Have your ancestors fought in some “war” you never heard of? Here’s a list of the war’s fought mostly on North American soil.
Thanks to Dan Burrows for compiling and sharing!
| Name of War | Date | Where Happened |
|---|---|---|
| French-Spanish | 1565-67 | Florida |
| English-French | 1613-1629 | Canada |
| Anglo-French | 1629 | St.Lawrence River |
| Pequot War | 1636-37 | New England |
| ??? | 1640-45 | New Netherland |
| Iroquois | 1642-53 | New England/ Acadia |
| Anglo-Dutch | July 1653 | New Netherland |
| Bacon’s Rebellion | 1675-76 | Virginia |
| King Philip’s | 1675-76 | New England |
| War In North | 1676-78 | Maine |
| Culpeppers Reb’n | 1677-80 | Carolinas |
| Leislers Rebellion | 1688-91 | New England |
| Revolution in MD | 1689 | Maryland |
| Glorious Revolution | 1689 | New England |
| King Willliam’s War | 1689-97 | Canada |
| Queen Anne’s | 1702-13 | New England |
| Tuscarora | 1711-12 | Virginia |
| Jenkins Ear | 1739-42 | Florida |
| King George’s | 1740 | GA & VA |
| Louisbourg | 1745 | New England |
| Fort Necessity | 1754 | Ohio |
| Anglo-French | 1755-58 | Canada |
| French & Indian | 1754-63 | New Eng;VA |
| Siege of Quebec | 1759 | Canada |
| American Revolution | 1775-83 | USA |
| Wyoming Valley | 1782-87 | Pennsylvania |
| Shay’s Rebellion | 12/1786-1/1787 | Massachusetts |
| Whiskey Insurrection | 1794 | Pennsylvania |
| Northwestern Indian | 1790-95 | Ohio |
| War with France | 1798-1800 | Naval |
| War with Tripoli(Naval) | 1801-05 | North Coast Africa |
| Burr’s Insurrection | 1806-1807 | South Mississippi Valley |
| Chesapeake (Naval) | 1807 | Virginia |
| Northwestern Indian | 1811 | Indiana |
| Florida Seminole Indian | 1812 | FL (GA Volunteers) |
| War of 1812 | 1812-15 | General |
| Peoria Indian | 1813 | Illinois |
| Creek Indian | 1813-14 | South |
| Lafitte’s Pirates | 1814 | Local |
| Barbary Pirates | 1815 | North Coast Africa |
| Seminole Indian | 1817-18 | FL & GA |
| Lafitte’s Pirates | 1821 | Galveston |
| Arickaree Indian | 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, GA, & AL |
| Sabine / Southwestern | 1836-37 | Louisiana/Indian Territory |
| 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 | 1846-1848 | Mexico |
| Cayuse Indian | 1847-48 | Oregon |
| TX & NM 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 Indian | 1855 | Oregon & Idaho River |
| Florida Indian | 1855-58 | Florida |
| John Brown’s Raid | 1859 | VA |
| War of Rebellion | 1860-65 | General |
| Cheyenne | 1861-64 | Local |
| Sioux | 1862-63 | Minnesota |
| Indian Campaign | 1865-68 | OR, ID, CA |
| Fenian Invasion of Canada | 1866 | From New England |
| Indian Campaign | 1867-69 | KS, CO & Ind. Terr. |
| Modoc Indian | 1872-73 | OR, CA |
| Apaches | 1873 | Arizona |
| Indian Campaigns | 1874-75 | KS, CO, TX, NM, & Ind. Terr. |
| Cheyenne & Sioux | 1876-77 | Dakota |
| Nez Perce | 1877 | Idaho |
| Bannock | 1878 | ID, Wash. Terr. & Wyoming Terr. |
| White Riv. (Ute Ind.) | 1879 | Utah & Colorada |
| Cheyenne | 1878-79 | Dakota & Montana |
| Spanish-American | 1898-99 | Cuba |
| Philippine Insurrection | 1899-1902 | Philippine Islands |