The Ellis County Press: Veterans’ Day 2012: Freedom isn’t free, somebody has to fight to keep our freedom Veterans’ Day 2012: Freedom isn’t free, somebody has to fight to keep our freedom ================================================================================ Editor on 11/08/2012 23:49:00 List of American Wars/Conflicts Source: Wikipedia.com American Revolutionary War 1774 – 1783 Northwest Indian War 1785 – 1795 Franco-American War 1798 – 1800 Barbary Coast War 1801 – 1805 Tecumseh’s War 1811 War of 1812 1812 – 1815 Second Barbary War 1815 First Seminole War 1817 – 1818 West Indies Anti-Piracy Operations 1817 – 1825 African Anti-Slavery Operations 1819 – 1861 Callao Affair 1820 Arikara War 1823 Aegean Anti-Piracy Operations 1825 – 1828 Winnebago War 1827 Black Hawk War 1832 First Sumatran Expedition 1832 United State Exploring Expedition 1838 – 1842 Second Seminole War 1835 – 1842 Second Sumatran Expedition 1838 – 1839 Capture of Monterey 1842 Battle of Kororareka 1845 Mexican-American War 1846 – 1848 Navajo Wars 1858 – 1866 Cayuse War 1847 – 1855 Pitt River Expedition 1850 Apache Wars 1851 – 1900 Bombardment of San Juan del Norte 1854 Battle of Tyho Bay 1855 First Fiji Expedition 1855 Yakima War 1855 – 1858 Rogue River Wars 1855 – 1856 Puget Sound War 1855 – 1856 Third Seminole War 1855 – 1858 Second China War 1856 – 1859 Second Fuji Expedition 1858 Paraguay Expedition 1859 Reform War 1860 Paiute War 1860 American Civil War 1861 – 1865 Dakota War of 1862 1862 Bombardment of Qui Nho’n 1861 Colorado War 1863 – 1865 Battles for Shimonoseki 1863 – 1865 Powder River Expedition 1865 Snake War 1864 – 1868 Red Cloud’s War 1866 – 1868 Formosa Expedition 1867 Comanche Campaign 1867 – 1875 Battle of Boca Teacapan 1870 Korean Expedition 1871 Modoc War 1872 – 1873 Oahu Expedition 1874 Red River War 1874 – 1875 Black Hills War 1876 – 1877 Nez Perce War 1877 Bannock War 1878 Cheyenne War 1878 – 1879 Sheepeater Indian War 1879 White River War 1879 – 1880 Egyptian Expedition 1882 Colombian Civil War 1885 Samoan Crisis 1887 – 1889 Ghost Dance War 1890 – 1891 Bering Sea Anti-Poaching Operations 1891 Chilean Civil War 1891 Rio de Janeiro Affair 1894 Second Samoan Civil War 1898 – 1899 Spanish-American War 1898 Philippine War of Independence 1899 – 1902 Moro Rebellion 1899 – 1913 Boxer Rebellion 1899 – 1900 Nicaraguan Campaign 1912 – 1933 Mexican Revolution 1914 – 1919 Caco War 1915 – 1934 Dominican Campaign 1916 – 1924 World War I 1917 – 1918 Russian Civil War 1918 – 1920 World War II 1941 – 1945 Cold War 1947 – 1991 1958 Lebanon Crisis 1958 Lebanese Civil War 1982 – 1984 1981 Gulf of Sidra Incident 1981 Operation Prairie Fire 1986 Bombing of Libya 1986 Iran-Iraq War 1987 – 1988 1989 Gulf of Sidra Incident 1989 Invasion of Panama 1989 – 1990 Gulf War 1990 – 1991 Iraqi no-fly zones 1991 – 2003 Somali Civil War 1992 – 1994 Bosnian War 1993 – 1995 Operation Uphold Democracy 1994 – 1995 Bombings of Afghanistan 1998 Kosovo War 1999 War on Terror 2001 – now Second Liberian Civil War 2003 2011 Libyan civil war 2011