Name | Date | Location | War | Result | Dead | Belligerents |
Battle for Grand Kaskaskia |
September 18, 1680 |
Near Present-day Ottawa, Illinois |
Beaver Wars |
Iroquois Victory |
~880[1] |
France and Tamaroa vs Iroquois |
Siege of Fox Fort |
August-September 1730 |
Present-day McLean County, Illinois |
Fox Wars |
French and Allied Victory |
~500[2] |
France and Native Allies vs Fox |
Capture of Fort Gage |
July 5, 1778 |
Present-day Kaskaskia, Illinois |
American Revolutionary War |
US Victory |
0 |
United States vs Great Britain |
Battle of St. Louis |
May 25, 1780 |
Present-day Cahokia, Illinois and St. Louis, Missouri |
Anglo-Spanish War |
Spanish/US Victory |
25+ |
United States and Spain vs Great Britain and Indian Nations |
Battle of Fort Dearborn |
August 15, 1812 |
Present-day Chicago, Illinois |
War of 1812 |
Potawatomi Victory |
67 |
United States vs Potawatomi |
Battle of Africa Point |
April 18, 1813 |
near Palestine, Illinois |
War of 1812 |
Kickapoo Victory |
9 |
United States vs Kickapoo |
Battle of Rock Island Rapids |
July 19, 1814 |
Campbell's Island, Illinois |
War of 1812 |
Native Victory |
18+ |
United States vs Sauk, Fox, and Kickapoo |
Battle of Stillman's Run |
May 14, 1832 |
Near present-day Stillman Valley, Illinois |
Black Hawk War |
Native Victory |
15-17 |
United States vs Sauk and Fox |
Buffalo Grove ambush |
May 19, 1832 |
Near present-day Polo, Illinois |
Black Hawk War |
Native Victory |
1+ |
United States vs Kickapoo |
St. Vrain Massacre |
May 19, 1832 |
Near present-day Pearl City, Illinois |
Black Hawk War |
Native Victory |
4 |
United States vs Ho-Chunk or Sauk and Fox |
Plum River raid |
May 21, 1832 |
Near present-day Savanna, Illinois |
Black Hawk War |
|
0 |
United States vs Sauk or Fox |
Battle of Kellogg's Grove |
June 16 and 25, 1832 |
Near Kent, Illinois |
Black Hawk War |
United States Victory |
23+ |
United States vs Sauk, Fox, and Kickapoo |
Battle of Waddams Grove |
June 18, 1832 |
Near Waddams Grove, Illinois |
Black Hawk War |
United States Victory |
5-9 |
United States vs Sauk |
Battle of Apple River Fort |
June 24, 1832 |
Near Elizabeth, Illinois |
Black Hawk War |
United States Victory |
1+ |
United States vs Sauk and Fox |
Illinois Mormon War |
June 10, 1844 - September 16, 1846 |
Nauvoo, Illinois |
|
Illinois Victory |
~10 |
Illinois and Illinois Militia vs Nauvoo Legion |
Charleston riot |
March 28, 1864 |
Charleston, Illinois |
Civil War |
|
9 |
Union Army vs Copperheads |
Haymarket Affair |
May 4, 1886 |
Chicago, Illinois |
|
|
11 |
Chicago Police Department vs Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions |
Battle of Virden |
October 12, 1898 |
Virden, Illinois |
Coal Wars |
|
11 |
United Mine Workers vs Thiel Detective Service Company |
Herrin Massacre |
June 21-22, 1922 |
Herrin, Illinois |
Coal Wars |
|
23 |
United Mine Workers vs Southern Illinois Coal Company |