List of conflicts in the United States

This is a list of conflicts in the United States. Conflicts are arranged chronologically from the late modern period to contemporary 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, and world wars. Also listed might be any battle that was itself only part of an operation of a campaign of a theater of a war. There may also be periods of violent civil unrest listed, such as riots, shootouts, spree killings, massacres, terrorist attacks, and civil wars.

Late modern period

18th century

1775 – 1783 American Revolutionary War 1775 Battles of Lexington and Concord Siege of Boston Battle of Ticonderoga Battle off Fairhaven Battle of Machias Battle of Bunker Hill Battle of Great Bridge Battle of Great Cane Brake 1776 Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge Battle of Long Island Battle of Harlem Heights Battle of Mamaroneck Battle of White Plains Battle of Fort Washington Battle of Trenton 1777 Battle of Princeton Battle of Ridgefield Battle of Gwynn's Island Battle of Oriskany Battle of Machias (1777) Battle of Bennington Battle of Setauket Battle of Brandywine Creek Battle of Saratoga Philadelphia campaign Battle of Germantown 1778 Battle of Monmouth Battle of Alligator Creek Bridge Capture of Savannah 1779 Battle of Baton Rouge (1779) Battle of Van Creek Battle of Kettle Creek Battle of Brier Creek Battle of Vincennes Battle of Stono Ferry Battle of Paulus Hook 1780 Battle of Young's House Siege of Charleston Battle of Monck's Corner Battle of Lenud's Ferry Battle of Connecticut Farms Battle of Mobley's Meeting House Battle of Camden Battle of Musgrove Mill Battle of Wahab's Plantation Battle of King's Mountain Battle of Tearcoat Swamp Battle of Fishdam Ford Battle of Blackstock's Farm 1781 Battle of Cowpens Battle of Cowan's Ford Battle of Guilford Court House Battle of Groton Heights Siege of Yorktown 1776 – 1794 Cherokee–American wars October 17, 1793 Battle of Hightower 1794 Nickajack Expedition 1784 Third Pennamite War August 14, 1784 Awa'uq Massacre 1785 – 1795 Northwest Indian War 1786: Skirmishes around Vincennes, Logan's raid 1790: Harmar campaign 1791: Siege of Dunlap's Station, Blackberry Campaign, Battle of Kenapacomaqua, St. Clair's defeat, Big Bottom massacre 1794: Battle of Fort Recovery, Battle of Fallen Timbers June 20, 1783 Pennsylvania Mutiny of 1783 August 29, 1786 – February 1787 Shays' Rebellion September 20, 1786 Paper Money Riot Unification of Hawaii (1790 - 1795) 1790: Battle of Kepaniwai, 1790 Footprints 1791: Battle of Kawaihae 1795: Battle of Nuʻuanu 1791 – 1794 Whiskey Rebellion 1797: Battle of San Juan 1798 – 1800 Quasi-War 1798 Capture of La Croyable Capture of USS Retaliation 1799 – 1800 Fries's Rebellion August 30, 1800 Gabriel's Rebellion

