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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 The American Indian Wars, also known as the American Frontier Wars, and the Indian Wars, were fought by European governments and colonists in North America, and later by the United States and Canadian governments and American and Canadian settle ...
,
skirmish Skirmishers are light infantry or light cavalry soldiers deployed as a vanguard, flank guard or rearguard to screen a tactical position or a larger body of friendly troops from enemy advances. They are usually deployed in a skirmish line, an i ...
es,
wars of independence This is a list of wars of independence (also called liberation wars Wars of national liberation or national liberation revolutions are conflicts fought by nations to gain independence. The term is used in conjunction with wars against for ...
, liberation wars, colonial wars,
undeclared war An undeclared war is a military conflict between two or more nations without either side issuing a formal declaration of war. The term is sometimes used to include any disagreement or conflict fought about without an official declaration. Since ...
s,
proxy wars A proxy war is an armed conflict between two states or non-state actors, one or both of which act at the instigation or on behalf of other parties that are not directly involved in the hostilities. In order for a conflict to be considered a pr ...
, territorial disputes, and
world wars A world war is an international conflict which involves all or most of the world's major powers. Conventionally, the term is reserved for two major international conflicts that occurred during the first half of the 20th century, World WarI (1914 ...
. Also listed might be any
battle A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force ...
that was itself only part of an operation of a
campaign Campaign or The Campaign may refer to: Types of campaigns * Campaign, in agriculture, the period during which sugar beets are harvested and processed *Advertising campaign, a series of advertisement messages that share a single idea and theme * Bl ...
of a
theater Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...
of a
war War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, destruction, and mortality, using regular o ...
. There may also be periods of violent civil unrest listed, such as: riots,
shootout A shootout, also called a firefight or gunfight, is a fight between armed combatants using firearms. The term can be used to describe any such fight, though it is typically used to describe those that do not involve military forces or only invo ...
s, spree killings,
massacres A massacre is the killing of a large number of people or animals, especially those who are not involved in any fighting or have no way of defending themselves. A massacre is generally considered to be morally unacceptable, especially when per ...
, terrorist attacks, and
civil wars A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government polici ...
. The list might also contain episodes of:
human sacrifice Human sacrifice is the act of killing one or more humans as part of a ritual, which is usually intended to please or appease gods, a human ruler, an authoritative/priestly figure or spirits of dead ancestors or as a retainer sacrifice, wherein ...
,
mass suicide Mass suicide is a form of suicide, occurring when a group of people simultaneously kill themselves. Overview Mass suicide sometimes occurs in religious settings. In war, defeated groups may resort to mass suicide rather than being captured. Su ...
,
genocides Genocide is the intentional destruction of a people—usually defined as an ethnic, national, racial, or religious group—in whole or in part. Raphael Lemkin coined the term in 1944, combining the Greek word (, "race, people") with the Lati ...
, and other related items that have occurred within the geographical area (including overseas territories) of what is today known as, the "
United States of America The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territo ...
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Late modern period


