Militarized conflicts
This is a list of militarized conflicts involving the United States, the dates show the years in which U.S. military units (primarily regular, occasionally irregular) participated. The bolded items are the U.S. wars most often considered to be major conflicts by historians and the general public.
American Revolutionary War (1775–1783)
Quasi-War (1798–1801)
First Barbary War (1801–1805)
War of 1812 (1812–1815)
Second Barbary War (1815)
Mexican-American War (1846–1848)
Bear Flag Revolt (1846)
Nicaragua Naval Battles (1854–1858)
Utah War (1857–1858)
American Civil War (1861–1865)
Reconstruction (1865–1877)
Occupation of Nicaragua (1867, 1894–1933)
Shinmiyangyo Battle in Korea (1871)
Spanish-American War (1898)
Second Samoan Civil War (1898–1899)
Philippine-American War (1899–1913)
Boxer Rebellion (1900)
Panamanian Revolution (1903)
Second U.S. occupation of Cuba (1906–1909)
Tampico Affair & Occupation of Veracruz, Mexico (1914)
Invasion of Haiti (1915-1934)
Occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916–1924)
Pancho Villa Expedition (1916–1917)
World War I (1917–1918)
Polar Bear Expedition (Russian Civil War) (1918–1919)
Spanish Civil War (1936–1938)
World War II (1941–1945)
Cold War (1945–1991)
Korean War (1950–1953)
The Vietnam War was one of the longest military conflicts in U.S. history.Cuban Missile Crisis (Oct-Nov 1962)
Vietnam War (1964–1975)
Invasion of Dominican Republic (1965)
Capture of USS Pueblo (1968)
Mayagüez Incident (1975)
Operation Eagle Claw (1980)
Gulf of Sidra Incidents (1981, 1989)
Lebanon Peacekeeping (1982–1984)
Operation Urgent Fury (Grenada) (1983)
Libyan Patrol Boats (Jan-Mar 1986)
Operation El Dorado Canyon (15 April 1986)
Operation Earnest Will (1987–1988)
Operation Prime Chance (1987–1988)
Operation Praying Mantis (1988)
Operation Golden Pheasant (1988)
USS Vincennes shootdown of Iran Air Flight 655 (1988)
Operation Just Cause (Panama) (1989)
Persian Gulf War (1990–1991)
Iraqi No-Fly Zones (1991–2003)
Operation Provide Comfort (1991–1996)
Somali Civil War (1992-1995)
Battle of Mogadishu (1993)
Operation Uphold Democracy (Haiti) (1994)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (as member of IFOR and SFOR peacekeeping forces, 1995—)
Operation Infinite Reach (strikes on Sudan and Afghanistan, 1998)
Operation Allied Force (Kosovo War, NATO operations, 1999)
War on Terrorism (2001—)
Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan) (2001—)
Operation Iraqi Freedom (Second Persian Gulf War) (2003—)
Liberian peacekeeping (Liberia) (2003)
Haiti Rebellion (2004)
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Armed insurrections and slave revolts
See also: Slave rebellion, Tax revolt
Shays' Rebellion (1786)
Whiskey Rebellion (1794)
John Fries' Rebellion (1799)
Gabriel's Rebellion (1800)
Malta War (1808–1809)
Louisiana Territory Slave Rebellion (1811)
Fort Blount Revolt (1816)
Denmark Vesey's Uprising (1822)
Nat Turner's Rebellion (1831)
Buckshot War (~1837–~1838)
Patriot War (1837–1838)
Amistad Seizure (1839)
Anti-Rent War (1839–~1844)
Creole Incident (1841)
Dorr Rebellion (1841–1842)
John Brown's Raid on Federal Armory at Harper's Ferry (1859)
Salinero Revolt (1877)
Jayuya Uprising - Puerto Rico (1950)
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American Indian conflicts, wars, battles, expeditions and campaigns
See also: Indian Wars, Indian massacres
Frontier warfare during the American Revolution, which included:
Battle of Oriskany (1777)
Wyoming Valley Massacre (1778)
Cherry Valley Massacre (1778)
Sullivan Expedition (1779)
Battle of Blue Licks (1782)
Northwest Indian War (1785–1795)
Nickajack Expedition (1794)
Sabine Expedition (1806)
War of 1812 (western theatre), which included:
Tecumseh's War (1811-1813)
Peoria War (1813)