19th century 1804 Battle of Sitka 1810 – 1813 Tecumseh's War 1811: Battle of Tippecanoe 1811: 1811 German Coast uprising 1813 Gutiérrez–Magee Expedition (Mexican War of Independence): Battle of Rosillo Creek, Battle of Alazan Creek, Battle of Medina 1812 – 1815 War of 1812 1812 Siege of Fort Mackinac Battle of River Canard First Battle of Sackett's Harbor Battle of Brownstown Battle of Maguaga Battle of Fort Dearborn Siege of Detroit Siege of Fort Harrison Siege of Fort Wayne Battle of Wild Cat Creek Battle of the Mississinewa 1813 Battle of Frenchtown Raid on Elizabethtown Battle of Ogdensburg Siege of Fort Meigs Battle of Sackett's Harbor Battle of Craney Island Battle of Fort Stephenson Battle of St. Michaels Battle of Bladensburg Battle of Lake Erie Capture of Fort Niagara 1813 Battle of Tipton's Island Battle of Africa Point Raid on Havre de Grace Battle of Craney Island Battle of Fort Stephenson 1814 Battle of Longwoods Raid on Fort Oswego Siege of Prairie du Chien Battle of Big Sandy Creek Battle of Rock Island Rapids Battle of Mackinac Island Battle of Bladensburg Burning of Washington Raid on Alexandria (Virginia) Battle of Caulk's Field Battle of North Point Battle of Lake Champlain Battle of Baltimore Battle of Pensacola (1812) 1815 Battle of New Orleans Battle of Fort Peter Battle of the Sink Hole Battle of Fort Bowyer 1813 – 1814 Creek War 1813 Battle of Burnt Corn Fort Mims massacre Bashi Skirmish Battle of Tallushatchee Battle of Talladega Canoe Fight Battle of Autossee Battle of Holy Ground 1814 Battle of Calebee Creek Battles of Emuckfaw and Enotachopo Creek Battle of Horseshoe Bend 1817 – 1818 First Seminole War July 27, 1816 Battle of Negro Fort 1820 – 1875 Texas-Indian wars 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 1820 Tongue River Massacre 1823 Arikara War 1827 Winnebago War 1830 – 1847 Indian removal 1830 – 1850 Trail of Tears 1831 – 1833 Choctaw Trail of Tears May 25, 1838 – 1839 Cherokee removal November 4, 1838 Potawatomi Trail of Death August 21 – 23, 1831 Nat Turner's Rebellion 1832 Black Hawk War 1832 Minor attacks of the Black Hawk War Battle of Stillman's Run Buffalo Grove ambush Plum River raid Indian Creek massacre St. Vrain massacre Attacks at Fort Blue Mounds Spafford Farm massacre Battle of Horseshoe Bend Battle of Waddams Grove Battle of Kellogg's Grove Attack at Ament's Cabin Battle of Apple River Fort Sinsinawa Mound raid Battle of Wisconsin Heights Battle of Bad Axe 1833 Cutthroat Gap massacre 1835 – 1842 Second 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 – 1836 Toledo War 1835 – 1836 Texas Revolution 1835 San Felipe incident Battle of Gonzales Battle of Goliad Battle of Lipantitlán Battle of Concepción Grass Fight Siege of Béxar 1836 Battle of San Patricio Battle of Agua Dulce Battle of the Alamo Battle of Refugio Battle of Coleto Goliad massacre Battle of San Jacinto 1836 – 1875 Comanche 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 – 1837 Creek War of 1836 March 27, 1837 Battle of Pea River 1838 – 1839 Aroostook War 1838 Mormon War (1838) October 24, 1838 Battle of Crooked River 1838 – 1839 Córdova Rebellion 1839 Honey War 1839 – 1845 Anti-Rent War 1839 – 1844 Regulator–Moderator War 1840 Bellevue War 1841 – 1842 Dorr Rebellion 1842 Dawson Massacre 1842 – 1843 Mier expedition 1844 – 1850 Tutt–Everett War May 6 – July 7, 1844 Philadelphia nativist riots 1844 – 1846 Battle of Nauvoo 1845 Milwaukee Bridge War 1846 – 1887 California Indian Wars 1846 – 1873 California genocide 1846 – 1848 Mexican–American War 1846 Texas Campaign: Thornton Affair, Siege of Fort Texas, Battle of Palo Alto, Battle of Resaca de la Palma Conquest of California: Battle of Olómpali, Battle of Monterey, Battle of Yerba Buena, Capture of Santa Fe, Siege of Los Angeles, Battle of Chino, Battle of Dominguez Rancho, Battle of Natividad, Battle of San Pasqual Battle of El Brazito Capture of Tucson 1847 Conquest of California: Battle of La Mesa, Battle of Río San Gabriel, Battle of Santa Clara Taos Revolt Battle of Cañada First Battle of Mora Battle of Embudo Pass Second Battle of Mora Siege of Pueblo de Taos 1847 – 1855 Cayuse War November 29, 1847 Whitman massacre 