List of battles fought in Ohio

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This is an incomplete list of military confrontations that have occurred within the boundaries of the modern US State of Ohio since European contact. The region was part of New France from 1679–1763, ruled by Great Britain from 1763–1783, and part of the United States of America 1783–present.

Several wars that have directly affected the region including the French and Indian War (1754–1763), American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), Northwest Indian War (1785–1795), Tecumseh's War (1811–1812), War of 1812 (1812–1814), and the American Civil War (1860–1865).

Battles

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!Name!!Date!!Location!!War!!Campaign!!Dead!!Belligerents

Fort Sandusky

|May 16, 1763

|disputedThe exact location of the fort is variously given as somewhere in modern Ottawa County, Sandusky County, and Erie County. The Ohio Historical Society and the Erie County Historical Society erected a [http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=20435 memorial marker] at Sandusky in 1979.

|Pontiac's Rebellion

|

|15+The garrison consisted of 15 soldiers and their commander. Several British traders were present and killed at the fort during the raid.

|Wyandot vs Kingdom of Great Britain

Siege of Fort Laurens

|February 22 - March 20, 1779

|near modern Bolivar, Ohio

|American Revolutionary War

|Western theater

|17+

|Kingdom of Great Britain & Native alliesSpecifically, Wyandot, Mingo, Munsee & Delaware vs. United States of AmericaSpecifically, 150 men from the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment and the 13th Virginia Regiment.

Battle of Chillicothe

|May 1779

|present-day Xenia Township, Greene County, Ohio

|American Revolutionary War

|Western theater

|unknownVarious sources record 8-10 casualties among the militia, but do not state whether these were killed, wounded, or both; additionally, Shawnee casualties are unknown.

|Kentucky militia vs Shawnee

Gnadenhutten massacre

|March 8, 1782

|Gnadenhutten, Ohio

|American Revolutionary War

|Western theater

|9628 men, 29 women, and 39 children.

|Pennsylvania militia vs Christian Lenape

Logan's Raid

|October 1786

|near modern Springfield, Ohio

|Northwest Indian War

|

|11

|Shawnee vs Kentucky militia

Big Bottom massacre

|January 2, 1791

|near modern Stockport, Ohio

|Northwest Indian War

|

|12

|Lenape & Wyandot vs Ohio settlers

Siege of Dunlap's Station

|January 8–11, 1791

|near modern Dunlap, Ohio

|Northwest Indian War

|

|2

|Native AmericansLed by Simon Girty. vs Ohio settlers

St. Clair's Defeat

|November 4, 1791

|near modern Fort Recovery, Ohio

|Northwest Indian War

|

|893+

|Western Confederacy vs United States of America

Attack on Fort St. Clair{{Cite web |url=http://www.remarkableohio.org/HistoricalMarker.aspx?historicalMarkerId=542 |title=Site of Fort St. Clair |access-date=2014-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521031655/http://www.remarkableohio.org/HistoricalMarker.aspx?historicalMarkerId=542 |archive-date=2014-05-21 |url-status=dead }}

|November 9, 1792

|modern Preble County

|Northwest Indian War

|

|10+

|Miami vs Kentucky militia

|

Siege of Fort Recovery

|June 30-July 1, 1794

|modern Fort Recovery, Ohio

|Northwest Indian War

|

|43+

|Western Confederacy vs United States of America

Battle of Fallen Timbers

|August 20, 1794

|near modern Maumee, Ohio

|Northwest Indian War

|

|77Native American losses are given from 19 up to 40.

|Western Confederacy vs United States of America

Battle of Marblehead Peninsula{{cite web|url=http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=35956|title=First Battle Site 1812 Ohio Historical Marker|accessdate=2012-01-25|publisher=The Historical Marker Database}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thekeepershouse.org/|title=A very brief history of the Keeper's House|accessdate=2012-01-25|publisher=Ottawa County Historical Society}}

|September 29, 1812

|modern Marblehead, Ohio

|War of 1812The Battle of Marblehead Peninsula (more accurately referred to as a skirmish), is often cited as the first conflict on land in the War of 1812. However, this is incorrect.

|

|48

|Tecumseh's confederacy vs United States citizens

Siege of Fort Meigs{{cite web|url=http://www.fortmeigs.org/history/|title=Fort Meigs History|accessdate=2012-01-25|publisher=Fort Meigs Historic Site}}

|April 28 - May 9, 1813

|modern Perrysburg, Ohio

|War of 1812

|

|174+This figure does not include Indian numbers, which are recorded as 19 killed and wounded.

|United Kingdom & Native Americans vs United States of America

Battle of Fort Stephenson{{cite web|url=http://www.sandusky-county-scrapbook.net/FtStephenson.htm |title=The Battle of Fort Stephenson |accessdate=2012-01-25 |publisher=Sandusky County Scrapbook |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204064746/http://www.sandusky-county-scrapbook.net/FtStephenson.htm |archivedate=2012-02-04 }}

|August 2, 1813

|modern Sandusky County, Ohio

|War of 1812

|

|27

|United Kingdom & Tecumseh's confederacy vs United States of America

Battle of Put-in-Bay

|September 10, 1813

|Lake Erie near modern Put-in-Bay, Ohio

|War of 1812

|

|68

|United Kingdom vs United States of America

Battle of Buffington Island{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/oh001.htm|title=CWSAC Battle Summary: Buffington Island|accessdate=2012-01-25|publisher=National Park Service}}

|July 19, 1863

|Portland, Ohio / Buffington Island

|American Civil War

|Morgan's Raid (1863)

|77

|United States of America vs Confederate States of America

Battle of Salineville{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/oh002.htm|title=CWSAC Battle Summary: Salineville|accessdate=2012-01-25|publisher=National Park Service}}

|July 26, 1863

|near Salineville, Ohio

|American Civil War

|Morgan's Raid (1863)

|

|United States of America vs Confederate States of America

Cincinnati Courthouse riots{{cite web|url=http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Cincinnati_Courthouse_Riot?rec=488|title=Cincinnati Courthouse Riot|accessdate=2017-03-27|publisher=Ohio History Central}}

|March 28–30, 1884

|Cincinnati, Ohio

|

|Protest of a jury case

|56

|Citizen mob vs Cincinnati Police, 1st Ohio Militia, Dayton militia & Columbus militia

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