18th century

* 1775–1783
American Revolutionary War The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a major war of the American Revolution. Widely considered as the war that secured the independence of t ...
** 1775 *** Battles of Lexington and Concord *** Siege of Boston *** Battle of Ticonderoga ***
Battle off Fairhaven The Battle off Fairhaven was the first naval engagement of the American Revolutionary War. It took place on May 14, 1775, in Buzzards Bay off Fairhaven, Massachusetts (formerly known as Dartmouth, Massachusetts) and resulted in Patriot militia re ...
*** Battle of Machias *** Battle of Bunker Hill ***
Battle of Great Bridge The Battle of Great Bridge was fought December 9, 1775, in the area of Great Bridge, Virginia, early in the American Revolutionary War. The victory by colonial Virginia militia forces led to the departure of Royal Governor Lord Dunmore and any r ...
*** Battle of Great Cane Break ** 1776 ***
Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge was a minor conflict of the American Revolutionary War fought near Wilmington (present-day Pender County), North Carolina, on February 27, 1776. The victory of the North Carolina Provincial Congress' militia ...
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Battle of Long Island The Battle of Long Island, also known as the Battle of Brooklyn and the Battle of Brooklyn Heights, was an action of the American Revolutionary War fought on August 27, 1776, at the western edge of Long Island in present-day Brooklyn, New Yor ...
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Battle of Harlem Heights The Battle of Harlem Heights was fought during the New York and New Jersey campaign of the American Revolutionary War. The action took place on September 16, 1776, in what is now the Morningside Heights area and east into the future Harlem neigh ...
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Battle of Mamaroneck The Battle of Mamaroneck (also known as the Skirmish of Heathcote Hill) was a skirmish in the New York and New Jersey campaign of the American Revolutionary War fought on October 22, 1776, at Mamaroneck, Westchester County, New York.Tucker(20 ...
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Battle of White Plains The Battle of White Plains was a battle in the New York and New Jersey campaign of the American Revolutionary War, fought on October 28, 1776 near White Plains, New York. Following the retreat of George Washington's Continental Army northward f ...
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Battle of Fort Washington The Battle of Fort Washington was fought in New York on November 16, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War between the United States and Great Britain. It was a British victory that gained the surrender of the remnant of the garrison of ...
*** Battle of Trenton ** 1777 *** Battle of Princeton ***
Battle of Ridgefield The Battle of Ridgefield was a battle and a series of skirmishes between American and British forces during the American Revolutionary War. The main battle was fought in the village of Ridgefield, Connecticut, on April 27, 1777. More skirmishin ...
*** Battle of Gwynn's Island *** Battle of Oriskany *** Battle of Machias ***
Battle of Bennington The Battle of Bennington was a battle of the American Revolutionary War, part of the Saratoga campaign, that took place on August 16, 1777, on a farm owned by John Green in Walloomsac, New York, about from its namesake, Bennington, Vermont. A r ...
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Battle of Setauket The Battle of Setauket (August 22, 1777) was a failed attack during the American Revolutionary War on a fortified Loyalist outpost in Setauket, Long Island, New York, by a force of Continental Army troops from Connecticut under the command of Br ...
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Battle of Brandywine Creek The Battle of Brandywine, also known as the Battle of Brandywine Creek, was fought between the American Continental Army of General George Washington and the British Army of General Sir William Howe on September 11, 1777, as part of the Ame ...
*** Battle of Saratoga *** Capture of Philadelphia *** Battle of Germantown ** 1778 *** Battle of Monmouth *** Battle of Alligator Creek Bridge ***
Capture of Savannah The Capture of Savannah, or sometimes the First Battle of Savannah (because of the siege of 1779), or the Battle of Brewton Hill,Heitman, pp. 670 and 681 was an American Revolutionary War battle fought on December 29, 1778 pitting local Ameri ...
** 1779 *** Battle of Baton Rouge *** Battle of Van Creek ***
Battle of Kettle Creek The Battle of Kettle Creek was the first major victory for Patriots in the back country of Georgia during the American Revolutionary War that took place on February 14, 1779. It was fought in Wilkes County about from present-day Washington, G ...
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Battle of Brier Creek The Battle of Brier Creek was an American Revolutionary War battle fought on March 3, 1779 near the confluence of Brier Creek with the Savannah River in eastern Georgia. A mixed Patriot force consisting principally of militia from North Caroli ...
