Where these engagements were fought
All 7 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 | Forces or losses |
|---|---|---|
| Murder of the Lonardo brothers | 1927 | Joe and John Lonardo killed |
| Porrello family reprisal killings | 1930 | Further Porrello killings and woundings |
| Murder of Joseph Porrello | 1930 | Porrello and bodyguard Tilocco killed |
| Rise of the Mayfield Road Gang | 1932 | Mayfield Road Gang takes control |
| Toledo bootleg war; murder of Jackie Kennedy | 1933 | Kennedy and others killed; Licavoli convicted |
| Lima jail breakout; killing of Sheriff Jess Sarber | 1933 | Sheriff Sarber killed; Dillinger freed |
| Killing of Pretty Boy Floyd | 1934 | Floyd shot dead by agents |
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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Depression-Era Outlaw Gangs
The running gun battles between the roving outlaw gangs and federal agents in the early 1930s: the Barrow Gang at Joplin and Dexfield Park, the Dillinger Gang at Little Bohemia and Barrington, the Barker-Karpis gang, Pretty Boy Floyd and the Kimes-Terrill gang.
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Engagements and locations are compiled from published sources: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); Chronicling America (Library of Congress historic newspapers) (public domain).