List of wars involving the United States
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This is a list of wars and rebellions involving the United States of America.[1] Currently, there are 108 wars on this list, 5 of which are ongoing.
- USA victory - 79
- Another result * - 12
- USA defeat - 12
- Ongoing conflict - 5
*e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive, inconclusive
18th-century wars
19th-century wars
Conflict | Allies | Opponent(s) | Result for the United States and its Allies | Presidents of the United States |
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First Barbary War (1801–1805) Part of the Barbary Wars Location: Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Tripoli | United States[14] Sweden[14] Kingdom of Sicily[14] Malta Protectorate[14] Kingdom of Portugal[14] Sultanate of Morocco[14] | Ottoman Tripolitania[15] Sultanate of Morocco[15] | US-allied victory | Thomas Jefferson |
Tecumseh's War (1810–1813) Part of the American Indian Wars and the War of 1812 Location: Northwest River Ohio | United States | Tecumseh's Confederacy List | US victory | James Madison |
War of 1812 (1812–1815) Location: Eastern and Central North America | United States Choctaw Nation Cherokee Nation Creek Allies | United Kingdom List | Inconclusive/Other Result
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Creek War (1813–1814) Part of the American Indian Wars and the War of 1812 Location: Southern United States | United States Lower Creeks Cherokee Nation Choctaw Nation | Red Stick Creek | US-allied victory | |
Second Barbary War (1815) Part of the Barbary Wars Location: Mediterranean Sea and the Barbary States | United States | Deylik of Algiers | US victory | |
First Seminole War (1817–1818) Part of the Seminole Wars and the American Indian Wars Location: Pensacola, Spanish Florida | United States | Seminole | US victory
| James Monroe |
Arikara War (1823) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Missouri River | United States | Arikara | Inconclusive/Other Result
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Winnebago War (1827) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Illinois and Michigan Territory | United States Choctaw Nation | Prairie La Crosse Ho-Chunks with a few allies | US-allied victory
| John Quincy Adams |
Black Hawk War (1832) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Illinois and Michigan Territory | United States Ho-Chunk Menominee Dakota Potawatomi | Black Hawk's British Band Ho-Chunk and Potawatomi allies | US-allied victory
| Andrew Jackson |
Second Seminole War (1835–1842) Part of the Seminole Wars and the American Indian Wars Location: Florida, United States | United States | Seminole | US victory
| Andrew Jackson (March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1837) Martin Van Buren (March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841) William Henry Harrison (March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841) John Tyler (April 4, 1841 –March 4, 1845) |
Texas Comanche Wars (1836–1875) Part of the Texas–Indian wars and the American Indian Wars Location: South-central United States (Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas, Colorado) and northern Mexico | Republic of Texas United States | Comanche | US victory | Andrew Jackson (March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1837) Martin Van Buren (March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841) William Henry Harrison (March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841) John Tyler (April 4, 1841 –March 4, 1845) James K. Polk (March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849) Zachary Taylor (March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850) Millard Fillmore (July 9, 1850 – March 4, 1853) Franklin Pierce (March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857) James Buchanan (March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861) Abraham Lincoln (March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865) Andrew Johnson (April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869) Ulysses S. Grant (March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877) |
Mexican–American War (1846–1848) Location: Texas, New Mexico, California and Mexico | United States California Republic | Mexico | US-allied victory
| James K. Polk |
Cayuse War (1847–1855) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Oregon | United States | Cayuse | US victory
| James K. Polk (March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849) Zachary Taylor (March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850) Millard Fillmore (July 9, 1850 – March 4, 1853) Franklin Pierce (March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857) |
Apache Wars (1849–1924) Part of the Texas–Indian wars and the American Indian Wars Location: Southwestern United States | United States | Apache Ute Yavapai | US victory
| James K. Polk (March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849) Zachary Taylor (March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850) Millard Fillmore (July 9, 1850 – March 4, 1853) Franklin Pierce (March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857) James Buchanan (March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861) Abraham Lincoln (March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865) Andrew Johnson (April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869) Ulysses S. Grant (March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877) Rutherford B. Hayes (March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1881) James A. Garfield (March 4, 1881 – September 19, 1881) Chester A. Arthur (September 19, 1881 – March 4, 1885) Grover Cleveland (March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1889) Benjamin Harrison (March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1893) Grover Cleveland (March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897) William McKinley (March 4, 1897 – September 14, 1901) Theodore Roosevelt (September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1909) William Howard Taft (March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913) Woodrow Wilson (March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921) Warren G. Harding (March 4, 1921 – August 2, 1923) Calvin Coolidge (August 2, 1923 – March 4, 1929) |
Navajo Wars (1849–1866) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: New Mexico | United States | Navajo Nation | US victory
| James K. Polk (March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849) Zachary Taylor (March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850) Millard Fillmore (July 9, 1850 – March 4, 1853) Franklin Pierce (March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857) James Buchanan (March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861) Abraham Lincoln (March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865) Andrew Johnson (April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869) |
Bleeding Kansas (1854–1861) Location: Kansas and Missouri | Anti-slavery settlers (Free-Staters) | Pro-slavery settlers (Border Ruffians) | Free-Stater victory.
