Military history of the United States
The article is about the military history of the United States. The categories on this (incomplete, in-development) list are somewhat arbitrary: Not all of these events were military, some were not even violent, but together they delineate the reappearance of the martial spirits in the life of the United States. The items enumerated here begin with the establishment of the states in 1776, and either are located within territorial boundaries of the United States or involve the armed forces of the federal government or the militias of the separate states and territories.
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.
Indian Conflicts, Wars, Battles, Expeditions and Campaigns
See also: Indian Wars
- Sullivan Expedition (1779)
- Northwestern Indian Wars (1790–1795, 1811)
- Battle of Fallen Timbers (1794)
- Nickajack Expedition (1794)
- Sabine Expedition (1806)
- Tecumseh's War (1811)
- Little Belt Affair (1811)
- Peoria War (1813)
- Creek War (1813–1814)
- Seminole Wars (1817–1818, 1835–1842, 1855–1858)
- Arikara War (1823)
- Fever River War (1827)
- Le Fèvre Indian War (1827)
- Sac and Fox War (1831)
- Black Hawk War (1832)
- Sabine-Southwestern War (1836–1837)
- Osage Indian War (1837)
- Navajo Wars (1849–1861)
- Cayuse War (1848–1855)
- Pitt River Expedition (1850)
- Mariposa War (1850–1851)
- Yuma Expedition (1851–1852)
- Walker War (1853)
- 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)
- Florida Indian War (1855–1858)
- 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 War (1862-1863)
- Cheyenne-Arapaho-Kiowa-Comanche Wars (1863–1869)
- Snake War (1864–1868)
- 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)
- Black Hills War (1876–1877)
- Nez Perce War (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)
Ethnic Cleansing and Control
See also: Indian removal
Armed Insurrections and Slave Revolts
See also: Slave rebellion, Tax revolt
Range Wars
See also: Range war
- Franklin County War (Idaho, 1866–1872)
- Mason County War (Texas, 1874–1877)
- Colfax County War (New Mexico, 1875)
- Lincoln County War (New Mexico, 1877–1878)
- Johnson County War (Wyoming, 1892)
- Pleasant Valley War (Arizona, 1886)
- Sheep Wars (Texas-New Mexico borderlands, ~1879–1900)
- Posey War (Utah, 1923)
Bloodless Boundary Disputes
Terror, Paramilitary Groups and Guerrilla Warfare
See also: List of terrorist incidents
Secession Attempts, etc.
See also: List of extinct states, Unrecognized historic regions of the United States
Covert Operations, U.S.-Supported Coups, etc.
- Baltimore Crisis (Chile, 1891)
- Operation Ajax (Iran, 1951–1953)
- Operation PBSUCCESS (Guatemala, 1954)
- Bay of Pigs Invasion (Cuba, 1961)
- Operation Mongoose (Cuba, 1961–1963)
- Brazilian Military Coup (Brazil 1964)
- Secret War (Cambodia-Laos, 1962–1975)
- Chilean Coup (Chile, 1974)
- Argentine Military Coup (Argentine, 1976)
- Operation Condor (Latin America, 1960s–1970s)
- Mujahideen vs. USSR (Afghanistan, 1979–1989)
- Contras (Nicaragua, 1980s)
Miscellaneous
Latter-Day Saints
Republic of Texas
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