Revolutionary War Battles for the Year 1781
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3rd, Hood's Point, VA
5th-7th, Richmond, VA
7th, Westham, VA
8th, Charles City Court House, VA
13th, Waccamaw Neck, SC
15th, Road to Burr's Mill, SC
17th, Cowpens, SC
18th, Love's Ford/Broad River, SC
22nd, Morrisiana (Second), NY
23rd-24th, Wiggin's Plantation, SC
24th, Georgetown, SC
30th, Heron Bridge, NC
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1st, Tarrant's Tavern, NC
1st-18th November, Wilmington, NC
1st, Cowan's Ford, NC
3rd, St. Eustatius, West Indies
3rd, Trading Ford, NC
6th, Grant's Creek, NC
7th, Shallow Ford, NC
11th, Bruce's Cross Roads, NC
12th, Fort St. Joseph, MI
13th, Dix's Ferry, NC
14th, DePeyster's Capture, Georgetown Co, SC
17th, Hart's Mill, NC
19th-21st, Fort Granby, SC
21st, Thompson's Plantation, SC
23rd, Big Savannah, SC
25th, (Pyle's Massacre),Alamance Co, NC
27th, Wright's Bluff, SC
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2nd, Clapp's
Mill, NC
2nd, Williams Fort, SC
3rd-4th, "Tarleton's" Mistake, NC
3rd, Alamance River, NC
6th, Wetzell's
Mills, NC
6th, Wiboo Swamp, SC
6th, Ratcliff's Bridge, SC
9th, Pensacola, FL
9th or 10th, Mount Hope Swamp, SC
9th, Heron's Bridge, NC
12th, South Buffalo Creek, NC
15th, Fanning's Horses Raid, NC
15th, Guilford Courthouse, NC
15th, New Garden Mettinghouse, NC
16th, Chesapeake Bay (First), VA
21st, Beattie's Mill, SC
21st, Dutchman's Creek, SC
15th, Road to Ramsey's Mill, NC
28th, Sampit Bridge, SC
29th, Snows Island, SC
??, Tuckasgee/ Cherokee Middle Towns, TN
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?th, Horner’s Creek, SC
?th, Hammond's Mill, SC
?th, Mathews' Bluff, SC
??th, Wiggin's Hill, SC
?th, Hanging Tree, NC
?th Cashua Ferry, SC
?th McPherson’s Plantation, SC
1st Bear Bluff, SC
Cole's Bridge, Scotland Co., NC
2nd, Black River, SC
2nd-3rd, Fort Nashborough, TN
3rd, Witherspoon's Ferry, SC
7th, Four Holes, SC
8th, Patterson's Bridge, SC
9th,
Waxhaws Church, SC
Hulin's Mill, Dillon Co., SC
13th, Fort Balfour, SC
14th, HMS Britannia captured
15th- 23rd, Fort Watson, SC
15th, Four Holes, SC
15th, Wolf's Den, Ashe Co, NC
16th- 5th June, Augusta (Third),
GA
18th-20th, Burwell's Ferry, Charles City Co, VA
19th-21st Logtown, Kershaw Co., SC
21st Williamsburg, James City Co., VA
22nd Chickahominy, Charles City Co., VA
22nd Camden Mill, Kershaw Co., SC
25th, Hobkirk's Hill/Camden (Second), SC
25th, Hillsborough, NC
25th, Petersburg, VA
25th, Blanford, VA
26th Ambush of Coffin, Kershaw Co., SC
27th, Osborne's, VA
27th, Chesterfield Court House, VA
27th-28th, Death of Abel Kolb, Marlboro Co., SC
29th, Richmond, VA
30th, Manchester, VA
Late April Raids on Alexandria, VA. & Cedar, MD
Mid to late April, Mobley & Sandy Run Settlements Raid
Fairfield Co., SC
Late April or mid May, Briar Creek, Screven Co, GA
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1st, Friday's Ferry, SC
1st, Bush River, SC
2nd-15th, Fort Granby, SC
6th, Peacock Bridge, Wilson County, NC
6th, Tarboro Edgecombe Co., NC
6th, Peacock's Bridge, Wilson County, NC
7th, Swift Creek/Fishing Creek, NC
8th, Fort Motte, SC
8th, Fair Forest Creek, SC
8th, Sawney's Creek, SC
9th, Pensacola, FL
10th, Camden (Third),
SC
11th, Orangeburgh, SC
11-12th, Cox's Mill, Randolph Co., NC
13th, Myhand's Bridge, NC
14th, Croton River, NY
