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Welcome to the American Revolutionary War task force. If you have any questions about articles or are generally seeking advice, you're encouraged to ask at the main military history talk page, or you can directly approach one of the task force participants below. The coordinators of the Military history WikiProject can be contacted here. Scope This task force covers all topics related to the American Revolutionary War, also known as the American War of Independence. Any article related to this task force should be marked by adding ARW-task-force=yes or ARW=yes to the project banner at the top of its talk page, such as {{WPMILHIST|ARW=yes}}. (see the project banner instructions for more details on the exact syntax). This will automatically place the talk page into Category:American Revolutionary War task force articles.

Participants

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1. Bedford (talk · contribs)
2. BusterD (talk · contribs)
3. Cdtew (talk · contribs) The Southern Campaign; United Empire Loyalists and Loyalist militia commanders/units
4. Cunobeline (talk · contribs) The Southern Campaign especially Royal Regiment of Artillery related.
5. Dashiellx (talk · contribs)
6. Djmaschek (talk · contribs)
7. Donner60 (talk · contribs) (mainly battles, biographies, citations))
8. Euryalus (talk · contribs) (naval warfare)
9. G._Moore (talk · contribs) (North Carolina military units and biographies of commanders)
10. GELongstreet (talk · contribs) (units, biographies, orders of battle, minor fixes and additions)
11. GenQuest (talk · contribs) (historically accurate place names and dating; territorial and state border developments; grammar and proper English.)
12. Magicpiano (talk · contribs) (mainly Boston campaign, Invasion of Canada (1775), miscellaneous events in and around New England.)
13. Michael Jester (talk · contribs)
15. Professor Penguino (talk · contribs)
16. Relativity (talk · contribs) Anything that has to do with Founding Fathers, battles, and Benedict Arnold.
17. Rovenrat (talk · contribs)
18. TiMike (talk · contribs)
19. TomStar81 (talk · contribs)

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Article statistics

The table to the right shows the current article assessment statistics for this task force. A list of the top 500 most popular articles within our scope, as well as the number of page views each article received over the past month, can be found here. With most of our articles assessed as Stub- or Start-Class, there's a lot of work to be done. However, we also have a significant number of good, A-Class, and featured articles, which have been assessed as amongst the best Wikipedia has to offer. These article serve as a yardstick for what can be achieved and should be aimed for, and can provide ideas about how to write an article and what sources to consult; they are listed below: Recognized content Featured articles John Adair Battle of the Cedars Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec Daniel Boone Crawford expedition HMS Endeavour Fort Ticonderoga James Garrard George III Patrick Henry James Hogun Robert Howe (Continental Army officer) Tadeusz Kościuszko Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette HMS Levant (1758) Lexington–Concord Sesquicentennial half dollar Lochry's Defeat Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment James Moore (Continental Army officer) Francis Nash HMS Pearl (1762) Battle of Quebec (1775) HMS Roebuck (1774) Charles Scott (governor) Isaac Shelby Jethro Sumner Adamson Tannehill Capture of Fort Ticonderoga Stephen Trigg Battle of Valcour Island George Washington and slavery William IV Featured lists Battle of Long Island order of battle Battle of Trenton order of battle A-Class articles Battle of Fort Washington Boot Monument HMS Endeavour Siege of Fort Ticonderoga (1777) Powder Alarm Casimir Pulaski William Stacy Good articles 2nd Canadian Regiment 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot 64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot HMS Adamant (1780) Ethan Allen Ambush of Geary American Creation Military career of Benedict Arnold, 1775–1776 Military career of Benedict Arnold, 1777–1779 Military career of Benedict Arnold, 1781 Benedict Arnold Attack on German Flatts (1778) Battle of Bennington Battle of Bunker Hill Battle of Cape Henry Battle of Groton Heights Battle of Hubbardton Battle of Oriskany Battle of Short Hills Battle of Sullivan's Island Battle of the Chesapeake Battle of Torrence's Tavern Battle of White Marsh Battle of the Assunpink Creek Battle of Block Island Battle of Bound Brook Battle of Chelsea Creek Battle of Cobleskill Battle of Fort Anne Battle of Fort Cumberland (1776) Battle of Fort Washington Battle of Gloucester (1775) Battle of Great Bridge Battle of Green Spring Battle of Harlem Heights Battle of Iron Works Hill Battle of Kemp's Landing Battle of Kettle Creek Battle of Long Island Battle of Longue-Pointe Battle of Machias Battle of Millstone Battle of Setauket Battle of Staten Island Battle of White Plains Battle of the Rice Boats Battles of Lexington and Concord Battles of Saratoga Battle of Beaufort Battle of Blandford Boot Monument Boston Massacre Boston campaign Molly Brant William Brattle Burning of Falmouth Burning of Norfolk Capture of Savannah Cherry Valley massacre Hugh Cloberry Christian George Rogers Clark HMS Concorde (1783) Confederate Defenders of Charleston Battle of Cooch's Bridge John Cooke (Royal Navy officer) Cornwallis in North America Nathaniel Dance Isaac Davis (soldier) Dorchester Heights Monument Hugh Downman William Eustis George Eyre Forage War Siege of Fort Ticonderoga (1777) Fortification of Dorchester Heights Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery Thomas Gage George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River Great Fire of New York (1776) Grey's raid Groton Monument Gunpowder Incident Alexander Hamilton James Inglis Hamilton John Hancock Moses Hazen Thomas Hinde William Johnstone Hope William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe Hudson Bay expedition Invasion of Quebec (1775) Battle of Kings Mountain Landing at Kip's Bay Battle of Lake Pontchartrain HMS Latona (1781) HMS Lowestoffe (1761) Matthew Lyon Battle of Machias (1777) James Macnamara George Madison George Mathews (soldier) Jane McCrea Angus McDonald (Virginia militiaman) Charles McKnight Meigs Raid Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge James Nicoll Morris Staats Long Morris Mount Hope Bay raids George Murray (Royal Navy officer, born 1759) Raid of Nassau Naval battles of the American Revolutionary War New York and New Jersey campaign Lewis Nicola Noble train of artillery Isaac Parsons (Virginia politician) Lord Henry Paulet Battle of Pell's Point USS Philadelphia (1776) Arthur Phillip Powder Alarm Battle of Princeton Casimir Pulaski Raid on Unadilla and Onaquaga George Washington in the American Revolution HMS Romney (1762) Edward Rotheram Griffith Rutherford Battle of Saint-Pierre Jedediah Sanger Saratoga campaign Siege of Savage's Old Fields Siege of Boston Siege of Fort Stanwix Siege of Yorktown Siege of Fort St. Jean Battle of Spencer's Ordinary William Stacy Staten Island Peace Conference Battle of Trenton Battle of Trois-Rivières French ship Vengeur du Peuple HMS Vestal (1777) HMS Vigilant (1777) James Walker (Royal Navy officer) James Warren (politician) George Washington George Washington's political evolution Robert White (judge) Marinus Willett Otho Holland Williams Andrew Wodrow Yorktown campaign

