The following is a list of the most important wars in which the
United States have engaged:
Wars of the United States. | Commenced. | Ended. |
Revolutionary | April 19, 1775 | April 11, 1783 |
Northwestern Indian (General St. Clair). | Sept. 19 1790 | Aug. 3, 1795 |
With France1 | July 9, 1798 | Sept. 30, 1800 |
With Tripoli2 | June 10, 1801 | June 4, 1805 |
Tecumseh Indian (General Harrison) | Sept. 11, 1811 | Nov. 11, 1811 |
Creek Indian | Aug. 13, 1813 | Aug. 9, 1814 |
1812, with Great Britain | June 19, 1812 | Feb. 17, 1815 |
Algerine3 | May, 1815 | June 28, 1815 |
Seminole Indian | Nov. 20, 1817 | Oct. 21, 1818 |
Black Hawk Indian | April 21, 1831 | Sept. 31, 1832 |
Cherokee Disturbance or Removal | 1836 | 1837 |
Creek Indian Disturbance | May 5, 1836 | Sept. 30, 1837 |
Florida Indian | Dec. 23, 1835 | Aug. 14, 1843 |
Aroostook Disturbance | 1838 | 1839 |
With Mexico | April 24, 1846 | July 4, 1848 |
Apache, Navajo, and Utah. | 1849 | 1855 |
Comanche Indian | 1854 | 1854 |
Seminole Indian | 1856 | 1858 |
The Civil, or Rebellion | April 21, 1861 | May 11, 1865 |
Sioux Indian | 1862 | 1862 |
Modoc Indian | 1872 | June, 1873 |
Sioux Indian | June 25, 1876 | 1876 |
Nez Perce Indian | 1877 | October, 1877 |
Ute Indian | 1879 | 1879 |
With Spain | April 21, 1898 | Aug. 12, 1898 |