CAPITAL AREA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
Glossary of Terms
AMERICA'S WARS
A list of major wars involving the 
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   1565-1567  | 
  
   
  French-Spanish  | 
  
   
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   1613-1629  | 
  
   
  English-French  | 
  
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   1629  | 
  
   
  Anglo-French  | 
  
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   1636-1637  | 
  
   
  Pequot War  | 
  
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   1640-1645  | 
  
   
  ???  | 
  
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   1642-1653  | 
  
   
  Iroquois  | 
  
   
  New England,
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   July 1653  | 
  
   
  Anglo-Dutch  | 
  
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   1675-1676  | 
  
   
  Bacon's
  Rebellion  | 
  
   
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   1675-1676  | 
  
   
  King Philip's  | 
  
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   1676-1678  | 
  
   
  War In The
  North  | 
  
   
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   1677-1680  | 
  
   
  Culpepper's
  Rebellion  | 
  
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   1688-1691  | 
  
   Leisler's Rebellion  | 
  
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   1689  | 
  
   
  Revolution in
  
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   1689  | 
  
   
  Glorious
  Revolution  | 
  
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   1689-1697  | 
  
   
  King Willliam's War  | 
  
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   1702-1713  | 
  
   
  Queen Anne's  | 
  
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   1711-1712  | 
  
   
  Tuscarora  | 
  
   
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   1739-1742  | 
  
   Jenkin's Ear    | 
  
   
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   1740  | 
  
   
  King George's  | 
  
   
  Georgia &
  Virginia  | 
 
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   1745  | 
  
   Louisbourg  | 
  
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   1754  | 
  
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   1755-1758  | 
  
   
  Anglo-French  | 
  
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   1754-1763  | 
  
   
  French &
  Indian  | 
  
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   1759  | 
  
   
  Siege of  
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   1775-1783  | 
  
   
  American
  Revolution  | 
  
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   1782-1787  | 
  
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   Dec 1786-Jan 1787  | 
  
   
  Shay's
  Rebellion  | 
  
   
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   1794  | 
  
   
  Whiskey
  Insurrection  | 
  
   
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   1790-1795  | 
  
   
  Northwestern
  Indian  | 
  
   
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   1798-1800  | 
  
   
  War with    | 
  
   
  Naval  | 
 
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   1801-1805  | 
  
   
  War with   | 
  
   
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   1806-1807  | 
  
   
  Burr's
  Insurrection  | 
  
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   1807  | 
  
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   1811  | 
  
   
  Northwestern
  Indian  | 
  
   
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   1812  | 
  
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  FL   (GA Volunteers)  | 
 
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   1812-1815  | 
  
   
  War of 1812  | 
  
   
  Various  | 
 
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   1813  | 
  
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   1813-1814  | 
  
   
  Creek Indian  | 
  
   
  South  | 
 
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   1814  | 
  
   
  Lafitte's
  Pirates  | 
  
   
  Local  | 
 
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   1815  | 
  
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   1817-1818  | 
  
   
  Seminole
  Indian  | 
  
   
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   1821  | 
  
   
  Lafitte's
  Pirates  | 
  
   
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   1823  | 
  
   Arickaree Indian  | 
  
   
  Missouri
  River,    | 
 
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   1827  | 
  
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   1827  | 
  
   
  Winnebago
  Indian  | 
  
   
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   1831  | 
  
   
  Sac & Fox
  Indian  | 
  
   
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   1832  | 
  
   
  Black Hawk  | 
  
   
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   1835-1836  | 
  
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   1835-1836  | 
  
   
  Texan  | 
  
   
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   1835-1836  | 
  
   
  Indian Stream  | 
  
   
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   1835-1842  | 
  
   
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   1836-1837  | 
  
   
  Creek Indian  | 
  
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   1836-1837  | 
  
   
  Sabine /
  Southwestern Indian  | 
  
   
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   1836-1838  | 
  
   
  Cherokee  | 
  
   
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   1837  | 
  
   
  Osage Indian  | 
  
   
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   1836  | 
  
   Heatherly  Disturbance  | 
  
   
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   1838  | 
  
   
  Mormon  | 
  
   
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   1839  | 
  
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   1842  | 
  
   
  Dorr's
  Rebellion  | 
  
   
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   1844  | 
  
   
  Mormon  | 
  
   
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   1846-1848  | 
  
   
  Mexican War  | 
  
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   1847-1848  | 
  
   
  Cayuse Indian  | 
  
   
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   1849-1855  | 
  
   
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   1851-1852  | 
  
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   1850-1853  | 
  
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   1851, 1853, 1856    | 
  
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   1854  | 
  
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   1854-1858  | 
  
   
  Nicaraguan  | 
  
   
  Naval  | 
 
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   1854-1859  | 
  
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   1855  | 
  
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  Local  | 
 
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   1855  | 
  
   
  Klamath &
  Salmon River Indian 
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   1855-1858  | 
  
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   1859  | 
  
   
  John Brown's
  Raid  | 
  
   
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   1861-1865  | 
  
   
  Civil War  | 
  
   
  Continental U.S. and seas and 
  oceans worldwide  | 
 
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   1861-1864  | 
  
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   Local  | 
 
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   1862-1863  | 
  
   
  Sioux  | 
  
   
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   1865-1868  | 
  
   
  Indian
  Campaign  | 
  
   
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   1866  | 
  
   Fenian Invasion of    | 
  
   
  From    | 
 
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   1867-1869  | 
  
   
  Indian
  Campaign  | 
  
   
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   1872-1873  | 
  
   Modac Indian  | 
  
   
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   1873  | 
  
   
  Apaches  | 
  
   
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   1874-1875  | 
  
   
  Indian
  Campaigns  | 
  
   
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   1876-1877  | 
  
   
  Cheyenne
  & Sioux  | 
  
   
  Dakota  | 
 
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   1877  | 
  
   
  Nez Perce  | 
  
   
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   1878  | 
  
   
  Bannock  | 
  
   
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   1879  | 
  
   White River (Ute   | 
  
   
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   1878-1879  | 
  
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   Dakota & Montana  | 
 
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   1898-1899  | 
  
   
  Spanish-America  | 
  
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   1899-1902  | 
  
   
  Philippine
  Insurrection  | 
  
   
  Philippine
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   1917-1918  | 
  
   
  World War I  | 
  
   Europe  | 
 
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   1941-1945  | 
  
   
  World War II  | 
  
   
  Europe &
  Japan  | 
 
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   1950-1953  | 
  
   
  Korean War  | 
  
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   1964-1975  | 
  
   
  Vietnam War  | 
  
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   25 Oct 1983-15 Dec 1983  | 
  
   
  Invasion of
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   2 Aug 1990-28 Feb 1991  | 
  
   
  First Persian
  Gulf War:   | 
  
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   2 Aug 1990-28 Feb 1991  | 
  
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   7 Oct 2001-Present  | 
  
   
  Global War on
  Terror  (GWOT)  | 
  
   
  Various  | 
 
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   7 Oct 2001-Present  | 
  
   
  Operation
  Enduring Freedom (OEF)  | 
  
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   20 Mar 2003-31 Aug 2010  | 
  
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   1 Sep 2010-Present  | 
  
   
  Operation New
  Dawn  | 
  
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