There are four major victories of the Continental Army
One of the facts about the Continental Army is that there are four major victories of the Continental Army. Between 1775 and 1783, the Continental Army engaged in several skirmishes and minor engagements, as well as over a dozen significant full-fledged set-piece battles against British and Hessian forces. From South Carolina to upstate New York, the nascent army won slightly more than half of the fights. Saratoga, Trenton, Cowpens, and Yorktown were all significant triumphs.
The Combat of Trenton was a small but crucial American Revolutionary War battle that took place in Trenton, New Jersey, on December 26, 1776. After a quick battle, over two-thirds of the Hessian force was captured, with the Americans suffering only minor casualties. The battle boosted the Continental Army's dwindling morale and prompted re-enlistment. The Battles of Saratoga (September 19 and October 7, 1777) were the pinnacle of the Saratoga campaign, handing the Americans a decisive victory over the British in the American Revolutionary War.
The Battle of Cowpens was fought on January 17, 1781, near the town of Cowpens, South Carolina, between U.S. forces led by Brigadier General Daniel Morgan and British forces led by Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton as part of a campaign in the Carolinas (North and South). The battle marked a watershed moment in the American retake of South Carolina from the British. The Siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the surrender at Yorktown, or the German battle (due to the presence of Germans in all three armies), began on September 28, 1781, and ended on October 19, 1781, at Yorktown, Virginia, was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, and French Army troops led by Comte de Rochambeau. The siege of Yorktown proved to be the last major land combat of the American Revolutionary War in North America since Cornwallis' capitulation and capture of both him and his army pushed the British government to put an end to the conflict.
