Southern Colonies
and the War for Independence


Date
Place
State or
Province
Battle Type
4/20 - 21/1775 Williamsburg - powder seized VA Land
4/21/1775 Cochran's and Hobcaw Magazine, Charlestown SC Land
5/11/1775 Savannah - powder seized GA Land
5/20/1775 Charlotte Town NC Land
7/8/1775 Beaufort County NC Land
7/9/1775 Bloody Point (SC) - Cockspur Island (GA) Phillippa SC-GA Sea
7/12/1775 Fort Charlotte SC Land
7/17/1775 Ninety-Six SC Land
7/19/1775 Fort Johnston NC Land
8/1/1775 Senaca Town SC Land
8/2/1775 New Richmond SC Land
8/30/1775 Ninety-Six SC Land
9/14/1775 Fort Johnson SC Land
9/16/1775 Bullock's Creek SC Land
9/18/1775 Sullivan's Island SC Both
9/28/1775 off Cummings Point SC Sea
10/15/1775 Norfolk VA Land
10/17/1775 Kemp's Landing VA Land
10/18/1775 Rebellion Road - Charlestown Harbor SC Sea
10/19/1775 Norfolk VA Land
10/20/1775 Norfolk VA Land
10/21/1775 Norfolk VA Land
10/24 - 25/1775 Hampton VA Both
10/31/1775 Congaree River (Mine Creek) SC Land
10/31/1775 Point Comfort VA Land
11/1/1775 Jamestown VA Both
11/3/1775 Ninety Six District SC Land
11/9/1775 Rebellion Road - Charlestown Harbor SC Sea
11/9/1775 Burwell's Ferry VA Both
11/11 - 12/1775 Hog Island Channel - Charlestown Harbor SC Both
11/14/1775 Fort Johnston NC Both
11/14/1775 Cape Fear Harbour NC Both
11/14/1775 Jamestown VA Both
11/14/1775 Kemp's Landing VA Land
11/16 - 17/1775 Cape Fear Harbour NC Both
11/16 - 19/1775 James River VA Both
11/16/1775 Fort Johnston NC Both
11/17/1775 Fort Johnston NC Both
11/1775 Charlestown Bar SC Land
11/18 - 21/1775 Ninety-Six (Savage's Old Field Williamson's Fort) SC Land
11/19 - 20/1775 Fort Johnston NC Both
11/19/1775 Cape Fear Harbour NC Both
11/22 - 29/1775 Wooden Fort - Great Bridge VA Land
11/23/1775 near Hagerstown MD Land
before 11/24/1775 Cobham VA Both
11/25/1775 Cape Fear Harbour NC Both
11/28/1775 Mulberry Island VA Land
c. 11/29/1775 near Norfolk VA Land
12/4/1775 Great Bridge VA Land
12/5/1775 Rebellion Road - Charlestown Harbor SC Land
12/8 - 30/1775 Snow Campaign SC Land
12/9/1775 Great Bridge VA Land
12/13 - 14/1775 Ash's Plantation - Haddrell's Point SC Land
12/14/1775 Norfolk VA Both
12/16/1775 Norfolk VA Both
12/19 - 20/1775 Haddrell's Point (Pest House) SC Land
12/19/1775 Sullivans Island SC Land
12/22 - 23/1775 Elizabeth River - Norfolk VA Sea
12/22/1775 Cane Brake (Great Cane Brake Reedy River) SC Land
12/22/1775 Indian Line SC Land
12/29/1775 Elizabeth River - Norfolk VA Both
12/31/1775 Elizabeth River - Norfolk VA Both
1/1 - 2/1776 Norfolk VA Both
1/4/1776 Elizabeth River VA Both
1/5/1776 Haddrell's Point SC Both
1/6/1776 Elizabeth River VA Both
1/8/1776 Elizabeth River VA Both
c. 1/10/1776 near Hampton VA Land
1/12/1776 Savannah Harbor GA Land
1/12/1776 Charlestown Bar SC Sea
before 1/13/1776 Norfolk VA Land
