| Description | Officer |
| Captured Montreal, killed at Quebec | |
| Led victories at Stony Point and West Point | |
| Head Engineer of the Continental Army | |
| Commanded northern army that won at Saratoga | |
| Known as the 'Swamp Fox' for his guerrilla fighting | |
| Forced to surrender Fort Ticonderoga | |
| Led southern army in latter part of the war; also Quartermaster General | |
| Dragged cannon from Ticonderoga to Boston | |
| Continental Army commander in chief | |
| Defeated Hessian mercenaries at Bennington | |
| Commander of rifle companies and victor at the Cowpens | |