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MILITARY ENGAGEMENTS
LIST OF PRINCIPAL WARS, MILITARY EXPEDITIONS, OCCUPATIONS, CAMPAIGNS AND OTHER DISTURBANCES, EXCEPT DOMESTIC TROUBLES, IN WHICH THE UNITED STATES HAS PARTICIPATED.
Prior to 1830 there had been a number of skirmishes and wars with the Indians interspersed with intervals of peace, but beginning with the Sac and Fox Indian was 1831 there was almost constant warfare with the various tribes up to 1896. Although sometimes eclipsed by wars of greater proportions the Indian troubles continued more or less throughout the period.
| War | Began | Ended | Time span |
| War of the Revolution | April 19, 1775 | Jan 14, 1784 | 8 yrs. 9 mo. |
| Wyoming Valley Disturbances and Shay's Rebellion | 1782 | Jan 5, 1787 | 5 yrs. |
| Northwest Indian Wars and Whisky Insurrection | Jan 1790 | Aug. 1795 | 5 yrs 8 mo |
| War with Franco | July 9, 1798 | Sept 30, 1800 | 2 yrs 3 mo |
| War with Tripoli | July 10, 1801 | June 4, 1805 | 3 yrs. 11 mo |
War with Great Britain
War of 1812 | June 18, 1812 | Feb 17, 1815 | 2 yrs. 8 mo. |
| Seminole Indian Wars | Nov 20, 1817 | Oct 31, 1818 | 11 mo. |
Yellowstone Expedition
Indian | July 4, 1819 | Sept 1819 | 3 mo. |
| Blackfeet Indian wars | Apr 1, 1823 | Oct 1, 1823 | 6 mos. |
| LaFevre Indian war | June 1827 | Sept 1827 | 3 mmo. |
| Sac and Fox war | Apr 1, 1831 | Oct 1, 1831 | 6 mo. |
| Black Hawk War | Apr 26, 1832 | Sept 21, 1832 | 5 mo. |
| Nullification Troubles in So. Car. | Nov. 1832 | Feb 1833 | 3 mo. |
| Cherokee and Pawnee Disturbances | June 30, 1833 | 1839 | 6 yrs. 6 mo. |
| Seminole Indian War | Nov 1, 1835 | Aug 13, 1842 | 6 yrs. 9 mo. |
| War with Mexico | Apr 25, 1846 | May 30, 1848 | 2 yrs. 1 mo. |
| Various Indian wars with Cayuse, Navaho, Comanche, Kickapoo, Snake, Sioux, Seminole etc. | 1848 | 1861 | 13 yrs. |
| War of the Rebellion | Apr 15, 1861 | Aug 20, 1866 | 5 yrs. 4 mo. |
| Various Indian Wars (did not cease through Civil War) | 1865 | 1890 | 25 yrs. |
| Sioux Indian War | Nov 23, 1890 | Jan 19, 1891 | 2 mo. |
| Apache and Bannock Indian Troubles | June 30, 1892 | June 30, 1896 | 4 yrs. |
| Spanish-American War | Apr 21, 1898 | Apr 11, 1899 | 1 yr. |
| Philippine Insurrection | Apr 11, 1899 | July 15, 1903 | 4 yrs. 3 mo. |
| Boxer Expedition | June 20, 1900 | May 12, 1901 | 11 mo. |
| Cuban Pacification | Sept 29, 1906 | Apr 1, 1908 | 2 yrs. 6 mo. |
| Nicaraguan campaign | Aug 28, 1912 | Nov 2, 1913 | 1 yr. 2 mo. |
| Vera Cruz expedition | Apr 21, 1914 | Nov. 26, 1914 | 7 mo. |
| Punitive Expedition into Mexico | Mar. 15, 1916 | Feb 5, 1917 | 11 mo. |
| World War I | Apr 6, 1917 | July 2, 1921 | 4 yrs. 3 mo. |
Thanks to Mary Shea Brickle for providing this information.
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