List of battles fought in Colorado

This list of battles fought in Colorado is an incomplete list of military and other armed confrontations that have occurred within the boundaries of the modern U.S. State of Colorado since European contact. The region was part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain from 1535 to 1682, New France from 1682 to 1762, Kingdom of Spain from 1762 to 1800, French First Republic 1800 to 1803, and part of the United States of America 1803–present (boundaries were disputed by Spain). The southern portion of Colorado was considered by Spain as part of its northern territories. Large portions of Colorado were subsequently under the administrative control of Mexico from 1800 to 1835, and the Republic of Texas from 1836 to 1846. Full administrative control of Colorado was established on February 2, 1848 with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo which ended the Mexican–American War.

The Plains Indian Wars directly affected the region during westward expansion. By the end of the Nineteenth Century, Colorado became a focal point of labor violence and the Coal Wars, with instances of large-scale armed conflict between workers, private detectives, and state soldiers and police stretching into the 1920s.

Battles

NameDateLocationWarCampaignDeadBelligerentsSand Creek MassacreNovember 29, 1864near modern EadsColorado War187United States of America vs Cheyenne & ArapahoBattle of JulesburgJanuary 7, 1865near modern JulesburgColorado War14United States of America & civilian volunteers vs Cheyenne, Arapaho, & Lakota SiouxAmerican Ranch massacreJanuary 14, 1865near modern SterlingColorado War10United States of America vs Cheyenne & SiouxBattle of Beecher IslandSeptember 17–19, 1868modern Yuma CountyComanche Campaign41United States of America vs Arapaho, Cheyenne & Lakota SiouxBattle of Summit SpringsJuly 11, 1869near modern SterlingComanche Campaign~35United States of America vs Arapaho, Cheyenne & SiouxMeeker MassacreSeptember 29, 1879White River Indian Agency, near modern Meeker11White River Ute vs United States civiliansBattle of Milk CreekSeptember 29 - October 25, 1879near modern MeekerUte WarsWhite River War32-50White River Ute vs United States of AmericaBattle of Berwind CanyonOctober 24, 1913BerwindCoal WarsColorado Coalfield War1Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency, & Colorado National Guard vs United Mine Workers of AmericaLudlow MassacreApril 20, 1914LudlowCoal WarsColorado Coalfield War23-29Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, Colorado National Guard, & Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency vs United Mine Workers of AmericaBattle of WalsenburgApril 28–29, 1914WalsenburgCoal WarsColorado Coalfield War3+United Mine Workers of America-aligned strikers vs Colorado National GuardBattle of ForbesApril 30, 1914ForbesCoal WarsColorado Coalfield War12+United Mine Workers of America and other armed strikers vs Rocky Mountain Fuel Company mine guards and streakbreakersColumbine Mine massacreNovember 21, 1927SereneCoal Wars6Rocky Mountain Fuel Company, Colorado Mounted Rangers & Colorado National Guard vs United Mine Workers of America-aligned strikers

See also

Plains Indians Wars Bibliography of Colorado Geography of Colorado History of Colorado Index of Colorado-related articles List of Colorado-related lists Outline of Colorado

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