Conflicts
Iowa
37 engagements recorded
900
Mill Creek Culture Iowa Warfare
Pre-Columbian
1000
Mill Creek Culture Violence (Iowa)
Pre-Columbian
1200
Mill Creek Culture Conflict – Northwest Iowa
Pre-Columbian
1400
Blood Run Site Conflict
Pre-Columbian
1400
Armstrong Site Fortification – Iowa
Pre-Columbian
1812
Fort Madison Siege
Early Republic
Verified
1812
Fort Madison Siege (1812–1813)
Early Republic
Verified
1813
Fort Madison Siege and Evacuation
Early Republic
Verified
1813
Battle of the Mississippi – Fort Madison Evacuation 1813
Early Republic
1813
Siege of Fort Madison
Early Republic
Verified
1814
Battle of Credit Island August 1814
Early Republic
Verified
1814
Battle of Credit Island
Early Republic
Verified
1814
Battle of Credit Island (Sep 4–5 1814)
Early Republic
1814
Battle of Fort Crawford (Credit Island)
Early Republic
Verified
1832
Black Hawk War — Fort Madison Raids 1832
Early Republic
1832
Battle of Bad Axe River Crossing (Iowa side)
Early Republic
Verified
1854
Henry Lott Killings 1854
Early Republic
1856
Inkpaduta's Winter Raids 1856–1857 (Iowa-Minnesota Frontier)
Early Republic
1857
Battle of Iowa Lake — Wahpeton Dakota (June 1857)
Indian Wars
1857
Battle of Springfield (Iowa) 1857
Early Republic
1857
Indian Creek Settlement Attacks 1857
Early Republic
1857
Spirit Lake Massacre — Inkpaduta's Band (March 1857)
Indian Wars
1857
Battle of Springfield, Iowa — Inkpaduta Raid (March 1857)
Indian Wars
1861
Iowa — Battle of Athens Missouri (Iowa Troops Action)
Civil War
Verified
1861
Battle of Athens Missouri — Iowa Troops
Civil War
Verified
1861
Iowa — Croton Iowa Skirmish
Civil War
1862
Iowa Militia Frontier Defense — Granger's Command
Civil War
1862
Sioux City Alarm 1862
Civil War
1862
Sioux City Iowa — War Panic and Defense (1862)
Indian Wars
1862
Iowa Northern Border Brigade — Frontier Patrol 1862–1863
Civil War
1862
Fort Dodge Area Defense — Iowa Frontier 1862
Civil War
1862
Dakota War Spillover into Iowa — August 1862
Civil War
1862
Smithland Raid — Iowa-Sioux Territory Border (1862)
Indian Wars
1862
Estherville Abandonment and Defense 1862
Civil War
1863
Iowa Copperhead Conspiracy — Skunk River War
Civil War
1863
Davis County Iowa — Copperhead Resistance
Civil War
1864
Shelby County Iowa — Confederate Raid Threat
Civil War
Verified
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