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778 WyomingJuly 4, 1778 Quaker Hill (R. I.)Aug. 29, 1778 SavannahDec. 29, 1778 Kettle CreekFeb. 14, 1779 Brier CreekMar. 3, 1779 Stono FerryJune 20, 1779 Stony PointJuly 16, 1779 Paulus's HookAug. 19, 1779 Chemung (near Elmira, N. Y.)Aug. 29, 1779 SavannahOct. 9, 1779 Charleston (Siege and Surrender of)May 12, 1780 Springfield (N. J.)June 23, 1780 Rocky Mount (N. C.)July 30, 1780 Hanging Rock (N. C.)Aug. 6, 1780 Sander's Creek (near Camden, S. C.)Aug. 16, 1780 King's Mountain (S778 WyomingJuly 4, 1778 Quaker Hill (R. I.)Aug. 29, 1778 SavannahDec. 29, 1778 Kettle CreekFeb. 14, 1779 Brier CreekMar. 3, 1779 Stono FerryJune 20, 1779 Stony PointJuly 16, 1779 Paulus's HookAug. 19, 1779 Chemung (near Elmira, N. Y.)Aug. 29, 1779 SavannahOct. 9, 1779 Charleston (Siege and Surrender of)May 12, 1780 Springfield (N. J.)June 23, 1780 Rocky Mount (N. C.)July 30, 1780 Hanging Rock (N. C.)Aug. 6, 1780 Sander's Creek (near Camden, S. C.)Aug. 16, 1780 King's Mountain (
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ed by Indians and Tories......Oct. 16, 1778 Cherry Valley ravaged by Indians and Tories......Nov. 11-12, 1778 Sir Henry Clinton captures Verplanck's and Stony Point......June, 1779 Stony Point surprised and captured, with 500 prisoners, by Gen. Anthony Wayne......July 16, 1779 General Sullivan leaves the Wyoming Valley with a force of 3,000 men, July 31, on an expedition against the Six Nations. He is joined at Tioga Point, Aug. 22, by Gen. James Clinton, with 1,600 men......Aug. 29, 1779 [In the course of three weeks the troops destroy forty Indian villages and extensive fields of grain.] Verplanck's and Stony Point evacuated by the British......October, 1779 Command in the Highlands of the Hudson, with the works at West Point, is given to Gen. Benedict Arnold......Aug. 3, 1780 Maj. John Andre, adjutant-general of the British army, lands from the British sloop-of-war Vulture, and meets General Arnold on the night of......Sept. 21, 1780 Attempting to return