American Wars and Engagements before 1900
Originally Compiled by Elaine Becker, Archivist, Illinois State Archives
Transcribed by K. Torp

War	Dates	Area
French-Spanish	1565-67	Florida
English-French	1613-29	Canada
Anglo-French	1629	St. Lawrence River
Pequot War	1636-37 1640-45	New England N. Netherland
Iroquois	1642-53	N.E.; Acadia
Anglo-Dutch	July 1653	N. Netherland
Bacon's Rebellion	1675-76	Virginia
King Philip's	1675-76	New England
War in North	1676-78	Maine
Culpepper's Rebellion	1677-80	Carolinas
Leisler's Rebellion	1688-91	New England
Revolution in MD	1689	Maryland
Glorious Revolution	1689	New England
King William's War	1689-97	Canada
Queen Anne's	1702-13	New England
Tuscarora	1711-12	Virginia
Jenkin's Ear	1739-42	Florida
King George's	1740	Georgia & Virginia
Louisbourg	1745	New England
Fort Necessity	1754	Ohio
Anglo-French	1755-58	Canada
French & Indian	1754-63	N.E., Virginia
Siege of Quebec	1759	Canada
American Revolution	1775-83
Wyoming Valley	1782-87	Pennsylvania
Shay's Rebellion	Dec. 1786 - Jan. 1787	Massachusetts
Whiskey Insurrection	1794	Pennsylvania
Northwestern Indian	1790-95	Ohio
War with France	1798-1800	(Naval)
War with Tripoli	1801-05	North Coast of Africa (Naval)
Burr's Insurrection	1806-07	So. Mississippi Valley
Chesapeake	1807	Virginia (Naval)
Northwestern Indian	1811	Indiana
Florida Seminole Indian	1812	Florida (Georgia Volunteers)
War of 1812	1812-15	General
Peoria Indian	1813	Illinois
Creek Indian	1813-14	South
Lafitte's Pirates	1814	Local
Barbary Powers	1815	N.Coast Africa
Seminole Indian	1817-18	FL. & Georgia.
Lafitte's Pirates	1821	Galveston
Arickaree Indian (Rickaree)	1823	Missouri River, Dakota Territory
Fever River Indian	1827	Illinois
Winnebago Indian	1827	Wisconsin
Sac & Fox Indian	1831	Illinois
Black Hawk	1832	Illinois & Wisconsin
Toledo	1835-36	Ohio & Michigan
Texan	1835-36	Texas
Indian Stream	1835-36	New Hampshire
Creek Indian	1836-37	Georgia. & Alabama
Florida (Seminole)	1835-42	FL, Georgia, & Alabama
Sabine/Southwestern Indian	1836-37	Louisiana
Cherokee	1836-38
Osage Indian	1837	Missouri
Heatherly Disturbance	1836	Missouri
Mormon	1838	Missouri
Aroostook	1839	Maine
Dorr's Rebellion	1842	Rhode Island
Mormon	1844	Illinois
Mexican	1846-48	Mexico
Cayuse Indian	1847-48	Oregon
TX. & New Mexico Indian	1849-55
California Indian	1851-52
Utah Indian	1850-53
Rogue River Indian	1851, 1853, 1856	Oregon
Oregon Indian	1854	Oregon
Nicaraguan	1854-58	Naval
Kansas Troubles	1854-59	Kansas
Yakima Indian	1855	Local
Klamath & Salmon River Indian	1855	Oregon & Idaho
Florida Indian	1855-58	Florida
John Brown's Raid	1859	Virginia
War of Rebellion	1860-65	General
Cheyenne	1861-64	Local
Sioux	1862-63	Minnesota
Indian Campaign	1865-68	Oregon, Idaho and California
Fenian Invasion of Canada	1866	from New England
Indian Campaign	1867-69	Kansas, Colorado and Indian Territory
Modac Indian	1872-73	Oregon
Apaches	1873	Arizona
Indian Campaigns	1874-75	Kansas, Colorado, Texas, New Mexico & Indian Territory
Cheyenne & Sioux	1876-77	Dakota
Nez Perce	1877	Utah
Bannock	1878	Idaho, Washington Territory & Wyoming Territory
White River (Ute Indians)	1879	Utah & Colorado
Cheyenne	1878-79	Dakota & Montana
Spanish-American	1898-99	Cuba
Philippine Insurrection	1899-1902	Philippine Islands

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