1849 – 1866 Navajo Wars 1860: Second Battle of Fort Defiance 1864 Battle of Pecos River Battle of Canyon de Chelly Long Walk of the Navajo 1849 – 1924 Apache Wars 1857 Battle of Cooke's Spring Bonneville Expedition (1857) 1860: Battle of the Mimbres River 1861 Siege of Tubac Battle of Cookes Canyon Battle of the Florida Mountains Gallinas massacre Battle of Placito Battle of Pinos Altos 1862 First Battle of Dragoon Springs Second Battle of Dragoon Springs Battle of Apache Pass 1863: Mowry massacres 1864 Battle of Mount Gray Skirmish in Doubtful Canyon 1865: Battle of Fort Buchanan 1849 – 1855 Jicarilla War 1849: White massacre 1854 Battle of Cieneguilla Battle of Ojo Caliente Canyon 1850 – 1853 Yuma War 1850 Gila Expedition 8 February – October 1852 Yuma Expedition February 8 – 17, 1850 Battle at Fort Utah 1850 – 1851 Mariposa War 1853 – 1854 Walker War October 2, 1853 Nephi massacre 1854 – 1858 Bleeding Kansas 1855: Wakarusa War 1856 Sacking of Lawrence Pottawatomie massacre Battle of Black Jack Battle of Fort Titus Battle of Osawatomie 1854 – 1855: First Sioux War August 19, 1854 Grattan massacre September 3, 1855 Battle of Ash Hollow 1855 – 1856: Rogue River Wars October 31, 1855 Battle of Hungry Hill May 27 – 28, 1856 Battle of Big Bend 1855 – 1858: Yakima War 1855 Battle of Toppenish Creek Battle of Union Gap Battle of Walla Walla 1856: Battle of Seattle (1856) 1858 Coeur d'Alene War Battle of Pine Creek Battle of Four Lakes Battle of Spokane Plains 1855 – 1856 Puget Sound War 1856: Battle of Port Gamble 1855 – 1858 Third Seminole War 1855 Klamath River Wars 1856 Tule River War 1856 Tintic War 1857 – 1858 Utah War September 7 – 11, 1857 Mountain Meadows massacre November 25 – 28, 1857 Aiken massacre (Utah) July 4 – 5, 1857 Dead Rabbits riot 1858 – 1859 Mohave War 1858 – 1864 Bald Hills War 1859 Pitt River Expedition 1859 – 1860 Mendocino War 1859 Pig War (1859) 1859 – 1861 Cortina Troubles 1859 Brownsville Raid (1859) Battle of La Ebonal Battle of Rio Grande City 1860 Battle of La Bolsa 1861 Battle of Carrizo 1859 John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry 1860 Paiute War May 7, 1860 Williams Station massacre May 13, 1860 First Battle of Pyramid Lake June 2 – 4, 1860 Second Battle of Pyramid Lake 1860 Bitter Spring Expedition 1861 – 1865 American Civil War 1861 Battle of Fort Sumter Battle of Philippi (West Virginia) Battle of Big Bethel Battle of Cole Camp First Battle of Mesilla Battle of Rich Mountain First Battle of Bull Run Battle of Wilson's Creek Battle of Dry Wood Creek Battle of Barbourville Battle of Ball's Bluff Battle of Rowlett's Station Battle of Mount Zion Church 1862 Battle of Roan's Tan Yard Battle of Mill Springs Battle of Roanoke Island Battle of Fort Donelson Battle of Pea Ridge Battle of Hampton Roads Battle of Shiloh Battle of Island Number 10 Battle of Valverde Battle of Glorieta Pass Battle of Albuquerque Battle of Peralta Battle of Fair Oaks First Battle of Memphis Battle of Cross Keys Battle of Port Republic Seven Days' Battles Battle of Savage's Station Battle of Baton Rouge (1862) Battle of Cedar Mountain Second Battle of Bull Run Battle of Antietam Battle of Coffeeville Battle of Fredericksburg Battle of Kinston Battle of Chickasaw Bayou Battle of Stones River Battle of Hartville Battle of Deserted House Skirmish at Threkeld's Ferry Battle of Kelly's Ford Battle of Vaught's Hill Battle of Brentwood Battle of Somerset Battle of Newton's Station Battle of Chancellorsville Battle of Port Gibson Siege of Vicksburg Battle of Portland Harbor Battle of Gettysburg Battle of Helena Battle of Honey Springs Battle of Buffington Island Battle of Chickamauga Third Battle of Chattanooga Knoxville Campaign 1864 Battle of Loudoun Heights Battle of Dandridge Battle of Morton's Ford Battle of Olustee Battle of Okolona Battle of Rio Hill Battle of Walkerton Battle of Laredo Battle of Paducah Battle of the Wilderness Battle of Port Walthall Junction Siege of Atlanta Battle of Spotsylvania Battle of Resaca Battle of North Anna Battle of Wilson's Wharf Battle of Cold Harbor Battle of Marietta Battle of Trevilian Station Siege of Petersburg Battle of Kennesaw Mountain