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Battle of Vincennes The siege of Fort Vincennes, also known as the siege of Fort Sackville and the Battle of Vincennes, was a Revolutionary War frontier battle fought in present-day Vincennes, Indiana won by a militia led by American commander George Rogers Clark o ...
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Battle of Stono Ferry The Battle of Stono Ferry was an American Revolutionary War battle, fought on June 20, 1779, near Charleston, South Carolina. The rear guard from a British expedition retreating from an aborted attempt to take Charleston held off an assault by ...
*** Battle of Paulus Hook ** 1780 ***
Battle of Young's House The Battle of Young's House was a skirmish fought outside New York City between British and American forces on February 3, 1780 during the American Revolutionary War. A British force attacked and destroyed a Continental Army outpost in Westchest ...
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Siege of Charleston The siege of Charleston was a major engagement and major British victory in the American Revolutionary War, fought in the environs of Charles Town (today Charleston), the capital of South Carolina, between March 29 and May 12, 1780. The Britis ...
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Battle of Monck's Corner The Battle of Monck's Corner was fought on April 14, 1780, outside the city of Charleston, South Carolina, which was under siege by British forces under the command of General Sir Henry Clinton in the American Revolutionary War. The Loyalist B ...
*** Battle of Lenud's Ferry *** Battle of Connecticut Farms *** Battle of Mobley's Meeting House *** Battle of Camden ***
Battle of Musgrove Mill The Battle of Musgrove Mill, August 19, 1780, occurred near a ford of the Enoree River, near the present-day border between Spartanburg, Laurens and Union Counties in South Carolina. During the course of the battle, 200 Patriot militiamen defeate ...
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Battle of Wahab's Plantation The Battle of Wahab's Plantation was a surprise attack on a Loyalist (American Revolution), Loyalist camp, which included elements of the British Legion commanded by Banastre Tarleton (although at the time of the battle Tarleton had yellow fever an ...
*** Battle of King's Mountain *** Battle of Tearcoat Swamp ***
Battle of Fishdam Ford The Battle of Fishdam Ford was an attempted surprise attack by British forces under the command of Major James Wemyss against an encampment of Patriot militia under the command of local Brigadier General Thomas Sumter around 1 am on the morni ...
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Battle of Blackstock's Farm The Battle of Blackstock's Farm, an encounter of the American Revolutionary War, took place in what today is Union County, South Carolina, a few miles from Cross Anchor, on November 20, 1780. Background After the defeat of Major Patrick Fergu ...
** 1781 ***
Battle of Cowpens The Battle of Cowpens was an engagement during the American Revolutionary War fought on January 17, 1781 near the town of Cowpens, South Carolina, between U.S. forces under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan and Kingdom of Great Britain, British for ...
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Battle of Cowan's Ford The Battle of Cowan's Ford was a battle in the Southern Theater of Cornwallis's 1780–1782 Campaign that eventually led to the British Army's surrender at Yorktown during the American Revolutionary War. It was fought on February 1, 1781, a ...
*** Battle of Guilford Court House *** Siege of Ninety Six ***
Battle of Groton Heights The Battle of Groton Heights (also known as the Battle of Fort Griswold, and occasionally called the Fort Griswold massacre) was a battle of the American Revolutionary War fought on September 6, 1781 between a small Connecticut militia force le ...
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Siege of Yorktown The Siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the surrender at Yorktown, or the German battle (from the presence of Germans in all three armies), beginning on September 28, 1781, and ending on October 19, 1781, at Yorktown, Virgi ...
* 1777–1794
Cherokee–American wars The Cherokee–American wars, also known as the Chickamauga Wars, were a series of raids, campaigns, ambushes, minor skirmishes, and several full-scale frontier battles in the Old Southwest from 1776 to 1794 between the Cherokee and American se ...
* 1783–1788 Second Pennamite War between settlers from Connecticut and Pennsylvania in Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania * 1785–1795 Northwest Indian War * 1786–1787 Shays' Rebellion * 1791–1794
Whiskey Rebellion The Whiskey Rebellion (also known as the Whiskey Insurrection) was a violent tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 and ending in 1794 during the presidency of George Washington. The so-called "whiskey tax" was the first tax impo ...
* 1798–1800
Quasi-War The Quasi-War (french: Quasi-guerre) was an undeclared naval war fought from 1798 to 1800 between the United States and the French First Republic, primarily in the Caribbean and off the East Coast of the United States. The ability of Congress ...
, an undeclared naval war with France


