Colonial America at War

Maine

208 documented colonial engagements fought in Maine between 1633 and 1758, across 6 conflicts.

Benjamin West, The Death of General Wolfe (1770). Public domain.
208
Engagements
1633 to 1758
Years

By decade

The engagements fought in Maine, by decade.

1
1630s
34
1670s
9
1680s
15
1690s
36
1700s
13
1710s
38
1720s
45
1740s
17
1750s

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

EngagementYearOutcomeForces or losses
Northeast Coast campaign (1703)1703French and Indian victory150+ English killed or captured
Northeast Coast campaign (1723)1723Franco-Wabanaki victory14 raids
Battle of Norridgewock1724New England victory25px Wabanaki Confederacy: Approx. 80; 14 wounded; New…
Battle of Pequawket1725British colonial victoryWabanaki Confederacy: Unknown; New England Colonies: 13…
Northeast Coast campaign (1746)1746French and Wabanaki Confederacy victory9 raids
Northeast Coast campaign (1747)1747French and Wabanaki Confederacy victory11 raids
Means massacre17562 killed
Fight at Black Point (Scottow's men)16751 wounded, 1 drowned
Battle of Brackett's Wood1690Massachusetts Bay Colony; English allied Natives: 21…
March's reprisal at Pigwacket (1703)17036 killed, 6 captured (natives)
Shallop fight at Winter Harbor17071 English killed; ~9 Indians slain
Hilton's surprise at Black Point1707about 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.
49 ENGAGEMENTS β†’
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.
38 ENGAGEMENTS β†’
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.
34 ENGAGEMENTS β†’
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.
24 ENGAGEMENTS β†’
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.
12 ENGAGEMENTS β†’

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).