trenton NJ Land
12/25/1776 Elizabethtown NJ Land
12/25/1776 Upper Freehold NJ Land
12/26/1776 Trenton NJ Land
12/27/1776 Bordentown NJ Land
12/27/1776 Allentown NJ Land
12/28/1776 Paramus NJ Land
12/30/1776 Closter NJ Land
1/ - 2/1777 Ash Swamp (Plainfield) NJ Land
1/2/1777 Stockton Hollow (near Trenton) NJ Land
1/2/1777 Assunpink Creek NJ Land
1/2/1777 Five Mile Run (above Trenton) NJ Land
1/2/1777 Monmouth Court House - Freehold NJ Land
1/2/1777 Rocky Hill NJ Land
1/3/1777 Princeton NJ Land
1/3/1777 Hillsborough NJ Land
1/3/1777 Somerset NJ Land
1/30/1777 near Quibbletown (New Market) NJ Land
1/4/1777 Maidenhead (Lawrenceville) NJ Land
1/5/1777 Spanktown (Rahway) NJ Land
1/5/1777 Camptown NY Land
1/6/1777 Elizabethtown NJ Land
1/6/1777 Bonhamtown NJ Land
1/6/77 - 5/28/77 Morristown NJ Land
1/8/1777 Elizabethtown NJ Land
1/9/1777 near New Brunswick NJ Land
1/10/1777 near New Brunswick NJ Land
1/13/1777 near New Brunswick NJ Land
c. 1/15/1777 Connecticut Farms NJ Land
1/16/1777 near Bohamtown NJ Land
1/17 - 25/1777 Fort Independence NY Land
1/17/1777 New Brunswick NJ Land
1/17/1777 Monmouth County NJ Land
1/20/1777 near Somerset Court House (Millstone) NJ Land
1/20/1777 Amboy NJ Land
1/20/1777 Middlebrook NJ Land
1/21/1777 Brunswick Landing NJ Land
1/22/1777 New Brunswick NJ Land
1/23/1777 near Woodbridge NJ Land
1/23/1777 near Morristown NJ Land
1/23/1777 near New Brunswick NJ Land
1/24/1777 Quibbletown (New Market) [Piscataway] NJ Land
1/25/1777 West Farms (Delancy Mills) NY Land
1/28/1777 New Brunswick NJ Land
1/28/1777 Burlington NJ Land
1/29/1777 near Brunswick NJ Land
2/1777 Shrewsbury NJ Land
2/1/1777 near Brunswick NJ Land
2/1/1777 Springfield NJ Land
2/2/1777 Amboy NJ Land
2/8/1777 Jersey shore - Hudson River - above Spiten Devil NJ Sea
2/8/1777 Quibbletown (New Market) NJ Land
2/9/1777 Hudson River NY Land
2/10/1777 Bonhamtown NJ Land
2/11/1777 Poughkeepsie NY Land
2/12/1777 Sandy Hook NJ Land
2/13/1777 Navisink NJ Land
2/15/1777 near Brunswick NJ Land
2/15/1777 Amboy NJ Land
2/16/1777 Bonhamtown NJ Land
2/18/1777 Bennett's Island NJ Land
2/18/1777 Lawrence Island (near Brunswick) NJ Land
2/20/1777 near Quibbletown (New Market) NJ Land
2/20/1777 Bonhamtown NJ Land
2/22/1777 Paulus Hook NJ Both
2/23/1777 Ash Swamp NJ Land
2/23/1777 near Spanktown (Rahway) NJ Land
2/23/1777 near Morristown NJ Land
2/23/1777 Springfield NJ Land
2/23/1777 Woodbridge NJ Land
2/25/1777 near New Brunswick NJ Land
2/25/1777 near Amboy NJ Land
2/27/1777 Elizabethtown NJ Land
3/1777 below Ticonderoga NY Land
3/5/1777 near Brunswick NJ Land
3/6/1777 Elizabethtown NJ Land
3/7/1777 Springfield NJ Land
3/8/1777 Amboy (Punk Hill) NJ Land
3/8/1777 Sandy Hook (Lighthouse) NJ Land
3/8/1777 Quibbletown NJ Land
3/8/1777 Springfield NJ Land
3/8/1777 Fisher's Island - Long Island Sound NY Land
3/9/1777 Samtown (Samptown) NJ Land
3/12/1777 Cranbury NJ Land
3/14/1777 Jersey Shore NJ Land
3/14/1777 Rahway NJ Land
3/16/1777 Spanktown (Rahway) NJ Land
3/16/1777 near Amboy NJ Land
3/16/1777 Springfield NJ Land
3/16/1777 Ward's House (Westchester County) NY Land
3/16/1777 East Chester NY Land
3/18/1777 Brunswick NJ Land
3/19 - 20/1777 Sabbathday Point (Lake George) NY Land
3/20/1777 English Neighborhood NJ Land
3/22/1777 near Woodbridge NJ Land
3/23/1777 Peekskill Raid NY Land
3/24/1777 Northern New Jersey NJ Land
3/24/1777 Samtown NJ Land
3/24/1777 Quibbletown NJ Land
3/24/1777 Highlands NY Land
3/28/1777 Strawberry Hill - Woodbridge NJ Land
late 3/1777 near Ticonderoga NY Land
4/1777 Bennett's Island NJ Land
4/1777 Schraalenburgh NJ Land
4/1777 Orange County NY Land
4/2/1777 off Cape Henlopen DE Sea
4/2/1777 Shiphand Point NY Both
4/4/1777 Quibbletown (New Market) NJ Land
4/4/1777 Paramus NJ Land
4/10/1777 Amboy NJ Land
4/11/1777 West Jersey NJ Land
4/11/1777 Freehold NJ Land
4/12/1777 Brunswick NJ Land
4/12/1777 Tappan NY Land
4/13/1777 Bound Brook NJ Land
4/14/1777 Saddle River NJ Land
4/14/1777 Bonhamtown NJ Land
4/16/1777 near Newark NJ Land
4/17/1777 Bergen Area NJ Land
4/19/1777 Amboy NJ Land
4/19/1777 Woodbridge NJ Land