American Revolutionary War task force assessment statistics Articles Lists FA 31 FL 2 A 7 AL 0 GA 145     B 285 BL 5 C 690 CL 10 Start 1,361 List 20 Stub 255     Total 2,774 Total 37 Other pages Category 166 Disambig 4 Draft 1 File 20 Portal 0 Project 4 Redirect 28 SIA 1 Template 26 User 0 Total 250 Unassessed 0 Statistics ω 12,402 Ω 4.412 category

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Company of Select Marksmen

Requested articles

Johann von Hanxleden • Claude-Anne de Rouvroy de Saint Simon • Juan Manuel Cagigal y Monserrat

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Quebec in the American Revolution; many existing "<State> in/during the American Revolution" articles • Hercules Mulligan

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1780 Black Camp Rebellion • Albemarle Barracks • Battle of Lenud's Ferry • Battle of Wetzell's Mill • Carleton's Raid • Cortlandt Skinner • Daniel Waters (minuteman) • Fort Dayton • Fort Independence (Vermont) • HM galley Pigot • John Swift (general) • King's Royal Regiment of New York • Matthias Ogden • Samuel Holden Parsons • Volunteers of Ireland • Francis McLean (British Army officer)

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Battles in {{Campaignbox American Revolutionary War: Gulf Coast}} • Peter Francisco • Aaron Burr • Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis • Continental Army

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Encyclopedias

• Blanco, Richard L. and Paul J. Sanborn, eds. The American Revolution, 1775–1783: An Encyclopedia. 2 volumes. New York: Garland, 1993. ISBN 0-8240-5623-X.
• Boatner, Mark Mayo, III. Encyclopedia of the American Revolution. Revised ed. New York: McKay, 1974. ISBN 0-8117-0578-1.
• Fremont-Barnes, Gregory and Richard Alan Ryerson, eds. The Encyclopedia of the American Revolutionary War: A Political, Social, and Military History. 5 volumes. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, 2006. ISBN 1-85109-408-3.
• Selesky, Harold E., ed. Encyclopedia of the American Revolution: Library of Military History. 2 volumes. Detroit: Scribner's, 2006. ISBN 0-684-31513-0.

Biographical dictionaries

• Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Scribner's, 1928–64. 11 volumes.
• Dictionary of Canadian Biography. 15 volumes to date. University of Toronto Press, 1966–. Online version.
• Garraty, John A. and Mark C. Carnes, eds. American National Biography. 26 vols to date. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. ISBN 0195206355.
• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2004–. 60 volumes to date. Available online in some large libraries.
• Purcell, L. Edward. Who Was Who in the American Revolution. New York: Facts on File, 1993. ISBN 0-8160-2107-4.

Continental Army organization

• Heitman, Francis B. Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army during the War of the Revolution. New, enlarged, and revised edition. Washington, D.C.: Rare Book Shop Publishing Company, 1914. Available on Google Book Search.
• Wright, Robert K. The Continental Army. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, U.S. Army, 1983. Available, in part, online from the U.S. Army website.

British Army organization

• Curtis, Edward, Organization of the British Army in the American Revolution, 1926 Can be found online here
• Katcher, Philip, Encyclopaedia of British, Provincial and German Army Units 1775-1783, 1973, ISBN 0811705420
• Army Lists, 1775-1783
• A List of general and staff officers on the establishment in North America, 1755-1782

Pictures

A number of national libraries, and several large city public libraries have digital collections that include historic maps, and images of notable people.

• New York Public Library Digital Gallery
• Boston Public Library's Norman B. Leventhal Map Center
• American Memory from the Library of Congress
• British Library Online Gallery
• Gallica and Gallica2 at the French National Library
• Canadian Archives
• IRIS at the Quebec National Library and Archive
• National Library of Australia Digital Collection also a small number of period maps
• Darlington Map Collection at the University of Pittsburgh