List of battles fought in Ohio

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

Monument at the site of the Big Bottom massacre

Plan of the Battle of Fort Meigs, 5 May, from Benson J. Lossing's Pictorial Field Book of the War of 1812

Battle of Fort Stephenson depicted in 1912 history book

Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial

Name	Date	Location	War	Campaign	Dead	Belligerents
Fort Sandusky	May 16, 1763	disputed[1]	Pontiac's Rebellion		15+[2]	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 allies[3] vs. United States of America[4]
Battle of Chillicothe	May 1779	present-day Xenia Township, Greene County, Ohio	American Revolutionary War	Western theater	unknown[5]	Kentucky militia vs Shawnee
Battle of Piqua	August 8, 1780	Bethel Township, Clark County, Ohio	American Revolutionary War	Western theater	50+ Killed 43+ wounded	United States of America vs. Shawnee and allies
Gnadenhutten massacre	March 8, 1782	Gnadenhutten, Ohio	American Revolutionary War	Western theater	96[6]	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 Americans[7] 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[8]	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		77[9]	Western Confederacy vs United States of America
Battle of Marblehead Peninsula[10]	September 29, 1812	modern Marblehead, Ohio	War of 1812[11]		48	Tecumseh's confederacy vs United States citizens
Siege of Fort Meigs[12]	April 28 - May 9, 1813	modern Perrysburg, Ohio	War of 1812		174+[13]	United Kingdom & Native Americans vs United States of America
Battle of Fort Stephenson[14]	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[15]	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[16]	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[17]	March 28–30, 1884	Cincinnati, Ohio		Protest of a jury case	56	Citizen mob vs Cincinnati Police, 1st Ohio Militia, Dayton militia & Columbus militia

See also

• Ohio portal

• History of Ohio
• Ohio in the American Civil War