Americans won their independence on the battlefield by employing superior strategies, tactics, and leadership. So W. J. Wood contends in this groundbreaking study of the battles of Bunker Hill, Quebec, Trenton, Princeton, Saratoga, Cowpens, and others. For each engagement he describes the types of combatants on each side and the weapons available to them; outlines the tactics; narrates blow-by-blow accounts; and analyzes the factors that determined the character of the battle and outcome.

Includes maps of: Bunker Hill, First British Attack; Boston, 1775; Bunker Hill, Second British Attack; Bunker Hill, Final British Attack; Canada Invaded, 1775; Quebec, 1775-1776; Northern Theater; Washington's Delaware Crossings, Dec. 1776; Trenton, 26 Dec. 1776; Princeton, 3 Jan. 1777; Brandywine, 11 Sept. 1777; Brandywine, Approximately 3:30 P.M.-7 P.M.; Burgoyne-St. Leger Offensive, June-Oct. 1777; Fort Stanwix, Aug. 1777; Oriskany, 6 Aug. 1777; First Battle of Saratoga, Freeman's Farm, 19 Sept. 1777; Sir Henry Clinton in the Highlands, Oct. 1777; Second Battle of Saratoga, Bemis Heights, 7 Oct. 1777; Southern Theater; Camden, 16 Aug. 1780; Kings Mountain Campaign, Sept.-Oct. 1780; Kings Mountain, 7 Oct. 1780; Cowpens, Opposing Forces, 17 Jan. 1781; Cowpens, the Battle; Greene and Cornwallis, Jan.-Mar. 1781; Guilford Courthouse, Opposing Forces, 15 Mar. 1781; Guilford Courthouse, the Battle; De Grasse & Hood, Aug. 1781; Chesapeake Capes, 5 Sept. 1781. Spine title: Battles of the Revolutionary War, 1775-1781.

Bunker Hill -- Quebec -- Trenton and Princeton -- Brandywine -- Oriskany -- Saratoga, Freeman's Farm and Bemis Heights -- Kings Mountain -- Cowpens -- Guilford Courthouse -- The Chesapeake Capes.