Considered to be “the largest and most hotly contested action” in the American Revolution’s southern theater.
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The Battle of Brooklyn (also known as the Battle of Long Island) took place in late August 1776. It was the first major engagement of the American Revolutionary War after the United States declared independence and remains the largest battle of the entire war in terms of troop deployment.
The Battle of White Plains, fought on October 28, 1776, was a pivotal engagement during the New York and New Jersey campaign of the American Revolutionary War. While technically a British tactical victory, it is often remembered for George Washington’s successful narrow escape, which kept the Continental Army—and the Revolution—alive.
The Battle of Camden (August 16, 1780) was a decisive British victory in the American Revolutionary War, marking the worst American defeat, where inexperienced troops under General Horatio Gates were routed by Cornwallis’s regulars, resulting in massive American casualties (over 1,000 captured/killed) and the loss of supplies, though it ultimately led to General Nathaniel Greene […]