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List of conflicts in the United States

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This is alist of conflicts in the United States. Conflicts are arranged chronologically from thelate modern period tocontemporary history. This list includes (but is not limited to) the following:Indian wars,skirmishes,wars of independence,liberation wars,colonial wars,undeclared wars,proxy wars,territorial disputes, andworld wars. Also listed might be anybattle that was itself only part of anoperation of acampaign of atheater of awar. There may also be periods of violent civil unrest listed, such asriots,shootouts,spree killings,massacres,terrorist attacks, andcivil wars.

Late modern period

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18th century

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1775 – 1783American Revolutionary War
Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown.
1776 – 1794Cherokee–American wars
- October 17, 1793Battle of Hightower
- 1794Nickajack Expedition
1784Third Pennamite War
- August 14, 1784Awa'uq Massacre
1785 – 1795Northwest Indian War
Battle of Fallen Timbers
June 20, 1783Pennsylvania Mutiny of 1783
August 29, 1786 – February 1787Shays' Rebellion
September 20, 1786Paper Money Riot
Unification of Hawaii (1790 - 1795)
- 1790:Battle of Kepaniwai,1790 Footprints
- 1791:Battle of Kawaihae
- 1795:Battle of Nuʻuanu
1791 – 1794Whiskey Rebellion
1797:Battle of San Juan
1798 – 1800Quasi-War
USS Constellation in combat with French Insurgente
- 1798
  - Capture of La Croyable
  - Capture of USS Retaliation
1799 – 1800Fries's Rebellion

