This index presents historical and modern wars and conflicts taking place in the present territory of, or relating to, United States. United States declared independence from the United Kingdom in 1776 and expanded westward during the following century. American power grew throughout the 19th century and the state was considered a great power after 1898.
Map of United States courtesy of CIA World Factbook
Gabriel's Revolt in Virginia 1800
Tripolitan War 1801-05
US Occupation of West Florida 1810
Tecumseh's War 1811
War of 1812
Fort Mims Massacre 1813
Creek War 1813-14
Algerine War 1815
First Seminole War 1817-18
Vesy's Rebellion 1822
Arikara "War" 1823
Fredonian Rebellion 1826-7
Turner's Rebellion 1831
Black Hawk's War 1832
Texan Independence War 1835-36
Indian Stream "War" 1835
Murrel's Rebellion 1835
Second Seminole War 1835-43
Aroostook War 1838-39
Buckshot War 1838
Amistad Mutiny 1939
The Creole Mutiny 1841
Dorr's Rebellion in Rhode Island 1842
Mexican-American War 1846-48
Bear Flag Revolt in California 1846
Whitman Massacre 1847
Cayuse War 1848-55
Third Seminole War 1855-58
Rogue River Wars 1855-6
Wakarusa War 1855
Yakima War 1855-8
Pottawatomie Massacre 1856
Spirit Lake Massacre 1857
Mountain Meadows Massacre 1857
Utah War 1857-8
Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry 1859
Apache and Navaho War 1860-5
American Civil War 1861-65
Sioux War 1862-64
Sand Creek Massacre 1864
Cheyenne & Arapaho War 1864-68
Saint Albans Raid 1864
Sioux War 1865-68
Fenian Raiders 1866-70
Fetterman Massacre 1866
Wagon Box Fight 1867
Blood River Massacre in Montana 1870
Camp Grant Massacre 1871
Apache War 1871-73
Modoc War 1872-3
Kiowa War 1874
Red River Indian War 1874-75
Apache War 1876-83
Sioux War 1876-77
Nez Perce War 1877
Bannock War 1878
Cheyenne War 1878
Victorio's Apache Raiding 1879
Apache War 1885-6
Sioux War 1890-91
Samoan Civil War 1898-99
Spanish-American War 1898
Philippine-American War 1899-1902
Boxer Rebellion in China 1900-01
Assassination of McKinley 1901
Moro Resistance: Philippines 1901-13
Panamanian Secession 1903
Black Patch War 1904-9
American Occupation of Cuba 1906-7
Haitian Revolt 1915
Poncho Villa's Raids 1916-17
Preparedness Day Bombing in America 1916
Cuban Revolt of 1917
Dominican Occupation Revolt 1917-21
World War I 1917-18
Russian Civil War 1918-20
Haitian Occupation Revolt 1918
Costa Rican Counterrevolution 1919
Costa Rican-Panamanian Border Clash 1921
Panama City Rent Riot 1925
"Bonus Marchers" Intervention 1932
Sakdal Uprising in the Philippines 1935
Panay Incident in China 1937
World War II 1939-45
Korean Occupation Rebellion 1946
Berlin Blockade 1948-9
Korean Guerrilla War 1948-9
Ysu Rebellion in US Occupied Korea 1948
Attack on Blair House 1950
Anglo-American Plot: Albania 1950-2
Korean War 1950-53
Nationalist Uprising in Puerto Rico 1950
Anglo-American Plot: Iran 1953
Taiwan Strait War 1954-55
Taiwan Strait War 1958
The U-2 Incident 1960
Bay of Pigs Invasion 1961
Berlin Wall Crisis 1961
Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
Pathet Lao Insurgency 1962-75
Panama: Anti-American Rioting 1964
Gulf of Tonkin Incident 1964
Vietnam War 1965-75
Dominican Civil War 1965
Black Panthers in America 1966-73
Pueblo Incident 1968
Trinidadian Rebellion 1970
Mayaguez Incident: Cambodia 1975
Panama Canal Negotiation Crisis 1975
Peace Village Incident 1976
Panama Canal Treaty Ratification 1977
Dominican Electoral Intervention 1978
Jonestown, Guyana 1978
US Ambassador: Afghanistan 1979
Iran Hostage Crisis 1979-81
Libyan Airspace Incident 1981
Lebanon War 1982-1985
Shooting Down of KAL007: 1983
American Raid on Libya 1986
Stark Incident 1987
Strait of Hormuz Incident 1988
Libyan Fighters Incident 1989
US Invasion of Panama 1989
Collapse of the Berlin Wall 1989-90
Persian Gulf War 1990-91
Kosovar War of Independence 1998-99
War in Afghanistan 2001-present
War in Iraq 2003-2011
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