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Snow Campaign

Snow Campaign was a campaign fought in 1775 at Appalachian Mountains, in what is now Canada. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Appalachian Mountains. It was part of the American Revolutionary War, which ran from 1775 to 1783. The recorded result: Patriot victory. Recorded strength: 5,000 men (peak size) against 400 men (peak size).

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Fought1775
WhereAppalachian Mountains, Canada38.000N, 79.000W, placed at the location, approximate
OutcomePatriot victory
BelligerentsSouth Carolina South Carolina; North Carolina; Georgia PatriotsagainstSouth Carolina Loyalists
Casualties and lossesUnknownand6 killed, 130 captured
Part ofAmerican Revolutionary War1775 to 1783

Where it sits in the American Revolutionary War

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1776Battle of Lindley's Fort, 1776Battle of Long Island, 1776Landing at Kip's Bay, 1776Battle of Harlem Heights, 1776Battle of Valcour Island, 1776Battle of Pell's Point, 1776Battle of Mamaroneck, 1776Battle of White Plains, 1776Battle of Fort Washington, 1776Battle of Fort Lee, 1776Ambush of Geary, 1776Washington's crossing of the Delaware River, 1776Battle of Trenton, 1776Philadelphia campaign, 1777Siege of Fort Ticonderoga, 1777Battle of White Marsh, 1777Siege of Fort Stanwix, 1777Second Battle of Machias, 1777Battle of the Assunpink Creek, 1777Battle of Princeton, 1777Battle of Millstone, 1777Forage War, 1777Battle of Punk Hill, 1777Battle off Yarmouth, 1777Battle of Bound Brook, 1777Battle of Ridgefield, 1777Battle of Thomas Creek, 1777Meigs Raid, 1777Battle of Short Hills, 1777Battle of Hubbardton, 1777Battle of Fort Anne, 1777Battle of Oriskany, 1777Battle of Bennington, 1777Battle of Staten Island, 1777Battle of Setauket, 1777Siege of Fort Henry, 1777Battle of Cooch's Bridge, 1777Battle of Brandywine, 1777Battle of the Clouds, 1777Battle of Freeman's Farm, 1777Battle of Paoli, 1777Siege of Fort Mifflin, 1777Battle of Germantown, 1777Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery, 1777Battles of Saratoga, 1777Battle of Bemis Heights, 1777Saratoga campaign, 1777Battle of Red Bank, 1777Battle of Gloucester, 1777Battle of Matson's Ford, 1777Mount Hope Bay raids, 1778Siege of Boonesborough, 1778Battle off Barbados, 1778Battle of Quinton's Bridge, 1778Frederica naval action, 1778Battle of Crooked Billet, 1778Battle of Barren Hill, 1778Battle of Cobleskill, 1778Battle of Monmouth, 1778Battle of Alligator Bridge, 1778Big Runaway, 1778Battle of Wyoming, 1778Battle of Rhode Island, 1778Invasion of Dominica, 1778Action of 11 September 1778, 1778Baylor Massacre, 1778Battle of Edgar's Lane, 1778Battle of Chestnut Neck, 1778Affair at Little Egg Harbor, 1778Cherry Valley massacre, 1778Carleton's Raid, 1778Battle of St. Lucia, 1778Capture of St. Lucia, 1778Battle of Baton Rouge, 1779Battle of Minisink, 1779Battle of Martinique, 1779Action of 31 January 1779, 1779Battle of Beaufort, 1779Battle of Van Creek, 1779Battle of Kettle Creek, 1779Siege of Fort Laurens, 1779Siege of Fort Vincennes, 1779Battle of Brier Creek, 1779Franco-Dutch Invasion of Jersey, 1779Chesapeake Raid, 1779Battle of Moca, 1779Battle of Stono Ferry, 1779Great Siege of Gibraltar, 1779Tryon's raid, 1779Capture of Grenada, 1779Battle of Grenada, 1779Burning of Fairfield, 1779Battle of Norwalk, 1779Battle of Stony Point, 1779Battle of Paulus Hook, 1779Battle of Newtown, 1779Capture of Fort Bute, 1779Battle of Lake Pontchartrain, 1779Capture of Cayo Cocina, 1779Siege of Savannah, 1779Battle of Flamborough Head, 1779Battle of San Fernando de Omoa, 1779Battle of Guadeloupe, 1779Battle of Fort Charlotte, 1780Action of 8 January 1780, 1780Elizabethtown and Newark Raid, 1780Battle of Young's House, 1780Siege of Charleston, 1780Battle of Monck's Corner, 1780Battle of Martinique, 1780Battle of Lenud's