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This is an incomplete list of military confrontations that have occurred within the boundaries of the modern US State of Ohio since European contact. The region was part of New France from 1679–1763, ruled by Great Britain from 1763–1783, and part of the United States of America 1783–present.
This category contains historical battles fought as part of the Mexican Revolution (1910–1920). Please see the category guidelines for more information. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Battles of the Mexican Revolution .
Following the Mexican federal victory at the Battle of Celaya in April 1915, Mexican rebel Pancho Villa led the remnants of his once large army back to northern Mexico. By 1916, Villa and his men were in desperate need of food and provisions to continue their revolution, so they devised a plan to raid the American border town of Columbus, New ...
The Battle of Parral, on April 12, 1916, was the first battle between soldiers of Venustiano Carranza, known as Carrancistas, and the United States military during the Mexican Expedition. When a small force of American cavalry was leaving the city of Parral , in the Mexican state of Chihuahua , a superior force of Carrancista soldiers attacked ...
Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge: February 27, 1776: North Carolina: American victory: loyalist force of Regulators and Highlanders defeated [20] Battle of the Rice Boats: March 2–3, 1776: Georgia: British victory [21] Raid of Nassau: March 3–4, 1776: Bahamas: American victory. They raided against the Bahamas to obtain supplies [22] Battle of ...
The Raid on the Norias Division of the King Ranch was an attack August 8, 1915 by a large band of disaffected Mexicans and Tejanos in southern Texas.It was one of the many small battles of the Mexican Revolution that spilled over into United States soil and resulted in an increased effort by the United States Army to defend the international border.
The Battle of Columbus, also known as the Burning of Columbus or the Columbus Raid, began on March 9, 1916, as a raid conducted by remnants of Pancho Villa's Division of the North on the small United States border town of Columbus, New Mexico, located 3 miles (4.8 km) north of the border with Mexico.
Battles of the American Revolutionary War in Ohio (6 P) Pages in category "Battles in Ohio" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.