Henry County, Indiana
Genealogy and History
Military Timeline
American Involvement in Wars from Colonial Times to the Present
| Dates |
War
in Which American Colonists or United States Citizens Officially Participated |
Major Combatants |
| July 4, 1675
- August 12, 1676 |
King Philip's War | New England Colonies vs. Wampanoag, Narragansett, and Nipmuck Indians |
| 1689-1697 | King William's War | The English Colonies vs. France |
| 1702-1713 | Queen Anne's War | The English Colonies vs. France |
| 1744-1748 | King George's War | The French Colonies vs. Great Britain |
| 1756-1763 | French and Indian War (Seven Years War) | The French Colonies vs. Great Britain |
| 1759-1761 | Cherokee War | English Colonists vs. Cherokee Indians |
| 1775-1783 | American Revolution | English Colonists vs. Great Britain |
| 1798-1800 | Franco-American Naval War | United States vs. France |
| 1801-1805; 1815 | Barbary Wars | United States vs. Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli |
| 1812-1815 | War of 1812 | United States vs. Great Britain |
| 1813-1814 | Creek War | United States vs. Creek Indians |
| 1836 | War of Texas Independence | Texas vs. Mexico |
| 1846-1848 | Mexican War | United States vs. Mexico |
| 1861-1865 | Civil War | Union vs. Confederacy |
| 1898 | Spanish-American War | United States vs. Spain |
| 1914-1918 | World War I |
Triple Alliance: Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary vs. Triple Entente: Britain, France, and Russia. The United States joined on the side of the Triple Entente in 1917. |
| 1939-1945 | World War II | Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan vs. Major Allied Powers: United States, Great Britain, France, and Russia |
| 1950-1953 | Korean War | United States (as part of the United Nations) and South Korea vs. North Korea and Communist China |
| 1960-1975 | Vietnam War | United States and South Vietnam vs. North Vietnam |
| 1961 | Bay of Pigs Invasion | United States vs. Cuba |
| 1983 | Grenada | United States Intervention |
| 1989 |
US Invasion of Panama |
United States vs. Panama |
| 1990-1991 |
Persian Gulf War |
United States and Coalition Forces vs. Iraq |
| 1995-1996 | Intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina | United States as part of NATO acted peacekeepers in former Yugoslavia |
| 2003 |
Invasion of Iraq |
United States and Coalition Forces vs. Iraq |
Source: The New York Public Library Desk Reference, 3rd Edition.