1/17/1776 off Norfolk VA Land
1/20/1776 Andrew Sprowle's Plantation VA Both
1/21/1776 Elizabeth River VA Both
1/22/1776 Norfolk VA Both
1/27 - 28/1776 Fort Johnston NC Land
1/27/1776 Cape Fear NC Both
1/28/1776 Cape Fear NC Both
early 2/1776 Guilford County NC Land
2/1776 Fort Dartmouth GA Land
2/1/1776 foraging in Norfolk VA Both
2/3/1776 Elizabeth River VA Land
2/5/1776 Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina coast NC Sea
2/7/1776 Point Comfort VA Both
2/7/1776 Norfolk VA Both
2/10/1776 Cape Fear River NC Land
2/20/1776 Brunswick County NC Land
2/27/1776 (Widow) Moore's Creek Bridge NC Land
early 3/1776 Fort Barrington GA Land
3/1/1776 Cockspur Island GA Land
3/2 - 4/1776 Battle of the Rice Boats - Hutchinson's Island - Savannah GA Both
3/2/1776 Back River GA Both
3/3/1776 Savannah Harbor GA Both
3/4/1776 Savannah GA Both
3/5/1776 Ocracock Bar NC Land
3/8/1776 off Brunswick - Cape Fear River NC Both
3/9/1776 off Brunswick - Cape Fear River NC Both
3/10/1776 off Brunswick - Cape Fear River NC Both
3/11/1776 Hutchinson's Island - Savannah Harbor GA Land
3/12/1776 Atlantic Ocean - Savannah Bar GA Land
3/12/1776 off Brunswick - Cape Fear River NC Both
3/14/1776 Sandy Point SC Land
3/15 - 18/1776 James River VA Both
3/15/1776 Outer Banks NC Sea
3/19/1776 Atlantic Ocean - near Charlestown NC Land
3/20/1776 Atlantic Ocean - near Charlestown NC Land
3/21/1776 Charlestown Bar NC Land
3/22/1776 Atlantic Ocean - South Carolina coast SC Land
3/25/1776 Cockspur Island GA Land
3/25/1776 Tybee Island GA Land
3/26/1776 Hampton Road VA Sea
3/28/1776 Cape Fear River - Brunswick NC Land
3/29/1776 Cross Creek (Cochrane's Mill) NC Land
end 3/1776 Savannah Harbor GA Land
4/5/1776 Norfolk Road VA Both
4/6 - 9/1776 off Brunswick - Cape Fear River NC Both
4/7/1776 Cape Fear River NC Both
4/9/1776 Cape Fear River NC Both
4/12/1776 Cockspur Island GA Land
4/12/1776 off Brunswick - Cape Fear River NC Both
4/12/1776 Halifax NC Land
4/13/1776 Cape Fear River NC Both
4/14/1776 Cape Fear River NC Both
4/14/1776 Ocracoke Inlet NC Land
4/16/1776 Swan Point - Chesapeake Bay MD Land
4/16/1776 Cape Fear River NC Both
4/17/1776 Cape Fear River NC Both
4/17/1776 Ocracoke Island NC Land
4/18/1776 Cape Fear River NC Both
4/18/1776 Sandy Point VA Both
4/19/1776 Norfolk VA Both
4/21/1776 Cape Fear River NC Both
4/22/1776 Cape Fear River NC Both
4/22/1776 Cape Fear River NC Both
4/22/1776 Norfolk Road VA Both
4/23/1776 Cape Fear River NC Both
4/23/1776 Hobbs Hole (Tappahannock) VA Sea
4/24/1776 off Cape Roman SC Land
4/25/1776 St. Catherine Island GA Both
4/26/1776 Cape Fear River NC Both
4/27/1776 Cape Fear River NC Both
5/1776 Earle's Fort SC Land
5/1/1776 Fort Johnston - Wilmington NC Both
5/2/1776 Cape Fear River NC Both
5/3/1776 Fort Johnston - Wilmington NC Both