Creek War (1813–1814)
Seminole Wars (1812, 1817–1818, 1835–1842, 1855–1858)
Arikara War (1823)
Fever River War (1827)
Le Fèvre Indian War (1827)
Black Hawk War (1832)
Pawnee Indian Territory Campaign (1834)
Creek War of 1836, aka Second Creek War or Creek Alabama Uprising (1835-1837)
Missouri-Iowa Border War (1836)
Sabine-Southwestern War (1836–1837)
Cherokee Uprising (1836-1838)
Osage Indian War (1837)
Cayuse War (1848–1855)
Navajo Wars (1849–1861)
Long Walk of the Navajo (1863–1868)
Southwest Indian Wars (1849-1863)
Pitt River Expedition (1850)
Mariposa War (1850–1851)
Yuma Expedition (1851–1852)
Utah Indian Wars (1851-1853)
Walker War (1853)
Grattan Massacre (1855)
Yakima War (1855)
Snake River War (1855)
Klickitat War (1855)
Puget Sound War (1855–1856)
Rogue River Wars (1855–1856)
Klamath and Salmon Indian Wars (1855)
Tintic War (1856)
Gila Expedition (1857)
Mendocino War (1858)
Spokane-Coeur d'Alene-Paloos War (1858)
Pecos Expedition (1859)
Antelope Hills Expedition (1859)
Bear River Expedition (1859)
Paiute War (1860)
Kiowa-Comanche War (1860)
Cheyenne Campaign (1861–1864)
Sioux Uprising (1862)
Colorado War (1863–1865)
Kidder Massacre (1867) {See 2d Armored Cavalry Regiment-External Link}
Snake War (1864–1868)
Utah's Black Hawk War (1865–1872)
Red Cloud's War (1866–1868)
Comanche Wars (1867–1875)
Battle of Washita River (1868)
Marias Massacre (1870)
Modoc War (1872–1873)
Red River War (1874)
Apache Wars (1873, 1885–1886)
Eastern Navada Expedition (1875)
Black Hills War (1876–1877)
Nez Perce Wars (1877)
Bannock War (1878)
Cheyenne War (1878–1879)
Sheepeater Indian War (1879)
White River War (1879)
Ute War (1879-1880)
Ghost Dance War (1890–1891)
Wounded Knee Massacre (1890)
New Mexico Navajo War (1913)
Colorado Paiute War (1915)
AIM Takeovers (~1969–~1974)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ithin_the_United_States#Militarized_conflicts
This is a list of militarized conflicts involving the United States, the dates show the years in which U.S. military units (primarily regular, occasionally irregular) participated. The bolded items are the U.S. wars most often considered to be major conflicts by historians and the general public.
American Revolutionary War (1775–1783)
Quasi-War (1798–1801)
First Barbary War (1801–1805)
War of 1812 (1812–1815)
Second Barbary War (1815)
Mexican-American War (1846–1848)
Bear Flag Revolt (1846)
Nicaragua Naval Battles (1854–1858)
Utah War (1857–1858)
American Civil War (1861–1865)
Reconstruction (1865–1877)
Occupation of Nicaragua (1867, 1894–1933)
Shinmiyangyo Battle in Korea (1871)
Spanish-American War (1898)
Second Samoan Civil War (1898–1899)
Philippine-American War (1899–1913)
Boxer Rebellion (1900)
Panamanian Revolution (1903)
Second U.S. occupation of Cuba (1906–1909)
Tampico Affair & Occupation of Veracruz, Mexico (1914)
Invasion of Haiti (1915-1934)
Occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916–1924)
Pancho Villa Expedition (1916–1917)
World War I (1917–1918)
Polar Bear Expedition (Russian Civil War) (1918–1919)
Spanish Civil War (1936–1938)
World War II (1941–1945)
Cold War (1945–1991)
Korean War (1950–1953)
The Vietnam War was one of the longest military conflicts in U.S. history.Cuban Missile Crisis (Oct-Nov 1962)
Vietnam War (1964–1975)
Invasion of Dominican Republic (1965)
Capture of USS Pueblo (1968)
Mayagüez Incident (1975)
Operation Eagle Claw (1980)
Gulf of Sidra Incidents (1981, 1989)
Lebanon Peacekeeping (1982–1984)
Operation Urgent Fury (Grenada) (1983)
Libyan Patrol Boats (Jan-Mar 1986)
Operation El Dorado Canyon (15 April 1986)
Operation Earnest Will (1987–1988)
Operation Prime Chance (1987–1988)
Operation Praying Mantis (1988)
Operation Golden Pheasant (1988)
USS Vincennes shootdown of Iran Air Flight 655 (1988)
Operation Just Cause (Panama) (1989)
