American Wars & Engagements Before 1900
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| War | Dates | Area or Location |
|---|---|---|
| French-Spanish | 1565-1567 | Florida |
| English-French | 1613-1629 | Canada |
| Anglo-French | 1629 | St. Lawrence River |
| Pequot War | 1636-1637 1640-1645 |
New England New Netherland |
| Iroquois | 1642-1653 | New England; Acadia |
| Anglo-Dutch | July 1653 | New Netherland |
| Bacon’s Rebellion | 1675-1676 | Virginia |
| King Philip’s War | 1675-1676 | New England |
| War in North | 1676-1678 | Maine |
| Culpepper’s Rebellion | 1677-1680 | Carolinas |
| Leisler’s Rebellion | 1688-1691 | New England |
| Revolution in Maryland ~ also called Protestant Revolution |
1689 | Maryland |
| Glorious Revolution | 1689 | New England |
| King William’s War | 1689-1697 | Canada |
| Queen Anne’s War | 1702-1713 | New England |
| The Tuscarora War | 1711-1712 | Virginia, Carolinas |
| War of Jenkin’s Ear | 1739-1742 or 1748 | Florida |
| King George’s | 1740 | Georgia & Virginia |
| Louisbourg | 1745 | New England |
| Battle of Fort Necessity | 1754 | Pennsylvania |
| Anglo-French | 1755-1758 | Canada |
| French & Indian | 1754-1763 | New England, Virginia |
| Siege of Quebec | 1759 | Canada |
| American Revolution | 1775-1783 | |
| Chickamauga War (Cherokee) | 1776–1795 | Old Southwest |
| Battle of Wyoming Valley ~ also known as Wyoming Valley War |
1782-1787 | Pennsylvania |
| Northwest Indian War (Chickasaw, Choctaw) |
1785–1793 | Northwest Territory |
| Shay’s Rebellion | Dec 1786 – Jan 1787 | Massachusetts |
| Whiskey Insurrection ~ also called Whiskey Rebellion |
1794 (1791–1794) |
Pennsylvania (Western Pennsylvania) |
| Northwestern Indian | 1790-1795 | Ohio |
| War with France (Naval) | 1798-1800 | |
| War with Tripoli (Naval) | 1801-1805 | North Coast of Africa |
| Burr’s Insurrection ~ also Burr’s Conspiracy |
1806-1807 | Southern Mississippi Valley |
| Chesapeake (Naval) | 1807 | Virginia |
| Northwestern Indian | 1811 | Indiana |
| Tecumseh’s War | 1811 | Northwest River Ohio |
| Florida Seminole Indian | 1812 | Florida (Georgia Volunteers) |
| War of 1812 | 1812-1815 | Eastern & Central North America |
| Fort Clark | 1813 | Illinois |
| Creek Indian (Lower Creeks, Cherokee Nation & Choctaw) | 1813-1814 | Southern United States |
| Battle of New Orleans | 1814 | Louisana |
| Barbary Powers | 1815 | North Coast of Africa |
| First Seminole War | 1817-1818 | Pensacola, Florida |
| Texas-Indian wars (Comanche) | 1820–1875 | Texas |
| Lafitte’s Pirates | 1817-1821 | Galveston |
| Arickaree Indian (Rickaree) also known as Arikara War |
1823 | Missouri River, Dakota Territory |
| Fever River Expedition against Indians | 1827 | Illinois |
| Winnebago War | 1827 | Wisconsin, Illinois & Michigan Territory |
| Sac & Fox Indian | June & July 1831 | Illinois |
| Black Hawk War | 1832 | Illinois & Michigan Territory |
| Second Seminole War | 1835–1842 | Florida |
| Toledo | 1835-1836 | Ohio & Michigan |
| Texan | 1835-1836 | Texas |
| Indian Stream | 1835-1836 | New Hampshire |
| Creek Indian | 1836-1837 | Georgia. & Alabama |
| Florida (Seminole) | 1835-1842 | Florida, Georgia, & Alabama |
| Sabine/Southwestern Indian | 1836-1837 | Louisiana |
| Cherokee | 1836-1838 | |
| Osage Indian | 1837 | Missouri |
| Heatherly War ~ also known as the Heatherly Disturbance |
Jul-Nov 1836 | Missouri |
| Mormon | 1838 | Missouri |
| Aroostook War | 1839 | Maine |
| Dorr’s Rebellion | 1843-1849 | Rhode Island |
| Mormon | 1844 | Illinois |
| Mexican–American War | 1846-1848 | Texas, New Mexico, California & Mexico |
| Cayuse [Indian] War | 1847-1848 or 1847-1855 |
Oregon |
| Texas & New Mexico Indian | 1849-1855 | |
| Utah Indian | 1850-1853 | |
| Apache Wars (Apache, Ute & Yavapai) | 1851–1900 | Southwestern United States |
| California Indian | 1851-1852 | |
| Rogue River Indian | 1851, 1853, 1856 | Oregon |
| Oregon Indian | 1854 | Oregon |
| Nicaraguan | 1854-1858 | Naval |
| Kansas Troubles | 1854-1859 | Kansas |
| Yakima Indian | 1855 | Local |
| Klamath & Salmon River Indian | 1855 | Oregon & Idaho |
| Florida Indian | 1855-1858 | Florida |
| John Brown’s Raid | 1859 | Harper’s Ferry, Virginia |
| War of Rebellion | 1860-1865 | General |
| Cheyenne | 1861-1864 | Local |
| Sioux | 1862-1863 | Minnesota |
| Indian Campaign | 1865-1868 | Oregon, Idaho and California |
| Fenian Invasion of Canada | 1866 | from New England |
| Indian Campaign | 1867-1869 | Kansas, Colorado & Indian Territory |
| Modac Indian War ~ also known as the Lava Beds War |
1872-1873 | Oregon |
| Apaches | 1873 | Arizona |
| Indian Campaigns | 1874-1875 | Kansas, Colorado, Texas, New Mexico & Indian Territory |
| Cheyenne & Sioux | 1876-1877 | Dakota |
| Nez Perce | 1877 | Utah |
| Bannock | 1878 | Idaho, Washington Territory & Wyoming Territory |
| White River War ~ also known as Ute War, Ute Campaign or Meeker Massacre |
1879 | Utah & Colorado |
| Cheyenne | 1878-1879 | Dakota & Montana |
| Spanish-American | 1898-1899 | Cuba |
| Philippine Insurrection | 1899-1902 | Philippine Islands |
Sources:
Notes from The June Maddox Collection [Nichols Library, Gadsden, AL], GenealogyTrails.com, Wikipedia.
From Google Books (all are available to download or read online).
Updated April 8th 2020 2:54 pm.