19th century

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August 30, 1800Gabriel's Rebellion
1804Battle of Sitka
1810 – 1813Tecumseh's War
Battle of Tippecanoe
- 1811:Battle of Tippecanoe
1811:1811 German Coast uprising
1813Gutiérrez–Magee Expedition (Mexican War of Independence):Battle of Rosillo Creek,Battle of Alazan Creek,Battle of Medina
1812 – 1815War of 1812
British troops enter Washington during theburning of Washington.
- 1812
- 1813
- 1813
- 1814
- 1815
1813 – 1814Creek War
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
- 1813
- 1814
1817 – 1818First Seminole War
- July 27, 1816Battle of Negro Fort
1820 – 1875Texas-Indian wars
Comanches of West Texas in war regalia.
- 1837:Battle of Stone Houses
- 1838:Arroyo Seco Fight,Killough massacre
- 1839:Battle of the San Gabriels,Battle of the Neches
- 1840:Great Raid of 1840
- 1841:Battle of Village Creek,Battle of Bandera Pass
- 1854:Battle of the Diablo Mountains
- 1857:Battle of Devil's River
- 1872:Battle of the North Fork of the Red River
1820Tongue River Massacre
1823Arikara War
1827Winnebago War
1830 – 1847Indian removal
- 1830 – 1850Trail of Tears
- 1831 – 1833Choctaw Trail of Tears
- May 25, 1838 – 1839Cherokee removal
- November 4, 1838Potawatomi Trail of Death
August 21 – 23, 1831Nat Turner's Rebellion
1832Black Hawk War
Battle of Stillman's Run
- 1832
1833Cutthroat Gap massacre
1835 – 1842Second Seminole War
United States Marines searching for the Indians during the Seminole War.
- 1835
  - Dade battle
  - Battle of Ouithlacoochie
- 1836
  - Battle of San Felasco Hammock
  - Battle of Wahoo Swamp
- 1837:Battle of Lake Okeechobee
- 1838
  - Battles of the Loxahatchee
  - Battle of Pine Island Ridge
- 1839:Battle of the Caloosahatchee
1835 – 1836Toledo War
1835 – 1836Texas Revolution
Battle of the Alamo
- 1835
- 1836
1836 – 1875Comanche Wars
- 1836:Fort Parker massacre
- 1840:Council House Fight,Battle of Plum Creek
- 1858:Antelope Hills expedition,Battle of Little Robe Creek
- 1860:Battle of Pease River
- 1864:First Battle of Adobe Walls
1836 – 1837Creek War of 1836
- March 27, 1837Battle of Pea River
1838 – 1839Aroostook War
1838Mormon War (1838)
- October 24, 1838Battle of Crooked River
1838 – 1839Córdova Rebellion
1839Honey War
1839 – 1845Anti-Rent War
1839 – 1844Regulator–Moderator War
1840Bellevue War
1841 – 1842Dorr Rebellion
1842Dawson Massacre
1842 – 1843Mier expedition
1844 – 1850Tutt–Everett War
May 6 – July 7, 1844Philadelphia nativist riots
1844 – 1846Battle of Nauvoo
1845Milwaukee Bridge War
1846 – 1887California Indian Wars
- 1846 – 1873California genocide
1846 – 1848Mexican–American War
Battle of Resaca de la Palma
- 1846
- 1847
1847 – 1855Cayuse War
- November 29, 1847Whitman massacre
1849 – 1866Navajo Wars
Navajo people photographed during the Long Walk.
- 1860:Second Battle of Fort Defiance
- 1864
1849 – 1924Apache Wars
Drawing of an Apache warrior waiting for an ambush.
- 1857
  - Battle of Cooke's Spring
  - Bonneville Expedition (1857)
- 1860:Battle of the Mimbres River
- 1861
- 1862
- 1863:Mowry massacres
- 1864
  - Battle of Mount Gray
  - Skirmish in Doubtful Canyon
- 1865:Battle of Fort Buchanan
1849 – 1855Jicarilla War
- 1849:White massacre
- 1854
  - Battle of Cieneguilla
  - Battle of Ojo Caliente Canyon
1850 – 1853Yuma War
- 1850Gila Expedition
- 8 February – October 1852Yuma Expedition
February 8 – 17, 1850Battle at Fort Utah
1850 – 1851Mariposa War
1853 – 1854Walker War
- October 2, 1853Nephi massacre
1854 – 1858Bleeding Kansas
Aftermath of the Sacking of Lawrence.
- 1855:Wakarusa War
- 1856
1854 – 1855:First Sioux War
- August 19, 1854Grattan massacre
- September 3, 1855Battle of Ash Hollow
1855 – 1856:Rogue River Wars
- October 31, 1855Battle of Hungry Hill
- May 27 – 28, 1856Battle of Big Bend
1855 – 1858:Yakima War
Seattleites evacuate to the town blockhouse.
- 1855
- 1856:Battle of Seattle (1856)
- 1858
1855 – 1856Puget Sound War
- 1856:Battle of Port Gamble
1855 – 1858Third Seminole War
1855Klamath River Wars
1856Tule River War
1856Tintic War
1857 – 1858Utah War
- September 7 – 11, 1857Mountain Meadows massacre
- November 25 – 28, 1857Aiken massacre (Utah)
July 4 – 5, 1857Dead Rabbits riot
1858 – 1859Mohave War
1858 – 1864Bald Hills War
1859Pitt River Expedition
1859 – 1860Mendocino War
1859Pig War (1859)
1859 – 1861Cortina Troubles
- 1859
- 1860
  - Battle of La Bolsa
- 1861
  - Battle of Carrizo
1859John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry
1860Paiute War
- May 7, 1860Williams Station massacre
- May 13, 1860First Battle of Pyramid Lake
- June 2 – 4, 1860Second Battle of Pyramid Lake
1860Bitter Spring Expedition
1861 – 1865American Civil War
General Pickett's Charge during the Battle of Gettysburg.
- 1861
- 1862
- 1864
- 1865
1861 – 1875Yavapai Wars
1862 – 1867Bitter Spring Expedition
1862Morrisite War
1862Dakota War of 1862
The Siege of New Ulm
- 1862
1863 – 1891Hatfield-McCoy Feud
1863Bear River Massacre
July 13 – 16, 1863New York City draft riots
1864 – 1868Snake War
- 1865
  - Battle of Mud Lake
- 1866
  - Battle of Owyhee River
- 1867
  - Battle of Steen's Mountain
  - Battle of Infernal Caverns
1864 – 1865Colorado War
Sand Creek massacre
- 1864
  - Sand Creek massacre
- 1865
1864 – 1874Lowry War
1865 – 1959Oyster Wars
1865 – 1870Hualapai War
1865 – 1872Black Hawk War (1865–1872)
- April 21, 1866Circleville Massacre