Persian Gulf War (1990–1991)
Iraqi No-Fly Zones (1991–2003)
Operation Provide Comfort (1991–1996)
Somali Civil War (1992-1995)
Battle of Mogadishu (1993)
Operation Uphold Democracy (Haiti) (1994)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (as member of IFOR and SFOR peacekeeping forces, 1995—)
Operation Infinite Reach (strikes on Sudan and Afghanistan, 1998)
Operation Allied Force (Kosovo War, NATO operations, 1999)
War on Terrorism (2001—)
Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan) (2001—)
Operation Iraqi Freedom (Second Persian Gulf War) (2003—)
Liberian peacekeeping (Liberia) (2003)
Haiti Rebellion (2004)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ithin_the_United_States#Militarized_conflicts
Armed insurrections and slave revolts
See also: Slave rebellion, Tax revolt
Shays' Rebellion (1786)
Whiskey Rebellion (1794)
John Fries' Rebellion (1799)
Gabriel's Rebellion (1800)
Malta War (1808–1809)
Louisiana Territory Slave Rebellion (1811)
Fort Blount Revolt (1816)
Denmark Vesey's Uprising (1822)
Nat Turner's Rebellion (1831)
Buckshot War (~1837–~1838)
Patriot War (1837–1838)
Amistad Seizure (1839)
Anti-Rent War (1839–~1844)
Creole Incident (1841)
Dorr Rebellion (1841–1842)
John Brown's Raid on Federal Armory at Harper's Ferry (1859)
Salinero Revolt (1877)
Jayuya Uprising - Puerto Rico (1950)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ithin_the_United_States#Militarized_conflicts
American Indian conflicts, wars, battles, expeditions and campaigns
See also: Indian Wars, Indian massacres
Frontier warfare during the American Revolution, which included:
Battle of Oriskany (1777)
Wyoming Valley Massacre (1778)
Cherry Valley Massacre (1778)
Sullivan Expedition (1779)
Battle of Blue Licks (1782)
Northwest Indian War (1785–1795)
Nickajack Expedition (1794)
Sabine Expedition (1806)
War of 1812 (western theatre), which included:
Tecumseh's War (1811-1813)
Peoria War (1813)
Creek War (1813–1814)
Seminole Wars (1812, 1817–1818, 1835–1842, 1855–1858)
Arikara War (1823)
Fever River War (1827)
Le Fèvre Indian War (1827)
Black Hawk War (1832)
Pawnee Indian Territory Campaign (1834)
Creek War of 1836, aka Second Creek War or Creek Alabama Uprising (1835-1837)
Missouri-Iowa Border War (1836)
Sabine-Southwestern War (1836–1837)
Cherokee Uprising (1836-1838)
Osage Indian War (1837)
Cayuse War (1848–1855)
Navajo Wars (1849–1861)
Long Walk of the Navajo (1863–1868)
Southwest Indian Wars (1849-1863)
Pitt River Expedition (1850)
Mariposa War (1850–1851)
Yuma Expedition (1851–1852)
Utah Indian Wars (1851-1853)
Walker War (1853)
Grattan Massacre (1855)
Yakima War (1855)
Snake River War (1855)
Klickitat War (1855)
Puget Sound War (1855–1856)
Rogue River Wars (1855–1856)
Klamath and Salmon Indian Wars (1855)
Tintic War (1856)
Gila Expedition (1857)
Mendocino War (1858)
Spokane-Coeur d'Alene-Paloos War (1858)
Pecos Expedition (1859)
Antelope Hills Expedition (1859)
Bear River Expedition (1859)
Paiute War (1860)
Kiowa-Comanche War (1860)
Cheyenne Campaign (1861–1864)
Sioux Uprising (1862)
Colorado War (1863–1865)
Kidder Massacre (1867) {See 2d Armored Cavalry Regiment-External Link}
Snake War (1864–1868)
Utah's Black Hawk War (1865–1872)
Red Cloud's War (1866–1868)
Comanche Wars (1867–1875)
Battle of Washita River (1868)
Marias Massacre (1870)
Modoc War (1872–1873)
Red River War (1874)
Apache Wars (1873, 1885–1886)
Eastern Navada Expedition (1875)
Black Hills War (1876–1877)
Nez Perce Wars (1877)
Bannock War (1878)
Cheyenne War (1878–1879)
Sheepeater Indian War (1879)
White River War (1879)
Ute War (1879-1880)
Ghost Dance War (1890–1891)
Wounded Knee Massacre (1890)
New Mexico Navajo War (1913)
Colorado Paiute War (1915)
AIM Takeovers (~1969–~1974)
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