14th, Friday's Ferry/Nelson's Ferry (Second), SC
15th, Beech (Beach) Island, Aiken Co., SC
16th, Portevent's Mill, NC
21st, Saluda River, Newberry Co., SC
21st, Fort Galphin/Fort Dreadnought, GA
22nd- 5th June, Augusta, GA
22nd- 29th June, Ninety-Six (Second), SC
23rd, Fort Grierson (Second), GA
28th-29th Georgetown, SC
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1st, Vaudent's Old Field, SC
3rd, Snipe's Plantation, SC
4th, Charlottesville, VA
5th, Point of Fork, VA
7th, HMS General Arnold captured
8th, Cox's Mill, NC
18th, Juniper Springs, SC
26th, Rahway Meadow,
NJ
26th, Spencer's Tavern, VA
26th, Williamsburg, VA
??, Wyanoke Ferry, NC
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3rd, King's Bridge (Second), NY
3rd, Friday's Ferry, SC
6th, Green Spring/Jamestown Ford, VA
7th, Ford's Plantation, SC
8th, New Berne, NC
8th-10th, Orangeburgh,
SC
9th, Currytown, NY
10th, Sharon Springs Swamp, NY
12th, Ogeechee River, GA
15th, Charlestown, SC
15th , Tarrytown (Second), NY
16th, Biggin Church, SC
17th, Quinby
Bridge, SC
17th, Shubrick's Plantation, SC
25th, Orangeburgh, SC
26th, Stuart's Creek, NC
29th, Deep River, NC
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1st, Yorktown, VA
2nd, Georgetown, SC
2nd, Rockfish Creek, NC
3rd, McCord's Ferry, SC
4th, Beatti's Bridge/Drowning Creek, NC
5th, Dogger Bank, North Sea
6th, Short Hills/Metuchen, NJ
6th, Turkey Hill, SC
6th, Shell's Bush, NY
7th, Parson's Plantation, SC
8th, USS Trumbull vs. HMS Iris
13th, Parker's Ferry, SC
15th, Four Mile Branch, SC
16th, Kingston, NC
17th, Weber's Bridge/Trent River, NC
19th, New Bern, NC
21st, Kingston, NC
22nd, Ulster County, NY
22nd, Warwarsing, NY
24th, Ohio River, IN
27th, Tory Hole/Elizabethtown, NC
30th, Parker's Ferry, SC
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1st, West Haven, CT
1st, Little Raft Swamp, NC
3rd, Ridgeway's Fort, SC
5th, Chesapeake Capes (Second), VA
6th, New London, CT
6th, Fort Griswold, CT
6th, Groton Heights, CT
6th, USS Congress vs. HMS Savage
8th, Eutaw Springs, SC
8th, USS South Carolina vs. Alexander
11th, Moccasin Creek, TN
12th, Cane Creek (Second)/Lindley's Mill, NC
12th, Kirk's Farm, NC
13th, Hillsborough, NC
23rd, Livingston's Creek, NC
28th- 19th October, Yorktown,
VA
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3rd, Gloucester, VA
3rd, Pratt's Mill, SC
4th, Hartley's Creek, SC
5th, Stevens Creek, SC
10th, Treadwell's
Neck, NY
15th, Raft Swamp, NC
16th, Monck's Corner, NY
24th, Johnson Hall, NY
25th, Johnstown (Second), NY
30th, Jerseyfield/West Canada Creek, NY
??, Vince's Fort, SC
??, Brush Creek, NC
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1st, Gowen's Fort, SC
2nd, Indian Old Fields/Ogeechee River, GA
6th, Wilkes County, GA
7th, Clouds Creek, SC
9th, Hayes' Station, SC
14th, More's Plantation, NC
15th, Wilmington, NC
16th, Seven Creeks, NC
17th, Clouds Creek, SC
17th, Fair Lawn, SC
18th, Wilmington, NC
19th, Hayes Station, SC
25th, St. Eustatius, West Indies
27th, Fair Lawn,
SC
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1st, Dorchester (First), SC
3rd, Fork of the Hooper, GA
7th, McCord Creek, SC
12th, Ushant, West Indies
19th, Goose Creek, SC
20th, Garden's Plantation, SC
22nd, Slaughter Field, SC
28th-29th, Johns Island, SC
29th,
Dorchester (Second), SC
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