By decade
The engagements fought in Maine, by decade.
Where these engagements were fought
All 208 are placed on the map. Select a marker to see the engagement.
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Red markers are surveyed battlefields with a mapped boundary; navy markers are point-located engagements. Select a marker to open its page.
Notable engagements
| Engagement | Year | Outcome | Forces or losses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northeast Coast campaign (1703) | 1703 | French and Indian victory | 150+ English killed or captured |
| Northeast Coast campaign (1723) | 1723 | Franco-Wabanaki victory | 14 raids |
| Battle of Norridgewock | 1724 | New England victory | 25px Wabanaki Confederacy: Approx. 80; 14 wounded; New⦠|
| Battle of Pequawket | 1725 | British colonial victory | Wabanaki Confederacy: Unknown; New England Colonies: 13β¦ |
| Northeast Coast campaign (1746) | 1746 | French and Wabanaki Confederacy victory | 9 raids |
| Northeast Coast campaign (1747) | 1747 | French and Wabanaki Confederacy victory | 11 raids |
| Means massacre | 1756 | 2 killed | |
| Fight at Black Point (Scottow's men) | 1675 | 1 wounded, 1 drowned | |
| Battle of Brackett's Wood | 1690 | Massachusetts Bay Colony; English allied Natives: 21β¦ | |
| March's reprisal at Pigwacket (1703) | 1703 | 6 killed, 6 captured (natives) | |
| Shallop fight at Winter Harbor | 1707 | 1 English killed; ~9 Indians slain | |
| Hilton's surprise at Black Point | 1707 | about 21 Indians killed, 1 captured |
Plus 196 further documented engagements in the Maine record.
By conflict
Queen Anne's War
The North American front of the War of the Spanish Succession, 1702-1713: the raid on Deerfield, the Northeast Coast raids, and Moore's destruction of the Florida missions.
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King George's War
The 1744-1748 North American war, from the New England siege of Louisbourg to the Saratoga-area raids on the New York frontier.
45 ENGAGEMENTS β
Dummer's War
Father Rale's War, 1722-1725: the Wabanaki conflict along the Maine and New Hampshire frontier, Norridgewock, Pequawket, and Grey Lock's raids into the Connecticut Valley.
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King Philip's War
The 1675-1678 war that engulfed New England, from Swansea and the Great Swamp Fight to the town raids across Massachusetts, Rhode Island and the Maine frontier.
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King William's War
The 1688-1697 North American front of the Nine Years' War: Schenectady, the Maine and New Hampshire garrison fights, and the Massachusetts assaults on Acadia.
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French and Indian War
The North American theater of the Seven Years' War, 1754-1763, from Jumonville Glen and Fort Necessity to the fall of Quebec.
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Engagements and locations are compiled from published sources: Wikipedia (text rewritten and cited as a reference, CC BY-SA 4.0); Sylvester, Indian Wars of New England (1910) (public domain); Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War (1906) (public domain).
