The Contents of The United States at War
Publisher’s Note
Contributors
Revolutionary War: 1775–1783
Revolutionary War
Censorship During the Revolution
Women in the Revolutionary War
Campaigns, Battles, and Other Events
March, 1770: Boston Massacre
December, 1773: Boston Tea Party
April, 1775: Battles of Lexington and Concord
May, 1775: Battle of Fort Ticonderoga
June, 1775: Battle of Bunker Hill
December, 1775: Battle of Quebec
August, 1776: Battle of Long Island
September, 1776: Experiments in Submarine Warfare
October, 1776: Battle of White Plains
December, 1776: Battle of Trenton
January, 1777: Battle of Princeton
August, 1777: Battle of Oriskany Creek
September, 1777: Battle of Brandywine
October, 1777: Battle of Germantown
October, 1777: Battle of Saratoga
February, 1778: Franco-American Treaties
June, 1778: Battle of Monmouth
September-October, 1779: Siege of Savannah
April-May, 1780: Siege of Charleston
August, 1780: Battle of Camden
October, 1780: Battle of King’s Mountain
January, 1781: Battle of Cowpens
October, 1781: Surrender at Yorktown
September, 1783: Treaty of Paris
Further Reading
War of 1812: 1812–1814
War of 1812
Censorship During the War
Campaigns, Battles, and Other Events
September, 1813: Battle of Lake Erie
October, 1813: Battle of the Thames
September, 1814: Battle of Lake Champlain
September, 1814: Battle of Baltimore
January, 1815: Battle of New Orleans
February, 1815: Treaty of Ghent
Further Reading
Mexican War: 1846–1848
Mexican War
Censorship During the War
Campaigns, Battles, and Other Events
June, 1835-October, 1836: Texas Revolution
February-March, 1836: Battle of the Alamo
April, 1836: Battle of San Jacinto
June, 1846-January, 1847: Occupation of California and the Southwest
September, 1846: Battle of Monterrey
February, 1847: Battle of Buena Vista
April, 1847: Battle of Cerro Gordo
September, 1847: Siege of Chapultepec
February, 1848: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Further Reading
Civil War: 1861–1865
Civil War
Weapons, Tactics, and Strategies
Conscription
Censorship During the War
Justice During the War
U.S. Supreme Court During the War
Native American Combatants in the War
Women in the War
Campaigns, Battles, and Other Events
October, 1859: Harpers Ferry
April, 1861: Battle of Fort Sumter
July, 1861: First Battle of Bull Run
February, 1862: Battle of Fort Donelson
March, 1862: Monitor vs. Virginia
April, 1862: Battle of Shiloh
June-July, 1862: Seven Days’ Battles
August, 1862: Second Battle of Bull Run
September, 1862: Battle of Antietam
October, 1862: Battle of Corinth
December, 1862: Battle of Fredericksburg
May, 1863: Battle of Chancellorsville
July, 1863: Battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg
September, 1863: Battle of Chickamauga
November, 1863: Battle of Chattanooga
May, 1864: Battle of the Wilderness
May, 1864: Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
June, 1864: Battle of Cold Harbor
June, 1864-April, 1865: Siege of Petersburg
November, 1864-April, 1865: Sherman’s March to the Sea
December, 1864: Battle of Savannah
December, 1864: Battle of Nashville
April, 1865: Surrender at Appomattox
Further Reading
Spanish-American War: 1898
Spanish-American War
Censorship During the War
Campaigns, Battles and Other Events
July, 1898: Battle of San Juan/El Caney
February, 1899-July, 1902: Philippine Insurrection
Further Reading
World War I: 1914–1918
World War I
Weapons, Tactics, and Strategies
The Air War
Censorship During the War
Propaganda and Civil Liberties During the War
U.S. Supreme Court During the War
Women in the War
Campaigns, Battles, and Other Events
June, 1917: The Espionage Act
July, 1917: Mobilization
September, 1918: Battle of St. Mihiel
September-November, 1918: Meuse-Argonne Offensive
November, 1918: Postwar Demobilization
January, 1919-July, 1921: Treaty of Versailles
Further Reading