Military Events
Battles, campaigns, and winter encampments of the American Revolutionary War in 1777, from Brandywine and Philadelphia to the decisive turn at Saratoga.
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Valley Forge Encampment
The Continental Army established its winter encampment at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania — approximat...
Siege of Fort Mifflin and the Battle of Red Bank
American forts on the Delaware repelled a bloody Hessian assault at Red Bank before a massive Nov...
Battle of Germantown
The Battle of Germantown, fought on October 4, 1777, was a major engagement of the Philadelphia c...
British Occupation of Philadelphia
The British occupation of Philadelphia began on September 26, 1777, when advance elements of Gene...
Battles of Saratoga
The Battles of Saratoga comprised two engagements fought near Saratoga, New York, in the autumn o...
Battle of Brandywine
The Battle of Brandywine, fought on September 11, 1777, near Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, was the l...
Battle of Bennington
The Battle of Bennington was fought on August 16, 1777, near Walloomsac, New York — approximately...
Fort Stanwix Campaign and the Battle of Oriskany
St. Leger's siege of Fort Stanwix and the August 6, 1777 ambush at Oriskany shattered the Iroquoi...
Battle of Monmouth
On June 28, 1778, near Monmouth Courthouse, New Jersey, General George Washington's Continental A...
John Paul Jones and the Birth of American Naval Command
John Paul Jones emerged in 1777 as the first prominent captain of the fledgling Continental Navy,...
The Danbury Raid and Battle of Ridgefield
British General William Tryon led a raid on the American supply depot at Danbury, Connecticut on ...
Battle of Princeton
On January 3, 1777, Washington's Continental Army routed a British rearguard at Princeton, cappin...
General William Howe's 1777 Campaign Strategy
In 1777, General William Howe pursued an ambitious but strategically problematic campaign to capt...