List of battles fought in Illinois
This is an incomplete list of all military confrontations that have occurred within the boundaries of the modern U.S. State of Illinois since European contact.
Name | Date | Location | War | Result | Dead | Belligerents |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Battle for Grand Kaskaskia | September 18, 1680 | Near Present-day Ottawa, Illinois | Beaver Wars | Iroquois Victory | ~880[1] | |
Siege of Fox Fort | August-September 1730 | Present-day McLean County, Illinois | Fox Wars | French and Allied Victory | ~500[2] | |
Capture of Fort Gage | July 5, 1778 | Present-day Kaskaskia, Illinois | American Revolutionary War | US Victory | 0 | |
Battle of St. Louis | May 25, 1780 | Present-day Cahokia, Illinois and St. Louis, Missouri | Anglo-Spanish War | Spanish/US Victory | 25+ | |
Battle of Fort Dearborn | August 15, 1812 | Present-day Chicago, Illinois | War of 1812 | Potawatomi Victory | 67 | |
Battle of Africa Point | April 18, 1813 | near Palestine, Illinois | War of 1812 | Kickapoo Victory | 9 | |
Battle of Rock Island Rapids | July 19, 1814 | Campbell's Island, Illinois | War of 1812 | Native Victory | 18+ | |
Battle of Stillman's Run | May 14, 1832 | Near present-day Stillman Valley, Illinois | Black Hawk War | Native Victory | 15-17 | |
Buffalo Grove ambush | May 19, 1832 | Near present-day Polo, Illinois | Black Hawk War | Native Victory | 1+ | |
St. Vrain Massacre | May 19, 1832 | Near present-day Pearl City, Illinois | Black Hawk War | Native Victory | 4 | |
Plum River raid | May 21, 1832 | Near present-day Savanna, Illinois | Black Hawk War | 0 | ||
Battle of Kellogg's Grove | June 16 and 25, 1832 | Near Kent, Illinois | Black Hawk War | United States Victory | 23+ | |
Battle of Waddams Grove | June 18, 1832 | Near Waddams Grove, Illinois | Black Hawk War | United States Victory | 5-9 | |
Battle of Apple River Fort | June 24, 1832 | Near Elizabeth, Illinois | Black Hawk War | United States Victory | 1+ | |
Illinois Mormon War | June 10, 1844 - September 16, 1846 | Nauvoo, Illinois | Illinois Victory | ~10 | ||
Charleston riot | March 28, 1864 | Charleston, Illinois | Civil War | 9 | ||
Haymarket Affair | May 4, 1886 | Chicago, Illinois | 11 | Chicago Police Department vs Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions | ||
Battle of Virden | October 12, 1898 | Virden, Illinois | Coal Wars | 11 | United Mine Workers vs Thiel Detective Service Company | |
Herrin Massacre | June 21-22, 1922 | Herrin, Illinois | Coal Wars | 23 | United Mine Workers vs Southern Illinois Coal Company |
References
- "INDIAN VILLAGES OF THE ILLINOIS COUNTRY" (PDF). Illinois State Museum. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
- "HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY:NEW EVIDENCE OF THE 1730 MESQUAKIE (RENARD, FOX) FORT". Parkland College. Retrieved 2018-06-24.
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