Battles
Explore the conflicts that shaped colonial America and the early United States. Battles and campaigns are grouped by historical era and listed in chronological order. Individual entries will link to dedicated articles as they are published.
Colonial Settlers & Early Conflicts (1607–1754)
- 1610–1614 — First Anglo-Powhatan War
- 1622–1632 — Second Anglo-Powhatan War
- 1636–1638 — Pequot War
- 1644–1646 — Third Anglo-Powhatan War
- 1675–1676 — King Philip’s War
- 1689–1697 — King William’s War
- 1702–1713 — Queen Anne’s War
- 1739–1748 — War of Jenkins’ Ear
- 1744–1748 — King George’s War
French and Indian War (1754–1763)
- May 28, 1754 — Jumonville Glen
- July 3, 1754 — Fort Necessity
- July 9, 1755 — Monongahela (Braddock’s Defeat)
- August 1757 — Fort William Henry
- July 8, 1758 — Carillon (Ticonderoga)
- September 13, 1759 — Plains of Abraham (Quebec)
- September 8, 1760 — Fall of Montreal
American Revolution (1775–1783)
- April 19, 1775 — Lexington and Concord
- June 17, 1775 — Bunker Hill
- August 27, 1776 — Long Island
- December 26, 1776 — Trenton
- January 3, 1777 — Princeton
- September–October 1777 — Saratoga Campaign
- January 17, 1781 — Cowpens
- March 15, 1781 — Guilford Courthouse
- September–October 1781 — Siege of Yorktown
Barbary Wars (1801–1805 and 1815)
- 1801–1805 — Blockade and naval operations off Tripoli
- February 16, 1804 — Destruction of USS Philadelphia in Tripoli Harbor
- April–May 1805 — Battle of Derna
- June–July 1815 — Second Barbary War naval campaign against Algiers
War of 1812 (1812–1815)
- August 16, 1812 — Fall of Detroit
- October 13, 1812 — Queenston Heights
- September 10, 1813 — Battle of Lake Erie
- October 5, 1813 — Battle of the Thames
- July 25, 1814 — Lundy’s Lane
- August 24, 1814 — Bladensburg and the burning of Washington
- September 12–14, 1814 — Baltimore and Fort McHenry
- January 8, 1815 — Battle of New Orleans