The Modern Era on US Soil

Michigan

5 Prohibition City Wars engagements documented in Michigan, drawn from the Wikipedia and Wikidata record and the Chronological List of Battles.

The USS Arizona burning after the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. US National Archives (NARA 195617). Public domain.
5
Engagements
1927 to 1933
Years

Where these engagements were fought

All 5 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

EngagementYearForces or losses
Milaflores Massacre19273 killed (Wright, Bloom, Cohen)
Cleaners and Dyers War1927Bombings, beatings, several killings
Shooting of Police Inspector Henry Garvin (Detroit River Gang)1930Inspector Garvin shot and wounded
Collingwood Manor Massacre19313 killed (Lebowitz, Paul, Sutker)
Murders of Abe Axler and Eddie Fletcher1933Axler and Fletcher both killed

By conflict

Prohibition City Wars
The organized-crime wars of the other Prohibition cities: the Purple Gang in Detroit, the corn-sugar war in Cleveland, Egan's Rats against Hogan's gang in St Louis, the Union Station Massacre in Kansas City, and the Toledo, Boston, Newark and Milwaukee conflicts.
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Engagements and locations are compiled from published sources: Chronicling America (Library of Congress historic newspapers) (public domain).