Revolutionary War
Generals and Patriots

Date	American Commanders & Patriots	Casualties & Captured	Battles	British Commanders	Casualties & Captured
1775 Apr	John Parker, Militia Captain Defended Lexington	18	Lexington	Gen Thomas Gage, Lt. Colonel Francis Smith Wounded	3
	Isaac Davis, Militia Captain Defended Concord, died in battle, and John Parker	90	Concord	John Pitcairn	269
	Samuel Adams and John Hancock, Patriots and subject to arrest by British troops.Samuel Adams		John Hancock	Hugh Percy
	William Dawes			Paul Revere and William Dawes, Patriots who forewarned colonists of British attack. Revere later served as a militia officer in ill fated Penobscot campaign where an entire American fleet was lost (1779).
May	Militia Col. Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen elected leader of Green Mountain Boys received fort’s surrender. In September of the same year Allen was captured by the British when crossing into Canada in abortive attack.	0	Ticonderoga	Wm. Delaplace	0
June	Maj Gen Israel Putnam, Commander of the Continental Army George Washington arrived 2 weeks after the battle.	450	Bunker Hill & Breed’s Hill	Maj Gen William Howe	1150
Dec	Benedict Arnold Brig Richard Montgomery died from wounds.	500	Quebec	Gov and Gen Guy Carlton	20
1776 June	Colonel William Moultrie	37	British Attack on Sullivan’s Island.	Maj General Henry Clinton, Admiral Peter Parker	220
June	Gen George Washington, Maj Gen Israel Putnam	2,000	Brooklyn Heights/Long Island	Gen.William Howe	400
Sept			Harlem Heights
Oct	Benedict Arnold	200	Valcour Island	Guy Carlton	40
Oct	Gen George Washington, Gen Alexander McDougall, Gen Joseph Spencer	300	White Plains	William Howe, Col Johann Rall	313
Nov	Gen Israel Putnam, Gen Nathanael Greene	115 Captured 2800	Fort Washington	Gen Wm Howe, Lt Gen Wilhelm Knyphausen	230
Dec	Gen George Washington, Gen Nathanael Greene, Gen John Sullivan	7	Trenton	Col Johann Rall	105 Captured 896
1777 Jan	Revolutionary War Generals: Gen George Washington, John Cadwalader, Gen John Sullivan, Gen Hugh Mercer dies from wounds	50	Princeton	Gen Charles Cornwallis	98 missing 187
July	Gen Philip Schuyler, Maj Gen Arthur St.Clair	0	British recapture Fort Ticonderoga	Maj Gen John Burgoyne	0
Aug	Nicholas Herkimer, Gen Benedict Arnold	430	Oriskany	Indian leader Joseph Brant	93
Aug	Gen John Stark	70	Bennington	Lt. Col Friedrich Baum dies in battle	207 Captured 700
Sept	Revolutionary War Generals:Gens William Maxwell, John Sullivan, Anthony Wayne, Nathanael Greene, George Weedon, Marquise de Lafayette wounded	1,000	Brandywine	William Howe Cornwallis Knypshausen	550
Sept	Gen Anthony Wayne	200 Captured and Executed 55	Paoli	Gen CharlesGrey	20
Oct	Revolutionary War Generals:Gens Anthony Wayne, John Sullivan, William Alexander, William Smallwood, Adam Stephen, Nathanael Greene	671 Captured 438	Germantown	William Howe, Charles Cornwallis, Wilhelm Knypshausen	529
Sept Oct	Gens Benedict Arnold, Horatio Gates, Daniel Morgan	330	Saratoga, Freemans Farm, Bemis Heights	John Burgoyne, Simon Fraser killed at Bemis	1,135 Captured 6,222
1778 June	Gens Charles Lee, Anthony Wayne, Nathanael Greene, Marquis de Lafayette, Von Steuben	300	Monmouth	Henry Clinton	300
Dec	Gen Robert Howe	94 Captured 453	Savannah	Henry Clinton, Augustine Prevost, Col. Archibald Campbell	24
1779 Jan	Major Joseph Lane	11 Captured 200	SunburyFort Morris	Augustine Prevost, Col. Archibald Campbell	5
July	Gen Anthony Wayne	98	Stony Point	Henry Johnson	152 Captured 472
Aug	Major Henry Lee	5 Captured 7	Paulus Hook	William Sutherland	50 Captured 158
Sept	General Benjamin Lincoln, Casimir Pulaski, Admiral Comte d’Estaing	828 Captured 120	Savannah Second Battle	Augustine Prevost	155
1780 May	General Benjamin Lincoln, General William Moultrie	240 Captured 5,266	CharlestonFort Moultrie	Gen Henry Clinton, Charles Cornwallis	256
Aug	General Horatio Gates, William Smallwood	900 Captured 1,000	Camden	Charles Cornwallis, Lt.Col. Banastre Tarleton	324
Oct	James Johnston, William Campbell	87	King’s Mountain	Patrick Ferguson Died of wounds	453 Captured 668
1781 Jan	General Daniel Morgan	150	Cowpens	General Banastre Tarleton	300 Captured 600
Mar	General Nathanael Greene	1310 Historians suggest that many of the “casualties” were militia men who went home after the battle.	Guilford Courthouse	Henry Cornwallis, Banastre Tarleton	532
Sept	Nathanael Greene, Francis Marion	579	Eutaw Springs	Henry Cornwallis, Alexander Stewart	450 Captured 430
	Comte de Rochambeau, Marquis d’Lafayette, Comte de Grasse George Washington	American 80 French 200	Yorktown	Charles O’Hara Charles Cornwallis	500 Captured 7,500

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