| Connecticut (Fairfield County), Danbury — The Danbury Raid |
| | The revolutionary village which centered about this green with its stores of supplies for the army was sacked and burned by a force of two thousand British April 26, 1777 Warned of the gathering militia the raiders departed next morning in haste but were attacked and harassed by the rising colonials and driven to the shelter of their boats on the sound They kindled a fire that blazed at Saratoga — Map (db m23542) |
| New Jersey (Bergen County), Fort Lee — Fort Lee Historic Park |
| | Beneath these cliffs, Henry Hudson’s Half-Moon was welcomed by the Lenni Lenape Indians on September 3, 1609.
Nearly 167 years later, this giant Bluff Rock became a strategic stronghold in the American War for Independence as the conflict raged within view of this spot from early July through November 20, 1776. Around this fortification, first called “The Mountain,” then “Fort Constitution” and later “Fort Lee,” the American defense fought for control of . . . — Map (db m7707) |
| New York (Orange County), Fort Montgomery — Fort Montgomery |
| | Valiantly defended by the 5th New York, Lamb’s Artillery and local militia under Gen. George Clinton against heavy British-led forces October 6, 1777. — Map (db m7385) |
| New York (Rockland County), Stony Point — Stony Point Battlefield State Historic Site |
| | On the night of July 15-16, 1779, Brigadier General Anthony Wayne of Pennsylvania led the American Light Infantry in a midnight assault against a British force that had occupied Stony Point. Approximately one hour later, the garrison had been captured by two American columns that had outflanked the front line defenses; the main assault column waded through the shallow waters of Haverstraw Bat on the south, while a secondary column approached around the north side of the peninsula. In 1826, . . . — Map (db m11708) |
| New York (Sullivan County), Highland — Minisink Battleground Park |
| | In July 1779, after raiding the settlement of Minisink, Loyalists and Native Americans under Mohawk Chief Joseph Brant ambushed and pursued Orange County and New Jersey militia. Revolutionary War Heritage Trail — Map (db m20502) |
| Ohio (Wyandot County), Upper Sandusky — 145 — Battle Island |
| | Battle Island
Scene
Of the Defeat of
Col. Wm Crawford
June 5. & 6. 1782 — Map (db m21416) |
| Pennsylvania (Chester County), Malvern — Site of the Paoli Massacre — 20 September 1777 |
| | These Memorial Grounds commemorate the engagement in the Revolutionary War known as the Paoli Massacre, an attack by the British Army on American troops, that took place near this spot toward midnight of September 20, 1777. About 150 American soldiers were killed or wounded in this action in which the British used only bayonets. 53 of the Americans were buried here in a common grave, now surrounded by stone walls and capped with a monument erected in 1817. In a move to capture Philadelphia, . . . — Map (db m13505) |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Fort Mifflin |
| | Laid out in 1771 by the engineer John Montrésor. Heroically held by the Americans under British siege until they were forced out, Nov. 15, 1777. Rebuilt 1798-1800 according to L’Enfant’s design and enlarged in the 19th century. A U.S. military post until the 1950s. — Map (db m12378) |
| South Carolina (Cherokee County), Gaffney — Battle of Cowpens |
| | The Congress of the United States has caused this Monument to be erected on the site of the Battle of Cowpens as a testimonial to the valor and in appreciation of the services of the American Troops on this field in behalf of The Independence of their country — Map (db m11186) |
| South Carolina (York County), Blacksburg — King's Mountain |
| | To commemorate the victory of King's Mountain October 7, 1780 Erected by the government of the United States To the establishment of which the heroism and patriotism of those who participated in this battle so largely contributed — Map (db m17457) |
| Vermont (Addison County), Orwell — Mount Independence — Bastion of the Revolution |
| | Fortification was begun in June of 1776, and the name Mount Independence was bestowed following the Declaration of Independence. Lieut. Col. Jeduthan Baldwin was the chief construction engineer. Here the exhausted American Army, Northern Department, was stationed after withdrawing from its disastrous Canadian Campaign. Built on a rocky plateau and stoutly fortified, the post was a natural stronghold facing any approaching foe from the north. Within its rugged confines thousands of New . . . — Map (db m9275) |
| Vermont (Rutland County), Hubbardton — Battle of Hubbardton — Only Battlefield On Vermont Soil |
| | Here on July 7, 1777 a successful rearguard action by Colonel Seth Warner’s Vermont, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire troops ended British pursuit under Generals Frazer and Reldesel. Thus, General St. Claire’s American army, retreating from Fort Ticonderoga and Mount Independence, was saved to fight near Bennington and Saratoga. Burgoyne’s 1777 drive to divide the colonies, first resisted at Hubbardton, ended in defeat at Saratoga.
Vermont Division for Historic Preservation, 1989 — Map (db m9169) |
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