1865Powder River Expedition (1865)
- 1865
1866 – 1868Red Cloud's War
- December 21, 1866Fetterman Fight
- August 1, 1867Hayfield Fight
- August 2, 1867Wagon Box Fight
1866 – 1871Fenian raids
May 1 – 3, 1866Memphis massacre of 1866
July 30, 1866New Orleans massacre of 1866
1867 – 1875Comanche campaign
- 1871
  - Warren Wagon Train raid
  - Battle of Blanco Canyon
- 1874:Battle of Palo Duro Canyon
1868 – 1876Sutton–Taylor feud
January 7, 1868Pulaski riot
September 28, 1868Opelousas massacre
1868Battle of the Washita River
1870Barber–Mizell feud
July – November 1870Kirk–Holden war
1871 – 1875Yavapai War
- 1871
  - Camp Grant massacre
  - Wickenburg massacre
- 1872:Battle of Salt River Canyon
- 1873:Battle of Turret Peak
- 1874:Battle of Sunset Pass
April 15, 1872Goingsnake massacre
1872 – 1873Modoc War
Modocs defending their Stronghold.
- 1872:Battle of Lost River
- 1873
March 1871Meridian race riot of 1871
October 24, 1871Los Angeles Chinese massacre of 1871
1873 – 1888Colfax County War
1873Yellowstone Expedition of 1873
- 1873
  - Battle of Honsinger Bluff
  - Battle of Pease Bottom
1873:Colfax massacre
1874 – 1875Red River War
- June 28, 1874Second Battle of Adobe Walls
- September 9 – 14, 1874Battle of the Upper Washita River
  - September 9 – 14, 1874Battle of Lyman's Wagon Train
  - September 12, 1874Battle of Buffalo Wallow
- September 28, 1874Battle of Palo Duro Canyon
1874Brooks–Baxter War
1874Battle of Liberty Place
November 3, 1874Election Massacre of 1874
December 7, 1874 – January 5, 1875Vicksburg massacre
1875 – 1876Mason County War
1875Las Cuevas War
1876Hamburg massacre
1876 – 1877Great Sioux War of 1876
Battle of Little Bighorn
- 1876
- 1877
  - Battle of Wolf Mountain
  - Battle of Little Muddy Creek
1876 – 1877Buffalo Hunters' War
- 1877
  - Buffalo Soldier tragedy of 1877
  - Battle of Yellow House Canyon
1877Nez Perce War
Chief Joseph and his band in the spring of 1877.
- 1877
July 14 – September 4, 1877Great Railroad Strike of 1877
- July 16 – 29, 1877Baltimore railroad strike of 1877
- July 23 – 26, 1877Chicago railroad strike of 1877
- July 19 – 30, 1877Pittsburgh railroad strike of 1877
- July 23, 1877Reading Railroad Massacre
- July 22 – 28, 18771877 St. Louis general strike
- July 23 – November 17, 1877Scranton general strike
- July 24 – 26, 18771877 Shamokin uprising
1878Bannock War
1878 – 1890Lincoln County War
- July 15 – 19, 1878Battle of Lincoln (1878)
1878 – 1879Northern Cheyenne Exodus
- September 13 – 14, 1878Battle of Turkey Springs
- September 27, 1878Battle of Punished Woman's Fork
1879Sheepeater Indian War
1879 – 1880Victorio's War
- 1880:Battle of Hembrillo Basin,Alma Massacre,Battle of Fort Tularosa
- 1881:Battle of Carrizo Canyon
1879Meeker Massacre
1881 – 1886Geronimo's War
- 1881
  - Battle of Cibecue Creek
  - Battle of Fort Apache
- 1882
  - Battle of Big Dry Wash
- 1885
  - Battle of Devil's Creek
  - Battle of Little Dry Creek
- 1886
  - Raid on Bear Valley
1881Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1882 – 1892Pleasant Valley War
June 1883Dodge City War
March 28 – 30, 1884Cincinnati riots of 1884
September 2, 1885Rock Springs massacre
May 4, 1886Haymarket affair
May 5, 1886Bay View massacre
1887 – 1893Gray County War
1887Crow War
May 27 – 28, 1887Hells Canyon Massacre
1887 – 1924Post-1887 Apache Wars period
- 1889
  - Kelvin Grade massacre
- 1890
  - Cherry Creek campaign
- 1896
  - Apache Campaign (1896)
1887Reservoir war
1887 – 1895Hawaiian rebellions (1887–1895)
- 1889
  - Wilcox rebellion of 1889
- 1893
- 1895
  - 1895 Wilcox rebellion
November 22 – 25, 1887Thibodaux massacre
1888 – 1889Jaybird–Woodpecker War
1889Wham Paymaster robbery
May 18 – 19, 18891889 Forrest City riot
July 20, 1889 – May 24, 1893Johnson County War
- April 11 – 13, 1892Siege of the TA Ranch
- June 17, 1892Battle of Suggs
1890 – 1916Castaic Range War
1890 – 1891Ghost Dance War
Mass grave for the deadLakota after the massacre atWounded Knee.
- 1890
  - Wounded Knee Massacre
  - Drexel Mission Fight
February 10 – May 26, 1891Morewood massacre
March 14, 18911891 New Orleans lynchings
April 1891 – August 1892Coal Creek War
1891 – 1893Garza Revolution
July 1 – November 20, 1892Homestead Strike
1892Battle of Coffeyville
1893Battle of Ingalls
May 1, 1894May Day riots of 1894
May 11 – July 20, 1894Pullman Strike
1894Bituminous coal miners' strike of 1894
1895Bannock War of 1895
August 4 – 5, 1895Spring Valley Race Riot of 1895
1896Yaqui Uprising
September 10, 1897Lattimer massacre
1898Spanish–American War
The bombardment ofCastillo San Felipe del Morro.
- 1898
1898Battle of Sugar Point
October 12, 1898Battle of Virden
November 10, 1898Wilmington insurrection of 1898
1899Hot Springs gunfight,Padre Canyon incident
April 10, 1899Pana massacre
September 17, 1899Carterville Mine Riot

Contemporary history

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20th Century

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This covers conflicts and terrorist attacks in the 1900s that occurred within the modern territory of the United States of America. This also includes attacks upon the United States fromEurasian powers.

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18th century

19th century

Contemporary history

20th Century

1900–1945

1946 – 2000

21st century

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