Conflicts

California

307 engagements recorded

Sacramento Valley Tribal Raids

Sacramento Valley Pre-Contact Violence

Southern California Desert Warfare (Mojave)

Alta California Costanoan/Ohlone Violence

Southern California Coastal Warfare

Modoc Volcanic Tablelands Conflict

Channel Islands Pre-Contact Violence

San Francisco Bay Ohlone Conflict

San Nicolas Island Warfare

Buena Vista Lake Massacre

San Francisco Bay Mound Conflicts

Point Conception Area Violence (CA-SBA-1)

CA-SBA-72 Santa Barbara Coastal Massacre

Medea Creek Cemetery Violence – Ventura

Clear Lake Pre-Columbian Violence Site

Channel Islands Chumash Warfare

Chumash Channel Islands Warfare

Chumash Inter-village Warfare (Ventureño Area)

Santa Barbara Chumash Mainland Raids

Gabrielino-Tongva Conflict – Los Angeles Basin

San Nicolas Island Violence Site

Chumash Channel Islands Warfare

Chumash Channel Islands Conflict – Santa Cruz Island

Central California Warfare Sites

Pecho Coast Violence – San Luis Obispo

Medea Creek Cemetery Violence

Patwin Conflict – Sacramento Valley

Canalino Culture Coastal Raid Site – Goleta

Tulare Lake Yokuts Conflict

Chumash Tomol Warfare – Santa Cruz Island

Pomo Inter-Village Warfare – Clear Lake

Santa Cruz Island Conflicts

California Coast Miwok Conflict – Marin County

Kumeyaay Inter-Group Warfare – San Diego

Yokuts-Miwok Warfare – San Joaquin Valley

Tejon Ranch Violence – Southern California

Yokuts-Miwok Warfare — Central Valley

Chumash Channel Islands Massacre – Santa Rosa Island

Santa Barbara Channel Violence – Chumash

Malibu Creek Conflict – Los Angeles

Chumash Mainland Warfare

Kumeyaay Attack on Mission San Diego 1769

Salinan / Chumash Skirmish near Monterey 1769

Portolá – San Francisco Bay Expedition 1769

Resistance at Mission San Gabriel 1771

Mission San Diego Revolt — 1775

Kumeyaay Revolt - Murder of Father Jayme

Kumeyaay Uprising – Mission San Diego 1775

Spanish Punitive Expedition – Yuma Crossing 1782

Gabriel's Revolt — Mission San Gabriel

Chumash Revolt at Mission La Purisima

Estanislao's Revolt — Central Valley

Mexican-American War

Walkara's Horse-Raiding Operations — Spanish California (1839–1850)

Capture of Monterey, California

Mexican-American War

Battle of Dominguez Rancho / Natividad

Mexican-American War

USS Savannah at Monterey

Mexican-American War

Battle of Yerba Buena / San Francisco

Mexican-American War

Battle of Dominguez Ranch – Detail

Mexican-American War

Battle of Santa Barbara (California)

Mexican-American War

Battle of San Pasqual — Second Day (December 7)

Mexican-American War

Action at Natividad (California)

Mexican-American War

San Francisco (Yerba Buena) Occupation

Mexican-American War

Battle of San Pasqual (California)

Mexican-American War

Siege of Los Angeles

Mexican-American War

Bear Flag Revolt Skirmishes

Mexican-American War

San Diego Naval Occupation

Mexican-American War

Sacramento Valley Massacres 1846–1852

Mexican-American War

Monterey California – Sloat's Annexation Landing

Mexican-American War

Battle of Dominguez Ranch

Mexican-American War

Battle of San Pasqual – Pico's Lancer Charge

Mexican-American War

Battle of Natividad – Detail

Mexican-American War

Capture of San Francisco

Mexican-American War

Bear Flag Revolt — Sonoma Garrison Fight

Mexican-American War

Battle of San Pasqual

Mexican-American War

Pacific Squadron Operations — California and Baja

Mexican-American War

USS Cyane at San Diego

Mexican-American War

Battle of Santa Barbara Landing

Mexican-American War

Mexican-American War — Battle of San Pasqual

Mexican-American War

Action at Chino Rancho (California)

Mexican-American War

San Pedro Landing – Stockton's Marine Advance

Mexican-American War

Santa Barbara Mission Area Skirmish

Mexican-American War

Bear Flag Revolt / Sonoma Seizure

Mexican-American War

San Pedro Landing

Mexican-American War

Battle of Dominguez Rancho / Battle of Rancho Dominguez

Mexican-American War

Battle of Dominguez Rancho

Mexican-American War

Capture of San Diego

Mexican-American War

Battle of Natividad

Mexican-American War

Engagement at Chino

Mexican-American War

Skirmish at San Pedro

Mexican-American War

Rancho Dominguez — Battle of the Old Woman's Gun

Mexican-American War

Battle of San Diego Dec 1846

Mexican-American War

Capture of Monterey California

Mexican-American War

Battle of Cahuenga Pass

Mexican-American War

Battle of La Mesa (California)

Mexican-American War

Capitulation of Cahuenga

Mexican-American War

Battle of Los Angeles – Capitulation of Cahuenga

Mexican-American War

Battle of San Gabriel

Mexican-American War

Mexican-American War — Battle of La Mesa

Mexican-American War

Capitulation of Cahuenga — Treaty of Cahuenga

Mexican-American War

Battle of San Gabriel (California 1847)

Mexican-American War

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