battle, early modern

Battle of Pine's Bridge

Name: Battle of Pine's Bridge
Start: 1781-05-14
Location: Yorktown, New York, United States

Battle of Pine's Bridge was a battle fought on 14 May 1781 at Yorktown, in what is now New York, United States. The recorded result: British victory.

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Fought14 May 1781

WhereYorktown, New York, United States41.196N, 73.873W

OutcomeBritish victory

BelligerentsUnited StatesagainstKingdom of Great Britain

Casualties and losses31 dead and 21 taken prisonersandUnknown

Record

Date	14 May 1781
Place	Yorktown, New York, United States 41.196N, 73.873W
Kind	Battle, early modern
Strength		140 infantry; 60 Cavalry
Casualties and losses	31 dead and 21 taken prisoners	Unknown
Commanders	Christopher Greene	James De Lancey (loyalist)

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Stony Point 1779, 9.8 km NW
Battle of Young's House 1780, 12 km SE
Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery 1777, 17 km NW
Battle of White Plains 1776, 20 km SE
Battle of Edgar's Lane 1778, 22 km S

Elsewhere in 1781

Battle of Pine's Bridge is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 1,148 in present-day United States (57 in New York).

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q28873507, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Pine's Bridge, revision 1374668875, read 2026-11-14, 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.