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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