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Aug. 1, 1776
South Carolina
Portrait of Francis Salvador
Francis Salvador, the first Jewish man to die in the Revolution, is killed in an ambush along the Keowee River
Aug. 2, 1756
Massachusetts
Lucy Flucker Knox
Lucy Flucker, future wife of Henry Knox, is born in Boston, Massachusetts
Aug. 3, 1729
Maryland
Portrait of Richard Caswell with borders expanded by AI
Future Patriot officer, first governor of NC, and Grand Master Mason of NC, Richard Caswell, is born in Hartford County
Aug. 3, 1777
New York
View of the walls of Fort Stanwix
Barry St. Leger lays siege to Fort Stanwix, beginning a critical stage of the Saratoga Campaign
Aug. 4, 1792
United Kingdom
Portrait of John Burgoyne
Lt. Gen. John Burgoyne dies unexpectedly at age 70 following a trip to a London theatre
Aug. 6, 1777
New York
Oriskany Battle Monument photographed by Cliff Oran
The Battle of Oriskany officially splits the Iroquois and results in a British victory leading up to Saratoga
Aug. 6, 1780
South Carolina
Sumter's Withdrawal from Hanging Rock by Dale Watson
Patriot militia under Thomas Sumter defeat a British force and withdraw from the field
Aug. 7, 1742
Rhode Island
a portrait in oil of Nathanael Greene
Nathanael Greene is born on Forge Farm in Rhode Island, British America
Aug. 8, 1751
United Kingdom
Portrait of William Leslie
William Leslie is born into the upper echelon of Scottish society in Fife, Scotland
Aug. 10, 1729
United Kingdom
This is a sketch of William Howe.
William Howe, future Commander-in-Chief of British forces in America (1775-1778), is born in Nottinghamshire
Aug. 11, 1817
South Carolina
Brigadier General Andrew Pickens
Andrew Pickens, famed militia leader and treaty negotiator, dies at 77
Aug. 14, 1742
United Kingdom
Portrait of Hugh Percy, Second Duke of Northumberland
Future British general, Hugh Percy, is born in Kent
Aug. 16, 1776
New York
The Battle of Bennington, a National Guard Heritage Painting by Don Troiani
Patriot forces decimate a British force at Bennington, contributing to the deterioration of the Saratoga Campaign
Aug. 16, 1777
New York
A wounded Nicholas Herkimer commanding his troops at Oriskany
Ten days after he is wounded at the Battle of Oriskany, Nicholas Herkimer passes away after a botched amputation
Aug. 16, 1780
South Carolina
An illustration of the Battle of Camden / Hobkirk Hill
Continentals and militia under Horatio Gates are disastrously defeated by the British in the pine woods of Camden
Aug. 16, 1816
Massachusetts
Peter Salem, an emancipated African American and Continental Army Soldier, dies at the age of 65 in Framingham, Mass.
Aug. 17, 1780
South Carolina
Equestrian statue of Francis Marion at Witherspoon's Ferry/Odell Venter Landing
Francis Marion assumes command of militia forces in the Pee Dee region
Aug. 18, 1777
Vermont
Depiction of Friedrich Baum's Braunschw. Dragoner Regt. 1778
Friedrich Baum dies of his wounds in Vermont following his defeat two days prior at the Battle of Bennington
Aug. 19, 1779
New Jersey
Patriots storm the British fort at Paulus Hook
"Light Horse Harry" leads a successful night raid on a British held fort in, what is now, modern day Jersey City
Aug. 19, 1780
South Carolina
Painted portrait of General Johann de Kalb
Baron Johann de Kalb, Major-General of the Continental Army, dies of his wounds following the infamous Battle of Camden
Aug. 20, 1780
South Carolina
Great Savannah by Dale Watson
Francis Marion leads a guerilla assault at Great Savannah that frees close to 100 Continentals captured at Camden
Aug. 21, 1754
United Kingdom
Painting of Banastre Tarleton
Banastre Tarleton, "Bloody Ban," is born in Liverpool
Aug. 22, 1777
New York
View of the walls of Fort Stanwix
Barry St. Leger abandons the siege of Fort Stanwix, leaving Burgoyne without reinforcements as he moved toward Saratoga
Aug. 27, 1782
South Carolina
a portrait of John Laurens
John Laurens, one of the most promising founding fathers, is KIA at 27 as one of the last casualties of the Rev War
Aug. 29, 1779
New York
Newtown Battle Monument photographed by Jennifer Goellnitz
The only battle of the Sullivan Expedition takes place at the Iroquois village of Newtown
Aug. 31, 1778
New York
Daniel Nimham Statue
Daniel Nimham, the last sachem of the Wappinger, is slain by a British cavalryman at Battle Kingsbridge