19th century

* 1804
Battle of Sitka The Battle of Sitka (russian: Сражение при Ситке; 1804) was the last major armed conflict between Russians and Alaska Natives, and was initiated in response to the destruction of a Russian trading post two years before. The primary ...
Russian forces defeat the
Tlingit The Tlingit ( or ; also spelled Tlinkit) are indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America. Their language is the Tlingit language (natively , pronounced ),
in the last major armed conflict between Europeans and Alaska Natives. * 1811
Tecumseh's War Tecumseh's War or Tecumseh's Rebellion was a conflict between the United States and Tecumseh's Confederacy, led by the Shawnee leader Tecumseh in the Indiana Territory. Although the war is often considered to have climaxed with William Henry Ha ...
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Battle of Tippecanoe The Battle of Tippecanoe ( ) was fought on November 7, 1811, in Battle Ground, Indiana, between American forces led by then Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana Territory and Native American forces associated with Shawnee leader Tecum ...
* 1812–1815
War of 1812 The War of 1812 (18 June 1812 – 17 February 1815) was fought by the United States, United States of America and its Indigenous peoples of the Americas, indigenous allies against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom ...
** 1812 *** Siege of Fort of Mackinac *** Battle of River Canard *** First Battle of Sackett's Harbor ***
Battle of Brownstown The Battle of Brownstown was an early skirmish in the War of 1812. Although the United States military outnumbered the forces of Tecumseh's Confederacy 8 to 1, they lost the battle and suffered substantial losses while Tecumseh's forces were ...
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Battle of Maguaga The Battle of Maguaga (also known as the Battle of Monguagon or the Battle of the Oakwoods) was a small battle between British troops, Canadian militia and Tecumseh's natives against a larger force of American troops, Ohio Volunteers and Michigan L ...
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Battle of Fort Dearborn The Battle of Fort Dearborn (sometimes called the Fort Dearborn Massacre) was an engagement between United States troops and Potawatomi Native Americans that occurred on August 15, 1812, near Fort Dearborn in what is now Chicago, Illinois (at tha ...
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Siege of Detroit The siege of Detroit, also known as the surrender of Detroit or the Battle of Fort Detroit, was an early engagement in the War of 1812. A British force under Major General Isaac Brock with Native American allies under Shawnee leader Tecums ...
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Siege of Fort Harrison Fort Harrison, later renamed Fort Burnham, was an important component of the Confederate defenses of Richmond during the American Civil War. Named after Lieutenant William Harrison, a Confederate engineer, it was the largest in the series of for ...
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Siege of Fort Wayne The Siege of Fort Wayne took place from 5th-12th September 1812, during the War of 1812. The stand-off occurred in the modern city of Fort Wayne, Indiana, between the United States garrison at Fort Wayne and a combined force of Potawatomi a ...
*** Battle of Wild Cat Creek *** Battle of the Mississinewa ** 1813 ***
Battle of Frenchtown The Battles of Frenchtown, also known as the Battle of the River Raisin and the River Raisin Massacre, were a series of conflicts in Michigan Territory that took place from January 18–23, 1813, during the War of 1812. It was fought between the ...
*** Raid on Elizabethtown *** Battle of Ogdensburg *** Siege of Fort Meigs *** Battle of Sackett's Harbor ***
Battle of Craney Island The Battle of Craney Island was a victory for the United States during the War of 1812. The battle saved the city of Norfolk, and the adjacent city of Portsmouth, from British invasion. Especially important to Virginia and northeastern Nort ...
*** Battle of Fort Stephenson *** Battle of St. Michaels ***
Battle of Bladensburg The Battle of Bladensburg was a battle of the Chesapeake campaign of the War of 1812, fought on 24 August 1814 at Bladensburg, Maryland, northeast of Washington, D.C. Called "the greatest disgrace ever dealt to American arms," a British for ...
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Battle of Lake Erie The Battle of Lake Erie, sometimes called the Battle of Put-in-Bay, was fought on 10 September 1813, on Lake Erie off the shore of Ohio during the War of 1812. Nine vessels of the United States Navy defeated and captured six vessels of the Briti ...
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Capture of Fort Niagara The Capture of Fort Niagara took place late in 1813, during the War of 1812 between the United Kingdom and the United States. The American garrison was taken by surprise, and the fort was captured in a night assault by a select force of Britis ...
** 1813 *** Battle of Tipton's Island *** Battle of Africa Point *** Raid on Havre de Grace ***
Battle of Craney Island The Battle of Craney Island was a victory for the United States during the War of 1812. The battle saved the city of Norfolk, and the adjacent city of Portsmouth, from British invasion. Especially important to Virginia and northeastern Nort ...
*** Battle of Fort Stephenson ** 1814 *** Battle of Longwoods *** Raid on Fort Oswego ***
Siege of Prairie du Chien The siege of Prairie du Chien was a British victory in the far western theater of the War of 1812. During the war, Prairie du Chien was a small frontier settlement with residents loyal to both American and British causes. By 1814, both nations w ...
*** Battle of Big Sandy Creek ***
Battle of Rock Island Rapids The Battle of Rock Island Rapids, also called the Battle of Campbell Island, was an American defeat during the War of 1812 at the hands of the British allied Sauk, Fox, and Kickapoo. In July 1814, a military expedition was mounted to supply the U ...