c. 5/10/1776 Brunswick NC Land
5/11/1776 Orton Mill NC Land
5/12/1776 Cockspur Island GA Land
5/12/1776 Howe's Plantation (Kendal) NC Land
5/13/1776 Cockspur Island GA Sea
5/16/1776 Cape Fear River NC Both
5/17/1776 Newtown Ferry House NC Both
5/17/1776 Wallops Island VA Both
5/19/1776 Atlantic Ocean - near Charlestown Bar SC Land
5/19/1776 Norfolk VA Land
5/20/1776 Wilmington River - Cape Fear NC Sea
5/21 - 22/1776 Charlestown Bar SC Land
5/22/1776 Charlestown Bar SC Land
5/23/1776 Fort Johnston - Cape Fear River NC Land
5/24/1776 Wilmington - Cape Fear River NC Both
5/27/1776 Wilmington - Cape Fear River NC Both
5/27/1776 Gwynn's Island occupied VA Both
6/1776 Middle Tyger River SC Land
6/1776 Round Mountain (Howard's Gap) SC Land
6/11/1776 Hampton VA Both
6/12/1776 The Virginia Declaration of Rights VA
6/15/1776 Cumberland County NC Land
6/15/1776 Ninety-Six SC Land
6/16/1776 Stono Creek - Charlestown Bar SC Land
6/21 - 28/1776 The Breach Inlet - Sullivan's Island SC Land
6/21/1776 Sullivan's Island SC Both
6/21/1776 off Hampton Roads Capture of the Oxford VA Sea
6/25/1776 Hopkins Island MD Both
6/25/1776 Sullivan's Island SC Both
6/26/1776 Cherokee Indian Town SC Land
6/28 - 29/1776 Fort Sullivan - Sullivan's Island SC Both
7/1776 Quaker Meadows NC Land
7/1776 Cape Fear NC Land
7/1/1776 Seneca SC Land
7/3 - 12/1776 McDowell's Station NC Land
7/8 - 10/1776 Gwynn's Island - Chesapeake Bay VA Both
7/12/1776 near juncture of Broad and Savannah Rivers GA Land
7/12/1776 Charlestown Bar SC Both
7/13 or 14/1776 Chesapeake Bay VA Both
7/15/1776 Lyndley's Fort (Rayborn Creek) SC Land
7/16/1776 St. George's Island - Potomac River MD Both
before 7/19/1776 Eastern Shore VA Both
7/20/1776 off Smith's Creek MD Both
7/21/1776 Cedar Point - Chesapeake Bay MD Both
7/21/1776 DeWee's Inlet (Spencer's Inlet) SC Sea
7/22/1776 Big Shoals - Oconee River GA Land
7/23/1776 St. George's Island - Potomac River MD Both
7/23/1776 Brent's House - Potomac River VA Both
7/24/1776 Black's Fort VA Land
c. 7/25/1776 Beaverdam Creek GA Land
7/25/1776 St. George's Island - Potomac River MD Land
7/27/1776 St. George's Island - Potomac River MD Both
7/28/1776 St George's Island MD Both
late 7/1776 Holland Straits MD Both
8/1/1776 Seneca (Oconore Creek Essenecca Ford) SC Land
8/2 - 10/1776 Lower Cherokee Settlements (Sugar Town, Soconee, Jocasee, Keowee, Estatoe) SC Land
8/8/1776 Oconore SC Land
8/10/1776 Tugaloo River SC Land
8/11/1776 The Ring Fight SC Land
8/12/1776 Tamassy (Tamasee Cheowee Eustaste) SC Land
8/14/1776 Savannah River - DeFoskey Creek GA Both
8/15/1776 Roanoke Inlet NC Land
9/1776 Little Echota (Chatahoochee River) GA Land
9/1776 Nacoochee Valley GA Land
9/1776 Frog Town GA Land
9/1776 Valley Towns (Hiwassee River) NC Land
