Battle of Sawpit Bluff, FL

On this day in 1777,

Pro-Loyalist Indians raid Baker's encampment and take 40 horses when they escaped. These were recovered the next morning; during the ensuing skirmish, one Indian was killed, his body later mutilated by the rebels after The Battle of Sawpit Bluff, FL.
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Ft Crown Point

On this day in 1775,

Lt. Seth Warner takes a small group of Ethan Allen's Green Mountain Boys and sails northward on Lake Champlain to capture Ft Crown Point. This, with Ft. Ticonderoga, provides a base of operations for the Americans for their upcoming Canadian campaign.

And in 1780,

Charleston falls to the British under Clinton.
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Battle of Orton Mill

On this day in 1776,

upon learning of the approaching British forces from Kendal Plantation, a 90-man detachment of North Carolina Regulars, commanded by Maj. William Davis withdraw. Once the British troops arrive they proceed to burn the mill. On their way back to their ships, the British plunder homes along the way from the Battle of Orton Mill.

And in 1781,
Gens. Lee, Marion and Sumter capture Orangeburg, SC.
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Battle of Ft. Ticonderoga

On this day in 1775,

Caps. Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen, in a pre-dawn raid, take 50 British and 100 cannon. A garrison was left to guard and fort and cannon since they had to no way to move the guns after the Battle of Ft. Ticonderoga.

And in 1777,

Maj. Gen. Adam Stephen attacks British Highlanders at Piscataway. He is driven off with the British pursuing him for miles back to the American camp at Metuchen after The Battle of Piscataway.
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Battle of Ft. Ticonderoga

On this day in 1775,

Caps. Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen, in a pre-dawn raid, take 50 British and 100 cannon. A garrison was left to guard and fort and cannon since they had to no way to move the guns after the Battle of Ft. Ticonderoga.

And in 1777,

Maj. Gen. Adam Stephen attacks British Highlanders at Piscataway. He is driven off with the British pursuing him for miles back to the American camp at Metuchen after The Battle of Piscataway.
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Battle of Pensacola

On this day in 1775,

Captains Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys arrive separately at Lake Champlain near Fort Ticonderoga. Arnold insists that Allen serve as his subordinate. When Allen threatens to take his "Boys" back to (now) Vermont, Arnold agrees to a co-command.

And in 1781,
Spanish Brig. Gen. Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid, Count of Gálvez captures the British capital of West Florida at The Battle of Pensacola.
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Battle of Bordentown, NJ

On this day in 1778,

As Clinton was preparing to evacuate Philadelphia for New York City, he sends light infantry to destroy the naval ships moored at Bordentown. The British immediately march into Bordentown and destroy remaining vessels and the homes of Colonel Borden during The Battle of Bordentown, NJ.

And in 1780,
The British begin the final phase of the siege of Charleston with cannon bombardment of the city.
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