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APPENDIX D—ENGAGEMENTS
 
Engagement Time Period Area Explanation
Siege of Boston 20 Apr 1775-17 Mar 1776 Eastern Massachusetts Operations relating to the British occupation of Boston
Invasion of Canada 4 Sep-31 Dec 1775 Canada Operations by Montgomery and Arnold through assault on Quebec
Chesapeake Bay 15 Sep 1775-31 Aug 1776 Chesapeake Bay and adjacent coastline regions Engagements with Lord Dunmore's land and naval forces
Charleston 1775-1776 15 Sep 1775-28 Jun 1776 Coastal portions of the Carolinas and Georgia Engagements with land and naval forces of Royal governors and repulse of Clinton's expedition
Southern Highlands 15 Sep 1775-24 Feb 1776 Interior portions of the Carolinas and Georgia Engagements with loyalist forces
Defense of Canada 1 Jan-2 Jul 1776 Canada Siege of Quebec after repulse of the assault and withdrawal from Canada
New York City 3 Apr-16 Nov 1776 Southern New York and Bergen County, New Jersey Operations relating to the British capture of Long, Staten, and Manhattan Islands
Lake Champlain 2 Jul-3 Nov 1776 Charlotte County, New York Carleton's attack on Ticonderoga
Florida 1 Aug 1776-31 May 1777 Georgia south of Ossawba Sound and East Florida American invasions of East Florida and British counterattacks
Northern New Jersey 20 Nov 1776-26 Jun 1777 Staten Island and northern New Jersey Engagements from capture of Fort Lee to British withdrawal to start the invasion of Pennsylvania
Trenton - Princeton 8 Dec 1776-6 Jan 1777 Southern New Jersey Engagements from Washington's retreat across the Delaware River to his encampment at Morristown
Rhode Island 26 Dec 1776-25 Oct 1779 Rhode Island Operations relating to the British occupation of Newport
Saratoga 18 Jun-17 Oct 1777 Albany and Charlotte Counties, New York Operations relating to Burgoyne's campaign
Mohawk Valley 25 Jun-24 Aug 1777 Albany and Tryon Counties, New York Operations relating to St. Leger's campaign
Defense of Philadelphia 25 Aug-19 Dec 1777 Eastern Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware Engagements from British landing at Head of Elk to Washington's encampment at Valley Forge
Hudson Highlands 1-31 Oct 1777 Southern New York Operations relating to Clinton's relief expedition
Philadelphia - Monmouth 20 Dec 1777-10 Jul 1778 Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey Operations relating to the British occupation of Philadelphia and withdrawal to Sandy Hook
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Engagement Time Period Area Explanation
Savannah 28 Nov 1778-15 Oct 1779 Georgia and South Carolina Operations relating to the British capture and defense of Savannah and coastal South Carolina
Charleston 1780 10 Feb-29 May 1780 South Carolina Siege of Charleston and related occupation of South Carolina through the battle of Waxhaws
Defense of the Carolinas 30 May 1780-14 Feb 1781 The Carolinas Operations under Gates and Greene to the withdrawal across the Dan
Yorktown 30 Dec 1780-19 Oct 1781 Virginia Siege of Yorktown and preliminaries beginning with Arnold's Raid
Greene's Campaign 15 Feb 1781-14 Dec 1782 The Carolinas and Georgia Greene's reconquest of the South
 
 

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