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The Ute Wars were a series of conflicts between the Ute people and the United States which began in 1849 and ended in 1923. [1] [2] Wars. Jicarilla War (1849–1855 ...
White River Ute vs United States civilians Battle of Milk Creek: September 29 - October 25, 1879 near modern Meeker Ute Wars: White River War: 32-50 [c] White River Ute vs United States of America Battle of Berwind Canyon: October 24, 1913 Berwind: Coal Wars: Colorado Coalfield War: 1
Meeker Massacre, or Meeker Incident, White River War, Ute War, or the Ute Campaign [1]), took place on September 29, 1879 in Colorado. Members of a band of Ute Indians ( Native Americans ) attacked the Indian agency on their reservation, killing the Indian agent Nathan Meeker and his 10 male employees and taking five women and children as hostages.
This is a list of military conflicts, that United States has been involved in. There are currently 123 military conflicts on this list, 5 of which are ongoing. [citation needed] These include major conflicts like the American Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican–American War, the American Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II and the Gulf War.
Battles of the American Civil War were fought between April 12, 1861, and May 12–13, 1865 in 19 states, mostly Confederate (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia [A]), the District of Columbia, and six territories (Arizona ...
Tintic War (1856) Part of the Ute Wars: Tule River War (1856) United States California: Yokuts: Coeur d'Alene War (1858) Part of the Yakima War: Mendocino War (1858) Part of the Yakima War: Yuki: Fraser Canyon War (1858) United Kingdom. Colony of British Columbia; Nlaka'pamux: Bald Hills War (1858–64) United States California "Wintoons ...
The Posey War began in February 1923 because of a relatively minor affair in which two young Ute males robbed a sheep ranch at Cahone Mesa, assaulted the owner, slaughtered a calf, and burned a bridge. The boys were members of Posey's band; the first was the youngest son of a man named Joe Bishop and the second the son of Sanup.
In the many decades between the Revolutionary War and the Civil War, such divisions became increasingly irreconcilable and contentious. [1] Events in the 1850s culminated with the election of the anti-slavery Republican Abraham Lincoln as president on November 6, 1860.