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Battle of Mackinac Island The Battle of Mackinac Island (pronounced ''Mackinaw'') was a British victory in the War of 1812. Before the war, Fort Mackinac had been an important American trading post in the straits between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. It was important for ...
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Battle of Bladensburg The Battle of Bladensburg was a battle of the Chesapeake campaign of the War of 1812, fought on 24 August 1814 at Bladensburg, Maryland, northeast of Washington, D.C. Called "the greatest disgrace ever dealt to American arms," a British for ...
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Burning of Washington The Burning of Washington was a British invasion of Washington City (now Washington, D.C.), the capital of the United States, during the Chesapeake Campaign of the War of 1812. It is the only time since the American Revolutionary War that a ...
*** Raid on Alexandria ***
Battle of Caulk's Field The Battle of Caulk's Field was fought during the War of 1812 in Kent County, Maryland between a small British Army force commanded by Captain Sir Peter Parker and American militia forces commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Philip Reed. Parker, ...
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Battle of North Point The Battle of North Point was fought on September 12, 1814, between General John Stricker's Maryland Militia and a British force led by Major General Robert Ross. Although the Americans retreated, they were able to do so in good order having inf ...
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Battle of Lake Champlain The Battle of Plattsburgh, also known as the Battle of Lake Champlain, ended the final British invasion of the northern states of the United States during the War of 1812. An army under Lieutenant General Sir George Prévost and a naval squadr ...
***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 * 1817–1818 First Seminole War * 1823 Arikara War * 1827 Winnebago War * 1831 Nat Turner's Rebellion * 1832 Black Hawk War * 1833 Cutthroat Gap massacre * 1835–1842 Second Seminole War * 1835–1836 Toledo War (bloodless) * 1835–1836 Texas Revolution :*October 2, 1835 Battle of Gonzales :*October 10, 1835 Battle of Goliad :*November 4, 1835 Battle of Lipantitlán :*October 28, 1835 Battle of Concepción :*November 26, 1835 Grass Fight :*October 12 – December 11, 1835 Siege of Béxar :*February 27, 1836 Battle of San Patricio :*March 2, 1836 Battle of Agua Dulce :*February 23 – March 6, 1836 Battle of the Alamo :*March 12–15, 1836 Battle of Refugio :*March 19–20, 1836 Battle of Coleto :*April 21, 1836 Battle of San Jacinto * 1838 Mormon War (1838), Missouri Mormon War * 1838–1839 Aroostook War * 1839 Honey War (bloodless) * 1841–1842 Dorr Rebellion, Dorr War * 1845 Milwaukee Bridge War * 1846–1848 Mexican–American War ** 1846 *** Battle of Palo Alto *** Battle of Resaca de la Palma *** Battle of Olompali, Battle of Olómpali *** Battle of Santa Fe, Occupation of Santa Fe *** Battle of Monterey *** Siege of Los Angeles *** Battle of Chino *** Battle of Natividad *** Battle of San Pasqual *** Battle of El Brazito ** 1847 *** Battle of Rio San Gabriel *** Battle of La Mesa *** Taos Revolt * 1848–1855 Cayuse War * 1849–1855 Jicarilla War * 1850–1853 Yuma War * 1855-1856 Rogue River Wars ** 1855 Battle of Hungry Hill * 1854–1858 Bleeding Kansas ** 1856 Battle of Black Jack ** 1856 Battle of Fort Titus ** 1856 Battle of Osawatomie * 1855–1858 Third Seminole War * 1856 Tule River War * 1857–1858 Utah War * 1858–1864 Bald Hills War * 1859 Pig War (1859), Pig War * 1860 Pyramid Lake War * 1861–1865 American Civil War ** 1861 ***Battle of Fort Sumter *** Battle of Philippi (West Virginia), Battle of Philippi *** 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 Balls 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 ***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 Baton Rouge ***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 ** 1863 ***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, Battle of Chattanooga ***Knoxville Campaign, Battle of Knoxville ** 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 ***Battle of Peachtree Creek ***Battle of Atlanta ***Battle of the Crater ***Battle of Mobile Bay *** Battle of Utoy Creek *** Battle of Jonesborough *** Battle of Vernon *** Battle of Griswoldville *** Battle of Buck Head Creek ***Battle of Franklin II ***Battle of Honey Hill ***Battle of Nashville ***Battle of Anthony's Hill ** 1865 ***Battle of Dove Creek *** Battle of Natural Bridge ***Battle of Bentonville *** Battle of Lewis's Farm *** Battle of Dinwiddie Court House ***Battle of Five Forks ***Third Battle of Petersburg *** Battle of Namozine Church *** Battle of Amelia Springs *** Battle of Rice's Station *** Battle of Cumberland Church ***Battle of Appomattox Court House * 1862 Dakota War of 1862 * 1863–1865 Colorado War ** 1864 Sand Creek Massacre * 1865–1866 Fenian Raids * 1866–1868 Red Cloud's War * 1867–1875 Comanche War * 1872–1873 Modoc War * 1873–1888 Colfax County War * 1874 Battle of Liberty Place, Battle of Liberty Palace *1876–1877 Black Hills War **1876 ***Battle of Powder River ***Battle of the Rosebud *** Battle of the Little Bighorn ** 1877 ***Battle of Wolf Mountain ***Battle of Little Muddy Creek *1877 Nez Percé War * 1877 Great Railroad Strike of 1877 *1878 Lincoln County War * 1878–1900 Tom Horn#Colorado Range War, Colorado Range War *1881 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral *1882 Pleasant Valley War *1884 Cincinnati riots of 1884, Cincinnati Courthouse riots *1885 Rock Springs massacre, Rock Springs Massacre *1887 Thibodaux massacre *1887-1894 Hatfield-McCoy Feud * 1889–1893 Johnson County War * 1890–1891 Ghost Dance War **1890 ***Wounded Knee Massacre * 1891–1892 Coal Creek War * 1891–1893 Garza Revolution * 1892 Homestead Strike * 1894 Pullman Strike *1897 Lattimer massacre * 1898 Spanish–American War ** 1898 Battle of Yauco ** 1898 Battle of Guayama ** 1898 Battle of Coamo