| Franklin Pierce (March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857) James Buchanan (March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861) |
Puget Sound War (1855–1856) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Washington | United States Snoqualmie | Nisqually Muckleshoot Puyallup Klickitat Haida Tlingit | US victory
| Franklin Pierce |
Rogue River Wars (1855–1856) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Rogue Valley | United States | Tututni | US victory
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Third Seminole War (1855–1858) Part of the Seminole Wars and the American Indian Wars Location: Pensacola, Florida | United States | Seminole | US victory
| Franklin Pierce (March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857) James Buchanan (March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861) Abraham Lincoln (March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865) Andrew Johnson (April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869) |
Yakima War (1855–1858) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Washington Territory | United States Snoqualmie | Yakama Walla Walla tribe Umatilla tribe Nez Perce tribe Cayuse tribe | US victory | |
Second Opium War (1856–1859) Part of the Opium Wars Location: China | British Empire French Empire United States | China | US victory
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Utah War (1857–1858) Part of the Mormon wars Location: Utah Territory and Wyoming | United States | Deseret/Utah Mormons | Inconclusive/Other Result
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Reform War (1858–1866) Location: Mexico | Liberals United States | Conservatives | Liberals - US victory | |
Pig War (1859) Location: San Juan Islands | United States | United Kingdom | Inconclusive/Other Result
| James Buchanan |
John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry (1859) Part of pre-Civil War conflicts Location: West Virginia | United States | Abolitionist Insurgents | US victory | |
First and Second Cortina War (1859–1861) Location: Texas and Mexico | United States | Cortinista bandits | US-allied victory | |
Paiute War (1860) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Pyramid Lake, Nevada | United States | Paiute Shoshone Bannock | US victory | |
American Civil War (1861–1865) Location: Southern United States, Indian Territory, Northeastern United States, Western United States, Atlantic Ocean | United States Indian Home Guard Seminole Nation (Western) (most)[17] Seminole Nation (Florida) Muskogee Nation (part)[18] | Confederate States Cherokee Nation Choctaw Nation Catawba Chickasaw Nation (part) Muskogee Nation (part) Seminole Nation (Western) (part) Comanche Nation (part) | US victory
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Yavapai Wars (1861–1875) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Arizona | United States | Yavapai Apache Yuma Mohave | US victory | Abraham Lincoln (March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865) Andrew Johnson (April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869) Ulysses S. Grant (March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877) |
Dakota War of 1862 (1862) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Minnesota and Dakota | United States | Dakota Sioux | US victory | Abraham Lincoln |
Colorado War (1863–1865) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Colorado, Wyoming, and Nebraska | United States | Cheyenne Arapaho Sioux | Inconclusive/Other Result
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Snake War (1864–1868) Part of the American Indian Wars Locations: Oregon, Nevada, California, and Idaho | United States | Paiute Bannock Shoshone | US victory | Abraham Lincoln (March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865) Andrew Johnson (April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869) |
Powder River War (1865) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Powder River State | United States | Sioux Cheyenne Arapaho | Inconclusive | |
Red Cloud's War (1866–1868) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Powder River State | United States Crow Nation | Lakota Cheyenne Arapaho | Lakota-allied victory
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Formosa Expedition (1867) Location: Hengchun, Taiwan, Qing China' | United States | Paiwan | Paiwan victory | |
Comanche Campaign (1867–1875) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Western United States | United States | Cheyenne Arapaho Comanche Kiowa | US victory | Andrew Johnson (April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869) Ulysses S. Grant (March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877) |
United States expedition to Korea (1871) Location: Ganghwa Island | United States | Joseon dynasty | Inconclusive/Other Result American military victory American diplomatic failure
| Ulysses S. Grant |
Modoc War (1872–1873) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: California and Oregon | United States | Modoc | US victory | |
Red River War (1874–1875) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Texas | United States | Cheyenne Arapaho Comanche Kiowa | US victory
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Las Cuevas War (1875) Location: Texas and Mexico | United States | Mexican bandits | US victory
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Great Sioux War of 1876 (1876–1877) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Montana, Dakota and Wyoming | United States | Lakota Dakota Sioux Northern Cheyenne Arapaho | US victory
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Buffalo Hunters' War (1876–1877) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Texas and Oklahoma | United States | Comanche Apache | US victory | |
Nez Perce War (1877) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana | United States | Nez Perce Palouse | US victory | Rutherford B. Hayes |
Bannock War (1878) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Idaho, Oregon, and Wyoming | United States | Bannock Shoshone Paiute | US victory | |
Cheyenne War (1878–1879) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and Montana | United States | Cheyenne | US victory | |
Sheepeater Indian War (1879) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Idaho | United States | Shoshone | US victory | |
Victorio's War (1879–1880) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Mexico | United States Mexico | Apache | US-allied victory | |
White River War (1879) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Colorado | United States | Ute | US victory | |
Egyptian Expedition (1882) Part of the Anglo-Egyptian War Location: Alexandria | United States | Egypt | US victory | Chester A. Arthur |
Crow War (1887) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Montana | United States | Crow people | US victory | Grover Cleveland |
Ghost Dance War (1890–1891) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: South Dakota | United States | Sioux | US victory | Benjamin Harrison |
Garza War (1891–1893) Location: Texas and Mexico | Mexico United States | Garzistas | US-allied victory | |
Yaqui Wars (1896–1918) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Arizona and Mexico | United States Mexico | Yaqui Pima Opata | US-allied victory | Grover Cleveland (March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897)
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Second Samoan Civil War (1898–1899) Location: Samoa | Samoa United States | Mataafans German Empire | Inconclusive/Other Result
| William McKinley |
Spanish–American War (1898) Location: Cuba, Puerto Rico, Philippines and Guam | United States Cuban Revolutionaries Filipino Revolutionaries | Spain | US-allied victory
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Philippine–American War (1899–1902) Location: Philippines | 1899–1902 United States 1902-1906 | 1899–1902 Philippine Republic Limited Foreign Support: 1902-1906 | US victory
| William McKinley (March 4, 1897 – September 14, 1901)
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Moro Rebellion (1899–1913) Location: Philippines | United States | Moro Remnants of the Sulu Sultanate | US victory
| William McKinley (March 4, 1897 – September 14, 1901)
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Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901) Location: China | British Empire Russian Empire | Boxers China (from 1900) | US-allied victory
| William McKinley |