9/1776 Middle Towns (Tomotley Little Tellico) NC Land
9/1 - 18/1776 Middle Towns NC Land
9/6/1776 Fort George NC Both
9/7/1776 Bald Head NC Both
9/19/1776 Black Hole of the Coweecho (Coweechee) River NC Land
10/1776 French Broad River NC Land
10/1776 Tuskeegee and Overhill Towns SC Land
10/27/1776 Neowee Creek NC Land
11/1/1776 Cape Lookout - Ocracoke Inlet NC Land
12/2/1776 Charlestown SC Land
12/28/1776 Beard's Bluff GA Land
1/2/1777 Sapelo Inlet GA Sea
1/29/1777 Augusta GA Land
2/2 - 4/1777 Fort McIntosh GA Land
2/6 - 8/1777 Atlantic Ocean - off the North Carolina coast NC Sea
2/7/1777 Atlantic Ocean - off the North Carolina coast NC Sea
2/8/1777 Atlantic Ocean - off the North Carolina coast NC Sea
2/13/1777 Atlantic Ocean - near Charlestown Harbor SC Sea
2/18/1777 Fort McIntosh GA Land
2/23 - 3/15/1777 Fort McIntosh on the Satilla GA Land
2/27/1777 Atlantic Ocean - near Charlestown Harbor SC Land
late 3/1777 Powell's Valley VA Land
4/6/1777 near Wheeling WV Land
4/10/1777 Washington County VA Land
4/16/1777 Swan Point - Chesapeake Bay MD Land
4/21/1777 Atlantic Ocean - near Charlestown Harbor SC Sea
5/4/1777 Altamaha River GA Land
5/8/1777 Atlantic Ocean - South Carolina coast SC Sea
5/22/1777 Cape Hatteras NC Land
5/29/1777 Atlantic Ocean - South Carolina coast SC Sea
6/1/1777 Charlestown Bar SC Land
6/3/1777 Atlantic Ocean - South Carolina coast SC Sea
6/5/1777 Atlantic Ocean - South Carolina coast SC Sea
6/6/1777 Wheeling WV Land
6/14/1777 Stono Inlet SC Land
7/1777 near Fort Howe GA Land
7/2/1777 Charlestown Harbor SC Land
7/2/1777 Chincoteague Inlet VA Land
7/14/1777 Atlantic Ocean - South Carolina coast SC Sea
7/14/1777 Fort Stradler WV Land
7/22/1777 Oconee River GA Land
8/10/1777 St. Simon's Island GA Land
8/23/1777 Spesutie Island - Chesapeake Bay MD Both
8/24/1777 Turkey Point MD Land
8/27/1777 off Weltch Point - Elk River MD Both
8/28/1777 Elkton MD Land
8/28/1777 Head of Elk MD Land
8/29/1777 Head of Elk MD Land
8/31/1777 Elk Forge MD Land
8/31/1777 Head of Elk MD Land
8/31/1777 Fort Randolph VA Land
9/1/1777 Fort Henry (Wheeling) WV Land
9/2/1777 Westmoreland Co. VA Land
9/3/1777 Pencadder MD Land
9/4/1777 near Charlestown SC Land
9/9/1777 Maryland MD Land
9/10/1777 Tangier Island - Chesapeake Bay VA Land
9/11/1777 outside Fort Greenbrier WV Land
before 9/26/1777 Atlantic Ocean - North Carolina coast New Bern NC Sea
9/27/1777 Grave Creek WV Land
10/1777 Cape Lookout Bay NC Sea
11/1777 Atlantic Ocean - South Carolina coast SC Sea
12/09/1777 off Willoughby's Point VA Sea
12/12/1777 Potomac River MD Land
12/15/1777 Augusta County VA Land
12/18/1777 Priests Town MD Land
late 12/1777 Fort Randolph - Point Pleasant WV Land
3/1778 Dunkard Creek VA Land
3/13/1778 Fort Barrington (Fort Howe) GA Land
4/4/1778 Ocracoke NC Sea
4/19/1778 Frederica