Contemporary history


20th Century

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 from Eurasian powers.


1900–1950

*July 6–10, 1903 Evansville race riot * April – July, 1905 Chicago teamsters' strike * June 1, 1906 Cananea strike * September 22–24 Atlanta Massacre of 1906 * 1910–1919 Border War (1910–19), Border War * April 20, 1914 Ludlow Massacre * 1914–1918 World War I ** April 21, 1914 Ypiranga incident **July 22, 1916 Preparedness Day Bombing ** July 30, 1916 2:08:00 AM (AST; GMT−4) Black Tom explosion ** January 11, 1917 Kingsland Explosion ** August 2–3, 1917 Green Corn Rebellion ** July 21, 1918 Attack on Orleans ** August 7, 1918 Battle of Ambos Nogales * 1919 Red Summer **July 19–24 Washington race riot of 1919, Washington D.C. race riot **July 27 – August 3 Chicago race riot of 1919, Chicago race riot **August 30–31 Knoxville riot of 1919, Knoxville riot *September 16, 1920 Wall Street bombing * November 2–3, 1920 Ocoee massacre * May 31 – June 1, 1921 Tulsa race riot * 1912 – 1921 West Virginia coal wars ** September 10–21, 1921 Battle of Blair Mountain * December 14–15, 1922 Perry race riot * January 1–7, 1923 Rosewood massacre * March 20–23, 1923 Posey War * November 21, 1927 Columbine Mine massacre *1931 July Red River Bridge War *1931 July 28 Bonus Army, Bonus Army protest *1937 March 21 Ponce massacre * 1939 – 1945 World War II * October 16, 1940 – May 21, 1941 Machita Incident * December 7, 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor * February 23, 1942 Bombardment of Ellwood * February 24–25, 1942 Battle of Los Angeles * June 3, 1942 – August 15, 1943 Battle of the Aleutian Islands * June 21, 1942 Bombardment of Fort Stevens * July 27, 1942 Lordsburg Killings *September 9–29, 1942 Lookout Air Raids *May 30, 1943 Zoot Suit Riots *August 14, 1944 Fort Lawton Riot *March 12, 1945 Santa Fe Riot *April 16, – September 17, 1945 Project Hula *May 5–6, 1945 Battle of Point Judith *July 8, 1945 Midnight Massacre (1945), Midnight Massacre *May 2–4, 1946 Battle of Alcatraz *August 1–3, 1946 Battle of Athens (1946), Battle of Athens


