In a land where horsemanship was often men’s touchiest point of pride, Jefferson had to admit he never saw Washington’s like for grace and control in the saddle. A froniter runner and Indian wrestler — his friend George Mercer described his frame as padded with well-developed muscles
— Washington had by 1774 refined mere energy down to a grace of least movement, the higher athleticism of the dance. And he danced well.
British Campaigns
Battle | End Date Sort descending | Commander for British | Americans |
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Battle of Bunker Hill | 17-Jun-1775 | William Howe | Israel Putnam |
Fortification of Dorchester Heights | 04-Mar-1776 | William Howe | George Washington |
Battle | End Date Sort descending | Commander for British | Americans |
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Battle of Long Island | 27-Aug-1776 | William Howe | George Washington |
Battle of Harlem Heights | 16-Sep-1776 | Alexander Leslie | George Washington |
Battle of White Plains | 28-Oct-1776 | William Howe | George Washington |
Battle of Fort Washington | 16-Nov-1776 | William Howe | George Washington |
Battle of Trenton | 26-Dec-1776 | Johann Rall | George Washington |
Battle of Princeton | 03-Jan-1777 | Charles Mawhood | George Washington |
Battle | End Date Sort descending | Commander for British | Americans |
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Siege of Fort Ticonderoga | 06-Jul-1777 | William Delaplace | Ethan Allen |
Battle of Oriskany | 06-Aug-1777 | John Johnson | Nicholas Herkimer |
Battle of Bennington | 16-Aug-1777 | Friedrich Baum | John Stark |
Battles of Saratoga | 07-Oct-1777 | John Burgoyne | Horatio Gates |
Battle | End Date Sort descending | Commander for British | Americans |
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Battle of Brandywine | 11-Sep-1777 | William Howe | George Washington |
Battle of Germantown | 04-Oct-1777 | William Howe | George Washington |
Battle of Red Bank (Fort Mercer) | 22-Oct-1777 | Carl Emil von Donop | Christopher Greene |
Siege of Mud Island Fort (Fort Mifflin) | 15-Nov-1777 | John Montresor | militia |
Battle of Monmouth | 28-Jun-1778 | Henry Clinton | George Washington |
Battle | End Date Sort descending | Commander for British | Americans |
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Battle of Fort Montgomery and Fort Clinton | 06-Oct-1777 | Henry Clinton | George Clinton, James Clinton |
Battle of Savannah | 29-Dec-1778 | Robert Howe | Archibald Campbell |
Siege of Savannah | 20-Oct-1779 | Augustin Prevost | Benjamin Lincoln |
Siege of Charleston | 12-May-1780 | Henry Clinton | Benjamin Lincoln |
Battle of Waxhaws | 29-May-1780 | Benedict Arnold | Abraham Buford |
Battle of Camden | 16-Aug-1780 | Charles Cornwallis | Horatio Gates |
Battle of Guilford Courthouse | 15-Mar-1781 | Charles Cornwallis | Nathanael Greene |
Battle of Eutaw Springs | 08-Sep-1781 | Alexander Stewart | Nathanael Greene |
Siege of Yorktown | 19-Oct-1781 | Charles Cornwallis | George Washington |
Battle of Cowpens | 07-Nov-1781 | Banastre Tarleton | Daniel Morgan |
Inventing America: Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence (1978)