The Modern Era on US Soil

Texas

7 Mexican Border Campaign and Depression-Era Outlaw Gangs engagements documented in Texas, 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.
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Engagements
1915 to 1934
Years

Where these engagements were fought

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Notable engagements

EngagementYearForces or losses
Norias Ranch Raid19154 wounded; raiders: several killed
Ojo de Agua Raid19154 killed, 8 wounded; raiders: ~7 killed, ~9 wounded
Glenn Springs Raid19163 soldiers + 1 civilian killed; raiders: ~1 killed, 1…
Raid on San Ygnacio19163-4 killed, ~6 wounded; raiders: several killed and captured
Brite Ranch Raid19173 killed in raid; ~10 raiders killed in pursuit; 1 US…
Neville Ranch Raid19182 killed at ranch; 1 US soldier killed (Pvt. Carl Alberts)…
Eastham Prison Farm raid1934Guard Crowson mortally wounded; inmates freed

By conflict

Mexican Border Campaign
The cross-border fighting of the 1910s along the Rio Grande and the Arizona line, from Pancho Villa's raid on Columbus, New Mexico, and the ranch raids of the Bandit War to the Battle of Ambos Nogales.
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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).