1950–2000

*July 24–26, 1964 Rochester race riot *August 11–17, 1965 Watts Rebellion *July 12–15, 1966 Chicago West Side riots *July 18–23, 1966 Hough riots *Summer of 1967 Long, hot summer of 1967 **June 26 – July 1 1967 Buffalo riot, Buffalo riot **July 12–17 1967 Newark riots, Newark riots **July 14–16 1967 Plainfield riots, Plainfield riots **July 23–25 1967 Toledo Riot, Toledo riot **July 23–27 1967 Detroit riot, Detroit riot **July 31 – August 3 1967 Milwaukee riot, Milwaukee riot *April 4 – May 27, 1968 King-assassination riots **April 4–5 1968 New York City riot, New York City **April 4–8 1968 Washington, D.C., riots, Washington, D.C. **April 5–7 1968 Chicago riots, Chicago **April 5–11 1968 Pittsburgh riots, Pittsburgh **April 6–14 Baltimore riot of 1968, Baltimore **April 9 1968 Kansas City, Missouri riot, Kansas City **April 9–10 Wilmington riot of 1968, Wilmington *August 7–8, 1968 Miami riot, 1968 Miami riots *August 23–28 1968 Democratic National Convention protests *June 28 – July 3, 1969 Stonewall riots *May 4, 1970 Kent State shootings *May 11–12, 1970 Augusta riot *August 24–27 1970 Memorial Park riot *September 9, 1971 Attica Prison riot *February 2–3, 1980 New Mexico State Penitentiary riot *May 17–20, 1980 Miami riots *May 13, 19851985 MOVE bombing, Philadelphia MOVE bombing *April 29, 1992 Los Angeles riots *August 21–31, 1992 Ruby Ridge standoff *February 28 – April 19, 1993 Waco siege *April 19, 1995 Oklahoma City bombing *February 28, 1997 North Hollywood shootout * March 19 – 20, 1997 Heaven's Gate (religious group), Heaven's Gate mass suicide


21st century

This includes domestic conflicts and terrorist attacks that took place within the United States. Note that actions of terrorism and domestic conflict are distinguished from one another. *2001-2021 War on Terror :*September 11, 2001 September 11 attacks :*May 8, 2007 Fort Dix attack plot :*November 5, 2009 Fort Hood shooting :* April 15, 2013 Boston Marathon bombing :* April 2, 2014 Fort Hood shooting :*December 2, 2015 San Bernardino attack :*June 12, 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting :*October 31, 2017 New York City truck attack :*December 6, 2019 Naval Air Station Pensacola shooting * April 5, 2014-May 2014 Bundy standoff *August 9, 2014-December 2, 2014 Ferguson unrest *April 18, 2015-May 3, 2015 Baltimore protests *June 17, 2015 Charleston church shooting *January 1-February 16, 2016 Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge *August 11–12, 2017 Unite the Right rally *October 27, 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting *August 3, 2019 El Paso shooting *May 25, 2020-present 2020–2021 United States racial unrest *August 26–31, 2020 Minneapolis false rumors riot *January 6, 2021, 2021 United States Capitol attack


See also

* Indian Wars * List of Indian massacres, Indian massacre * Second Happy Time * List of attacks on U.S. territory * American Theater (World War II) * List of conflicts in British America * List of wars involving the United States * United States military casualties of war * List of incidents of civil unrest in the United States {{DEFAULTSORT:Conflicts In The United States Conflicts in the United States, * Military history of the United States, Military history of the United States United States military-related lists United States history-related lists Lists of events in the United States Lists of military conflicts, United States Lists of wars, United States