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Illustration from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, December 6, 1879, depicting the aftermath of the Meeker Massacre. Meeker's grave is at lower left; W. H. Post's grave is at lower right.

This list of battles fought in Colorado is an incomplete list of military and other armed confrontations that have occurred within the boundaries of the modern U.S. State of Colorado since European contact. The region was part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain from 1535 to 1682, New France from 1682 to 1762, Kingdom of Spain from 1762 to 1800, French First Republic 1800 to 1803, and part of the United States of America 1803–present (boundaries were disputed by Spain). The southern portion of Colorado was considered by Spain as part of its northern territories. Large portions of Colorado were subsequently under the administrative control of Mexico from 1800 to 1835, and the Republic of Texas from 1836 to 1846. Full administrative control of Colorado was established on February 2, 1848 with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo which ended the Mexican–American War.

The Plains Indian Wars directly affected the region during westward expansion. By the end of the Nineteenth Century, Colorado became a focal point of labor violence and the Coal Wars, with instances of large-scale armed conflict between workers, private detectives, and state soldiers and police stretching into the 1920s.

Battles

Name Date Location War Campaign Dead Belligerents
Sand Creek Massacre November 29, 1864 near modern Eads Colorado War 187 United States of America vs Cheyenne & Arapaho
Battle of Julesburg January 7, 1865 near modern Julesburg Colorado War 14 United States of America & civilian volunteers vs Cheyenne, Arapaho, & Lakota Sioux
American Ranch massacre January 14, 1865 near modern Sterling Colorado War 10 United States of America vs Cheyenne & Sioux
Battle of Beecher Island September 17–19, 1868 modern Yuma County Comanche Campaign 41 United States of America vs Arapaho, Cheyenne & Lakota Sioux
Battle of Summit Springs July 11, 1869 near modern Sterling Comanche Campaign ~35 United States of America vs Arapaho, Cheyenne & Sioux
Meeker Massacre September 29, 1879 White River Indian Agency, near modern Meeker 11 White River Ute vs United States civilians
Battle of Milk Creek September 29 - October 25, 1879 near modern Meeker Ute Wars White River War 32-50 White River Ute vs United States of America
Battle of Berwind Canyon October 24, 1913 Berwind Coal Wars Colorado Coalfield War 1 Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency, & Colorado National Guard vs United Mine Workers of America
Ludlow Massacre April 20, 1914 Ludlow Coal Wars Colorado Coalfield War 23-29 Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, Colorado National Guard, & Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency vs United Mine Workers of America
Battle of Walsenburg April 28–29, 1914 Walsenburg Coal Wars Colorado Coalfield War 3+ United Mine Workers of America-aligned strikers vs Colorado National Guard
Battle of Forbes April 30, 1914 Forbes Coal Wars Colorado Coalfield War 12+ United Mine Workers of America and other armed strikers vs Rocky Mountain Fuel Company mine guards and streakbreakers
Columbine Mine massacre November 21, 1927 Serene Coal Wars 6 Rocky Mountain Fuel Company, Colorado Mounted Rangers & Colorado National Guard vs United Mine Workers of America-aligned strikers

See also

Notes

  1. Reports of Native Americans killed in action vary from 70 to 163.
  2. Reports of Native Americans killed in action vary from 9 to 32.
  3. 13 US soldiers killed in the action; Native Americans killed varies from 19-37.

References

  1. "CWSAC Battle Summary: Sand Creek". National Park Service. Retrieved 2013-01-24.

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