Ferry, 1780Battle of St. Louis, 1780Battle of Waxhaws, 1780Battle of Connecticut Farms, 1780Battle of Mobley's Meeting House, 1780Battle of Ramsour's Mill, 1780Battle of Springfield, 1780Battle of Bull's Ferry, 1780Battle of Colson's Mill, 1780Battle of Rocky Mount, 1780Bird's invasion of Kentucky, 1780Battle of Hanging Rock, 1780Battle of Piqua, 1780Action of 9 August 1780, 1780Battle of Camden, 1780Battle of Musgrove Mill, 1780Battle of Fishing Creek, 1780Battle of Black Mingo, 1780Battle of Wahab's Plantation, 1780Battle of Charlotte, 1780Action of 30 September 1780, 1780Battle of Kings Mountain, 1780Battle of Shallow Ford, 1780Royalton Raid, 1780Battle of Klock's Field, 1780Battle of Tearcoat Swamp, 1780Battle of Fishdam Ford, 1780Battle of Blackstock's Farm, 1780Battle of Fort St. George, 1780Siege of Yorktown, 1781Siege of Fort Watson, 1781Siege of Fort Motte, 1781Battle of Mobile, 1781Battle of Cowpens, 1781Capture of Sint Eustatius, 1781Battle of Cowan's Ford, 1781Battle of Torrence's Tavern, 1781Battle of Fort Saint Joseph (1781), 1781Pyle's Massacre, 1781Battle of Wetzell's Mill, 1781Battle of Guilford Court House, 1781Battle of Cape Henry, 1781Battle of Hobkirk's Hill, 1781Battle of Blandford, 1781Battle of Fort Royal, 1781Siege of Pensacola, 1781Siege of Ninety-Six, 1781Siege of Augusta, 1781Battle of Spencer's Ordinary, 1781Battle of Green Spring, 1781Action of 21 July 1781, 1781Battle of the House in the Horseshoe, 1781Invasion of Minorca, 1781Battle of Rockfish, 1781Lochry's Defeat, 1781Battle of Elizabethtown, 1781Action of 2 September 1781, 1781Battle of the Chesapeake, 1781Battle of Groton Heights, 1781Capture of HMS Savage, 1781Battle of Eutaw Springs, 1781Battle of Lindley's Mill, 1781Battle of Fort Slongo, 1781Battle of Johnstown, 1781Battle of Ushant, 1781Siege of Fort Henry, 1782Battle off Halifax, 1782Battle of Videau's Bridge, 1782Battle of Saint Kitts, 1782Siege of Brimstone Hill, 1782Battle of Sadras, 1782Battle of Wambaw, 1782Action of 16 March 1782, 1782Battle of Cuddalore, 1782Battle of Delaware Bay, 1782Battle of the Saintes, 1782Battle of Providien, 1782Battle of the Mona Passage, 1782Third Battle of Ushant, 1782Naval battle off Halifax, 1782Battle of Negapatam, 1782Hudson Bay expedition, 1782Battle of the Combahee River, 1782Action of 15 September 1782, 1782Battle of Cape Spartel, 1782Battle of James Island, 1782Action of 6 December 1782, 1782Action of 12 December 1782, 1782Battle of the Delaware Capes, 1782Action of 22 January 1783, 1783Action of 15 February 1783, 1783Action of 17 February 1783, 1783Battle of Grand Turk, 1783combat off the coast of Florida, 1783Colbert raid, 1783Battle of Cuddalore, 178317751783Snow Campaign, 1775
242 placed engagements of the American Revolutionary War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1775 (year precision)
to 1775
PlaceAppalachian Mountains, Canada
38.000N, 79.000W
KindCampaign, early modern
Strength5,000 men (peak size)400 men (peak size)
Casualties and lossesUnknown6 killed, 130 captured
Commanders
  • Andrew Williamson (soldier)
  • Richard Richardson (military officer)
  • William Thomson (American soldier)
  • Thomas Fletchall
Snow CampaignSnow CampaignBattle of Waynesboro, VirginiaBattle of PiedmontBattle of Port RepublicBattle of Cross KeysBattle of Rio HillBattle of PiedmontBattle of Port RepublicBattle of Cross KeysRichmondLynchburgRoanokeAlexandriaWinchesterPetersburgSt. CharlesBlacksburg100 km38.000N, 79.000W
Placed at Appalachian Mountains; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

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Snow Campaign is one of 2,126 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 149 in present-day Canada.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q195151, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Snow Campaign, revision 1381638757, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.